WELCOME May 8th West Buttress Team! The May 8th Denali West Buttress team will officially kick off our season in the Alaska Range. We welcome another group of climbers who have chosen to place their trust in Mountain Trip. This year marks our 44rd year of guiding on Denali, and we’re just as excited…
DetailsThe team is on the summit after a long, hard morning of climbing! Everyone took the opportunity to say “hi” from the top of Aconcagua this afternoon. It sounds like they had a good day, and while they took advantage of nice weather, the team moved up to the top in strong fashion. Summit day…
DetailsThe team moved up to high camp today! They are at over 19,000 ft on Aconcagua tonight, relaxing and enjoying the views and preparing to leave for the summit early tomorrow morning. They are all doing great and are in high spirits with hopes of another beautiful day tomorrow for their summit attempt. Jason made…
DetailsThe team is at Camp 2 this evening, resting after a climb up to high camp at over 19,000 ft today. They’ll spend tomorrow (Friday) at Camp 2 to rest and acclimatize before moving up to high camp on Saturday. They are also waiting a day to time the weather as Sunday is looking like…
DetailsLead guide Fermin Avila called in the team report today. The team is taking a rest day at Camp 1, and the plan is to move to Camp 2 tomorrow. While my spanish is definitely lacking in some basic skills, from what I understand everyone is doing quite well and the team is happy to…
DetailsThe team is on the move! They moved up to Camp 1 at 16,400′ today. Leaving Plaza Argentina, the trail climbs up a rocky stretch, which is the residual rock from a glacier that used to push east from high on the side of Aconcagua. The glacier has largely disappeared, but portions of it were…
DetailsAlex Hall gave a ring from Plaza Argentina after the team carried loads up to Camp 1, almost 1000m above. Today was a long one for the climbers. They spent almost nine hours above Base Camp, while they cached supplies at an elevation of 16,400′ before returning to Plaza Argentina for the night. This system…
DetailsThe team has some amount of connectivity at the Plaza Argentina Base Camp, and our guides took advantage of the internet to send us some photos of the trip thus far.
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Dr. Kyle Kelbert called in a nice post from the Plaza Argentina Base Camp at 4100 meters (13,450′). The team awoke earlier today and crossed the frigid Vacas River astride horses, saving their feet and legs from a chilly morning bath. Once on the west side of the river, they hiked up and into the…
Johan Bogren called in after a day on the trail, hiking roughly eight miles (~13 Km) up the Vacas Valley. The team gained only about 1000′ (300m) of elevation today, but the trail required a fair bit of hiking up and down, passing broad colluvial fans that sweep out from tributary valleys feeding in from…