Trip Reports
Lead guide Matt Park emailed the office to update us on yesterday’s adventure. “We had ourselves a genuine Alaska Range fake out today. After making our way to Talkeetna with the team, we had our briefing with the National Park rangers and immediately after were on weather hold. We disbursed into town and were quickly…
Julian calls in from Camp 1 to report that the May 8 team successfully cached at 9,800 feet yesterday. Caching is an expedition style of climbing that allows teams to lighten their loads as well as acclimatize to the altitude. The team choses food, fuel, and gear that they won’t need for a couple days…
The above photo is from the Mountain Trip Denali archives, a great view of the route from Base Camp to Camp 1! James Partridge with the May 8 team calls in to report from Camp 1 at 7,800 feet. The move from Base Camp to Camp 1 is often considered one of the harder days…
Mountain Trip is thrilled to welcome our second Denali team of the 2022 season, the May 11 team, to Alaska! The team will be meeting today for a final gear check and to discuss logistics before driving to Talkeetna where they will catch their flight (weather permitting) tomorrow to Base Camp on the Kahiltna Glacier…
The team called in from Base Camp yesterday at 7,200 feet. Base Camp is located on the southeast fork of the Kahiltna Glacier, a tributary of the mile-wide and 40-mile long Kahiltna Glacier. The crew has high spirits as they open up the Denali season for Mountain Trip! They enjoyed a delicious dinner of pizza…
The longer days of spring draw climbers from around the world northward to the Alaska Range. Towering above the multitude of rugged peaks that are themselves the stuff of history and dreams stands “The Great One,” Denali. At 20,310 feet, North America’s tallest mountain has beckoned adventurers and climbers for more than 100 years. Mountain…
2022 celebrates the 47th year that Mountain Trip is guiding Denali! We are beyond thrilled to ramp up our Denali season. The first of our 18 Denali expeditions this season has arrived in Anchorage for their attempt of the West Buttress, the classic route up the mountain. Following our tradition of guiding outside the box,…
During our evening at Everest Base Camp, Ann Marie began to have symptoms related to altitude sickness. Being at 17,600 feet there is much less air pressure than at sea level, not allowing one to take in as much oxygen as your body is used to. With using what tools we had for the evening,…
Our team arrived at Everest Base Camp on schedule on April 13 with beautiful clear skies and no wind. Base camp is a bustling small “village” as climbers from all over the world are arriving to set up their home for the next two months. There are about 200 foreigners preparing to climb Mount Everest…
Dave called in today from the summit of Kala Pattar! The entire team enjoyed clear visibility from the summit, allowing them a great view of Mount Everest and Ama Dablam from 18,500 feet. Though the view was great, the temperatures were chilly, so they headed quickly down for the evening. Tomorrow, they will move to…