May 18 West Buttress Team has reached Camp One
The May 18 West Buttress team made the trek up the glacier from base camp starting at 7,200′ and ascending to Camp One at 7,800′.
Here’s the update from the team!
May 10 Team building walls and anticipating move to High Camp
Climber Brian Dagg called in a quick update on the May 10th team, who are still enjoying beautiful weather at 14,200′. They were building snow walls to shelter them from the wind that can sometimes hit 14-Camp relentlessly. They have retrieved their cache and are in a good position to ascend the steep headwall out…
May 8 Denali Team Cached at 16,300 ft
The May 8 team had a beautiful day on Sunday (May 20) to climb from camp at 14,200 ft up to the ridge at 16,300 ft where they cached some food and fuel in preparation for moving to high camp. The climbing from the 14,200 ft camp gets a bit steeper as they ascend up…
Team Dagg Beautiful Day and Moved to 14K
The guys had beautiful weather today and were able to move on up to Camp3 at 14,200 ft! Jason called in this evening and said he was just wearing a sun hoody at Windy Corner, which can be a notoriously cold and windy spot. They are enjoying the spectacular views of Mount Foraker and Mount…
May 13 Denali Team at Camp 2 11,000 ft
Chris had the honors of making the evening dispatch for the May 13 Denali team. They moved on up to Camp 2 at 11,000 ft in beautiful weather and are back on track after some weather delays to start the trip. Everyone is in good spirits and doing great after a big move from 7,800…
May 18 Denali Team at Basecamp!
The May 18 Denali Team is at basecamp! They were delayed one day by weather, but are happy to be on the glacier tonight and ready to start climbing tomorrow! The flight from the village of Talkeetna to basecamp on the Kahiltna Glacier is about 45 minutes and one of the most beautiful mountain flights…
May 13 West Buttress cached up near Kahiltna Pass in snowglobe conditions
Climber Brad Foreman called in an update on the May 13 Denali West Buttress team at Camp One – 7,800′. The team is certainly making up time! They hit the ground running after being held up for a few days in Talkeetna after storms prevented them from flying into the range. They essentially packed up…
May 18 West Buttress trip – Rigging in Talkeetna
Mountain Trip guide Brian Kramp called in an update on the May 18 team, who unfortunately were unable to fly into the Alaska Range from Talkeetna today due to weather. They worked on a variety of skills from rigging packs and sleds to discussing roped glacier travel. They are hoping for a weather window today.…
May 8 West Buttress team poised to ascend fixed lines with weather window
Dave Nesis called in an update from Camp Three at 14,200′. They were able to grab their cache down low at around 13,500′ and are in good position to continue up the route as the weather allows. As soon as the weather allows, the team will ascend the headwall above camp and the steep climbing…
May 11 Denali – “Dad jokes” at 11,200′
Climber Sophie Chung called in an update on the May 11 Denali West Buttress team took a rest and weather day at 11,200′, now that they have their cache in above Windy Corner and will be ready to move to 14,200′ when the weather allows. Other teams reported waking up to between 12 and 15…