Trip Reports
The May 21 Team is feeling strong after hauling loads up Kahiltna Pass and digging in a gear cache for themselves. This day of the trip starts with the team heading out of Camp 1 7,800 ft (m) and carrying loads up the 1,800 ft (548 m) Ski Hill. This is a moderately difficult carry…
Mountain Trip guide, Logan called in with just another daily update. Just kidding, today is extra special and the news is legendary! The May 10 Team has officially achieved their expedition objective and summited Denali 20,300 ft (6187 m), the tallest peak in North America! Tap the recording link below to hear their dispatch from…
The May 8th team called in with the dispatch that every climbing team on the West Buttress hopes they will be able to make it during their climb – the crew has officially made it to the high point of North America 20,300 ft (6187 m)! We’re so psyched to hear that the team was…
Mountain trip guide Logan called in with great news from our May 10 Team. The crew reached High Camp 17,200 ft in beautiful weather early yesterday afternoon after climbing 3000 ft. steep terrain from Camp 3 14,200. This is a huge accomplishment and the climbers should be proud of how far they’ve come! Not only…
The May 8 Team successfully moved out of Camp 3 14,200 ft (4328 m) to Camp 4 17,200 ft (5242 m). Also known as “High Camp” this is the highest-elevation camp on the West Buttress Route. The team is in stellar shape after acclimatizing gradually over the last two weeks when they arrived at base…
The May 7 Team is in high spirits after a wonderful rest day at Camp 3 14,200 ft (m) before they make their move to High Camp 17,200 ft (m). This will involve the team repeating yesterday’s journey up the Headwall and fixed lines to pick up their 16,100 ft gear cache and continue on…
The May 21 Team has completed their move from Basecamp 7,200 ft (m) to Camp 1 7,800 ft (m)! Departing base camp, we’ll drop down the infamous Heartbreak Hill and onto the broad Kahiltna Glacier. Our goal will be to move camp to about 600 ft (m) up the route, near the junction with the…
The May 13 team continues to do well as they settle into life at Camp 3 14,200 ft. After a well-deserved “chill day” the climbers got to work practicing the techniques that they will use to ascend the fixed lines tomorrow to haul gear to the cache site at 16,100 ft (4907 m). Our goal…
Mountain Trip climber Chris from the May 17 team called in with the dispatch after this crew accomplished “a strong push” around Windy Corner 13,000 ft (3962 m) to their gear cache site. Pulling out of their home base of Camp 2 11,000 ft (3353 m) the team hauled sleds and packs while steep snow…
Mountain Trip guide Joe called in for the May 10 Team to report that all is well and that the crew is enjoying hanging out at Camp 3 14,200 ft (4328 m) taking in the views before moving higher up the route. After a few days of acclimatizing everyone on this team is feeling ready…