WELCOME TO DENALI, JUNE 22 WEST BUTTRESS TEAM! Our final West Buttress trip of the season convened in Alaska a couple of days ago, to gear up for their 21-day expedition on Denali. They will be taking the classic West Buttress Route, with a rich climbing history of over a century, to, conditions…
DetailsRyan called in for the June 11 Denali West Buttress at Camp Three at 14,200′! The team plans on being at 14-Camp for another couple of days to acclimate to the thinner air of the upper mountain, rest up for their summit bid, and refresh mountaineering skills that will be essential as the route becomes…
DetailsMountain Trip climber John Reed called in an update on the June 15 West Buttress expedition at Camp Two (John mistakenly mentions Camp One, but the team has made their way to Camp Two at 11,200′). The team has been traveling on a night schedule up to this point, and as John mentions, experiencing a…
DetailsMountain Trip guide Eli Potter called in on behalf of the June 7/65 Degrees North Expedition. They pushed up to High Camp, 30 mph winds, wind chill values pushing negative 30 Fahrenheit. Unfortunately, while the weather looked clear to head to the summit, the team had exhausted all of their energy on the challenging climb…
DetailsClimber Etienne Roederer called in an update for the June 18 team after the team made it up to Camp Two at 11,200′. They team woke up in the later evening and trekked under the light of the midnight sun, with spectacular views of surrounding peaks as they ascended Ski Hill past their cache point…
DetailsMountain Trip guide Fischer Hazen called in an update for the June 15 Denali West Buttress team as the team was packing up to head to Camp Two at 11,200′. The team will continue to travel on the night schedule up to Camp Two, leaving at around 1 a.m. by the light of the midnight…
DetailsClimber Chris Ferrarante called in an update on the June 18 Denali Expedition, who were back at Camp One making dinner after caching above Ski Hill at approximately 10,500′. They will retrieve this cache later once they move up to Camp Two at 11,200′. While the team climbed in gentle snowfall throughout the day, the…
DetailsMountain Trip guide Eli Potter called in from 14,200′ on the West Buttress on behalf of the June 7/65 Degrees North Expedition. Unfortunately the team has had more snow and high winds over the past couple of days, but they are enduring and spirits are still high on the team. Eli noted that many teams…
DetailsClimber Teri called in an update on the June 11 West Buttress team who, despite snow and wind, were able to move up to Camp Two at 11,200′ and cache at 13,500′ to put them in good position to move to Camp Three at 14,200′ today. The spirits on the team seem very high! Here’s…
DetailsMountain Trip guide Karl Welter called in an update on the June 18 team, who had just arrived at Camp One at 7,800′. The team moved up to Camp One at 7,800′ from Denali Base Camp at 7,200′, trekking through the night after landing on the Kahiltna Glacier from Talkeetna. While not a particularly steep…
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