Trip Reports
The May 18 Denali team called in an update from the kitchen tent at Camp One, 7,800′ on the Kahiltna Glacier. The team spent the day setting their first cache at the top of Ski Hill. “Caches,” or buried supplies at strategic locations, are crucial to the team’s success on their climb. All of our…
This will be our 47th season guiding on Denali, and we’re excited to welcome our May 18th to help them test their fortitude on the highest mountain in North America. Four climbers are joining three Mountain Trip guides to climb the classic West Buttress route to the top of North America. At 20,310 feet (6190…
Team calls in from Camp 3 at 14,200 feet. In response to challenging weather they are taking a rest day before their move up to high camp at 17,200 feet. Spirits are high and everyone is excited for the next few days! Plan is to move up to high camp on May 21st. Stay tuned!…
Patrick calls in from Camp 14,200 feet during a rest day due to poor weather. The team plans to climb the fixed lines on May 21 and cache up on the 16,000 ft ridge. This is a physically demanding day on steep terrain and important for allowing the body to acclimatize. After descending back to…
The crew called in from 7,800′ on the vast Kahiltna Glacier today. They flew into Base Camp on the 19th of May, organized their kit into separate loads and made the numerous last-minute tweaks to gear in preparation for heading up glacier to climb Denali! Well, in truth, they started their hike today by moving…
All ready to go and holding here at base camp at the moment. We are very closely monitoring traffic going up to Camp 2 and the weather. With 40 knots forecast for tomorrow and 35 knots the next day we are not too motivated to move up quite yet. There are some low wind days…
The team calls in after retrieving their cache at Windy Corner. After a restful morning and pick-up of supplies down at Windy Corner, the afternoon was spent with skills training to prepare for ascending the fixed lines. The fixed lines live roughly 1,400 feet above camp 14,200′ and entail 600 feet of steep snow climbing…
Latest Round of Covid Tests All Negative Today was test day for the Mountain Trip Everest team and everybody passed! Scott Woolums has been in charge of covid testing for the team, and he spent the morning testing all members including kitchen staff, Sherpa team, and all climbers and he was happy to see all…
Howdy All, We are experiencing some difficulties with the audio posts called in from the field. Our IT Guy is working hard to resolve it and we hope to have them up and running again shortly. The May 7th team carried loads up the steepest part of the route yesterday. Known as the “Headwall” or…
Team member, Lachlan Grassie called in with an update from 14,000′ camp. The team had a successful day yesterday. They were able to put in a cache of gear on the 16,000′ ridge, despite difficult conditions on the fixed lines. As Lachlan put it “challenging, yet rewarding”. As the first team on the mountain, they…