Trip Reports
The West Rib team carried a load of supplies up the NE fork of the Kahiltna glacier yesterday. They cached their loads up at about 9,200 ft and returned back to Camp 1 on the main fork of the Kahiltna for the night. They’re doing great and getting the job done.
The team carried a load of food, fuel, and extra equipment from Camp 1 (7,200 ft) to Kahiltna Pass at about 10,200 ft today. They dug a hole in the snow, cached the gear, and returned to Camp 1 for the night. This is the strategy they’ll use for most of the rest of the…
The team took a day to rest, acclimatize, and practice some skills they’ll need for the upper mountain today. They hope to carry a load of food and fuel up to cache on the ridge at 16,400 ft tomorrow and they’ll encounter some of the steeper sections of the W. Buttress route along the way. …
After a big move to high camp yesterday the team took a day to rest, recover, and acclimatize before heading for the summit. It looks like the weather is going to be improving after a stormy spell for a while and they might just get a great day to go to the summit tomorrow. Duncan…
The team moved up to Camp 1 today and are settled in at 7,800ft. It’s a long haul up the Kahiltna glacier, about 5 miles, and these are the heaviest loads they’ll be hauling for the entire trip so it’s a big day. They did great today and are happy to be moving up the…
The team gave it a strong effort, working hard for weeks as they made their way up the slopes of Denali, but ultimately, conditions just didn’t cooperate. They started up for the ridge camp at 16,400 ft yesterday, but were turned around by the conditions. Over the past days, feet of new snow has accumulated…
Kim Grant called in to give us all an update on the progress of the team. They loaded up food, fuel and supplies and carried loads up the steepest section of the route today, making a cache on the beautiful ridge line at about 16,400′. The route out of camp ascends moderately steep snow slopes,…
The June 12 team called back to finish up their post with comments, thoughts and updates from a half dozen team members. Here’s the team! recording
The team took advantage of a break in the weather yesterday to seek out new surroundings. They made a push up and around the formidable feature known as Windy Corner and arrived at the large basin camp at 14,200′ (4328m). They were thrilled to see that another Mountain Trip team had already built tent platforms…
Duncan called in to let us know that they got a break in the weather and moved up the ridge to high camp at 17,200′! They climbed up moderate snow slopes for about 1,400′ before climbing the steepest section of the route, “The Headwall.” This is a 600′ slope of ice and snow that climbers…