Trip Reports
The whole team is on the summit this evening and it’s a perfect day. There is just a breath of wind, and blue skies and the entire team is on top of Denali. Congratulations to all the climbers. Listen to Peter call in from the top of North America! recording
The team carried a load of equipment up to 10,000 ft today and cached it in preparation for moving up tomorrow. Sounds like they are doing great and having a good time. Listen to the call, we hear from almost everyone. recording
Jesse called in with the evening update from Denali. They spent another day at the 11,000 ft camp today to let the new snow settle a bit before moving up the hill. They got a chance to practice again with their crampons and plan to head on up tomorrow. The weather has finally broken and…
Welcome to the expedition dispatches for Mountain Trip’s June 17th West Buttress Expedition. We’ll be following the progress of the climbers on their 2-3 week journey up the West Buttress of Denali. We’ll typically post dispatches every day and often we’ll embed a recording of the phone call from the team on the mountain. There…
Duncan Stewart calls in from Camp 2 with a recap of the day. Sounds like the day went well with a cache now put in around the infamous Windy Corner just below Camp 3. With little wind and warm temps it seems that Windy Corner did not live up to it’s name this day! Duncan…
They’ve had quite a journey, and more than their share of bad weather, but they are all safely down to base camp and expect to be flying out to Talkeetna in the next hour or two. Great effort, bad luck.
Peter Inglis called a bit ago to let us know that the June 3 team is leaving for their summit bid! They should have left within the last half-hour and it typically takes 8+ hours to reach the top. The weather looks very favorable and we will keep you posted as they make their way…
We received a call from the team from Camp 1 this evening. The weather wasn’t great, but they were able to move up the glacier about 5 miles up to Camp 1 at 7,800 ft. It’s not a lot of vertical gain, but the loads were big and they covered some ground today. There were…
It was a snowy, stormy day on Denali today so the team got a day of rest. They ate a big breakfast and spent the day relaxing a bit, ready to go tomorrow. The weather forecast called for light winds and partly cloudy, so it just goes to show you how worthless the forecast can…
The team is heading down the mountain, but the weather continues to challenge them. It’s been a windy and snowy couple of days and they spent today just above windy corner waiting for the winds to calm so they could continue their descent to base camp. The weather forecast has continued to call for partly…