Trip Reports
Climber Olga Roman called in an update for the May 20 team, who took a weather and rest day at Camp Two at 11,200′. They spent plenty of time preparing food, socializing in the kitchen tent and likely fortifying their snow walls to weather the storm passing through the Alaska Range, bringing wind and plenty…
Climber Alexander Jury called in an update for the May 21 team, settled in at Camp Two at 11,200′, weathering the storm. Here’s Alexander! recording
Lead guide Jesse Wright took some time to introduce everyone on the team. The May 24 group has spent about a day and a half at Denali Base Camp, unfortunately in the rain-snow mix, after catching the last flight in from Talkeetna after the storm descended on the Alaska Range. The team practiced some basic,…
The team is waiting out the weather at the 14,200 ft camp today. Yoshiko called in and said it’s currently snowing with 35 mph winds and they are expecting more high winds tonight. They are happy to be hunkered down at the 14 camp with a bunch of other Mountain Trip teams waiting for the…
The May 21 Denali team moved up to the 11,000 ft camp today! The weather started nice, but it sounds like it deteriorated thorough the day and is now snowing and windy. They are all happily settled into their new camp and settling in for a big dinner tonight. Here’s Chris with the evening update:
This will be our 46th consecutive season guiding on Denali, and we’re honored to welcome the May 24 team and all of the other climbers that have trusted us to help them test their fortitude on the highest mountain in North America. The May 24 Denali West Buttress team have made their arrival at Denali…
The May 19 private team moved up to 14,200 ft camp today! They are excited to be there and enjoying a big dinner tonight. The weather has deteriorated and it’s snowing now, but they’re settled in and happy. The schedule for tomorrow starts off with sleeping in and then after a leisurely breakfast, they’ll go…
The team had a nice mellow “backcarry” day from 14k down the trail about 30 minutes, and hauled some supplies back up to camp at 14,200 ft. They are settled in and hoping to carry a load of food and fuel up to the ridge leading towards high camp tomorrow, but not sounding super optimistic…
Yoshiko called in for the May 13th team this evening. They are watching the snow and wind and hoping to get a chance to move to high camp soon! Here’s Yoshi from Camp 3
Climber Chris called in an update for the May 20 West Buttress team. After caching above Camp One, the team was able to successfully make the move up to Camp Two at 11,200, a fairly big day, up several steep, well-known hills on the route. While teams on the upper mountain are experiencing snow and…