The May 11 Mountain Trip Denali team is in basecamp tonight enjoying the beautiful scenery and preparing to start up the glacier to Camp 1 tomorrow. The weather has been in and out, but they are happy to be at base camp on the Kahiltna Glacier today. They spent the day practicing some glacier travel…
DetailsBrian Dagg is at it again! He’s on Denali for another shot at the summit with guides Zach Keskinen and Jason Denley. They are a small team and moving fast. The guys hit the ground running and headed straight on up to Camp 1 at 7,800 ft the first night on the glacier. They arrived…
DetailsThe guides from the Mountain Trip called in with warm wishes to their mothers and to all Moms out there on this Mother’s Day. The team carried loads up Ski Hill to an elevation of about 9600′ today. Ski Hill is the first big climb of the route, and the team broke trail through fresh…
DetailsWELCOME TO ALASKA – MAY 11th WEST BUTTRESS DENALI TEAM Standing high above the surrounding tundra of Denali National Park, ‘The Great One’ has enticed and enchanted mountaineers from around the world for over a century. Today our second team of climbers of the season will assemble in Anchorage to go over trip logistics,…
DetailsMountain Trip guide Fischer Hazen called in an update from Camp One on the Denali West Buttress at 7,800′. The team sounds to be “inside a ping pong ball,” a common weather phenomenon on Denali where the visibility essentially dissipates to near nothing, and it is a bit disorienting trying to route-find when one can’t…
DetailsMountain Trip guide Brian Muller called in an update on the May 8th West Buttress team, who were able to move up to Camp 1 at 7,800′ with heavy loads of gear. Their day of climbing began relatively clear with clouds still obscuring the majority of the mountains, but the weather grew increasingly overcast as…
DetailsGuide Brian Muller called in an update on the May 8 West Buttress Team, who were able to fly into Denali Base Camp after waiting on the weather to open up for the majority of the day in Talkeetna. The team is hoping to move to Camp One tomorrow (May 11) after doing some preparations…
DetailsMAY 13th DENALI WEST BUTTRESS TEAM! Each year, climbers are drawn from around the world to experience the splendor and remoteness of the Alaska Range, and especially to climb the highest peak in North America. Denali rises an impressive 20,320′ above the not-too-distant sea. Located close to the Arctic Circle, it is notorious for presenting climbers…
DetailsWELCOME 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…
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