Trip Reports

June 21 Team – Riding Out the Storm

The June 21 team radioed in from Camp 3 14,200 ft (4328 m) where they are reinforcing snow walls around their tents and preparing to ride out the latest storm to hit the Alaskan Range this season. The team reports high winds and a poor weather forecast in the days ahead. They are sending best…

June 21 Team – Happy Fourth from 14K

The June 21 Team celebrated the Fourth of July with a corn hole toss tournament on their sixth night at Camp 3 14,200 ft (4328 m). The team loves this well-equipped camp so much they hardly want to leave! From here they are waiting for the weather to improve on the upper mountain so they…

June 18 Team – Back in Anchorage

Lead guide Jesse Wright called in to let friends and family of the June 18 team know that they are back in Anchorage safe after wrapping up their Denali expedition. This team made the tough call of turning back from their summit attempt and hanging at High Camp 17,200 ft (5242 m) until the weather…

June 21 Team Weather Day at 14 Camp

Mountain Trip’s final teams of the season are both holed up, waiting for the weather to improve before moving up to High Camp. It sounds like the June 21 Team is taking advantage of the down time by eating well, playing games, and fortifying their camp from high winds.   Here’s Clayton with today’s report:…

June 23 Team Rest Day at 14 Camp

Guide Stephen Burns reports that the team took a rest day at windy, stormy 14 Camp today. Rest days are a great opportunity for a team to rejuvenate, hydrate, and prepare for the big move to high camp and the upper mountain. It sounds like the team is eating well and keeping spirits high!  …

Rest Day for June 21 Team at 14 Camp

The June 21 team enjoyed a well-deserved rest day at 14 Camp, located in the beautiful Genet basin. Team members took the opportunity to fortify camp by building snow walls to protect camp from forecasted high winds and snow. A rest day also gives a team the opportunity to generally rest, relax, hydrate, and prepare…

June 18 Team Descends to Base Camp

Unfortunately the audio message from Lead Guide Jesse Wright is garbled due to communication vagaries in the mountains; however, the team descended to Base Camp and awaits a return flight to Talkeetna. A prolonged forecast of high winds and disturbed weather was the reason the team made the tough decision to head down. But everyone…

June 23 Team – Stunning Weather At Last

Lead guide Harrison Lewis got on the radio after the June 23 team’s celebratory dinner for their first night at 14 Camp! 14 Camp or Camp 3 14,200 ft (4328 m) is midway up Denali and is the most well-equipped of all the camps on the West Buttress route. Everyone is in good spirits and…

June 21 Team – Update from 14K

Lead guide Kyle Hornor called in the dispatch for the June 21 Denali expedition team that has been making steady progress up the West Buttress route and has landed at Camp 3 14,200 ft (4328 m) midway up the mountain. Since this team began their climb of the tallest peak in North America, Denali 20,300…