Trip Reports
We would like to welcome our second June trip of the Denali season! We are thrilled to join the team on Denali and work alongside them as they toil up the frozen slopes of The Great One. This team will join many others as they climb Denali via the classic West Buttress Route which will climb over 13,000…
Lead guide Jacob Schmitz calls in last night. The team was able to move up to Camp 3 yesterday, 14,200′ (4328m). We now have several Mountain Trip teams at Camp 3, party! Arriving at Camp 3 is always an exciting part of the expedition. Being at Camp 3 sets you up for the move to…
The ski team took a rest day at High Camp yesterday. It sounds like the plan to be attempting the summit today! We wish them luck and can’t wait to hear about it! Sunset from High Camp recording
One of our guides, Ackerman, updates us from Camp 1 last night! The team woke up bright and early at 2am in the twilight of the morning and left camp a few hours later as the sun began its early northern sunrise. Sounds like it took the team less than 5 hours to travel the…
Lucy calls in from Camp 3 last night. The team backcarried to Windy Corner yesterday. The dropped down from camp at 14,200′ (4328m) to their Windy Corner cache at 13,200′ (4023m). After digging up their cache, they put all their supplies in their backpacks and climbed back up to Camp 3. This typically only takes…
The team took a rest day yesterday after caching on the ridge the day before. No significant updates! The team left a great voicemail detailing all their favorite parts of the expedition so far. It sounds like the team is doing really well. I am sure they spent today hydrating, fueling, and napping. Teams will…
The team was able to put in a cache at 16,200′ (4937m) yesterday! They started out their day climbing over 1,000′ to the bergschrund below the fixed lines. A bergschrund is where the start of a glacier meets steep ice and the sub sequential crevasse that forms here sloughs away from the ice above creating…
The team was able to move up the fixed lines yesterday and make a new home at High Camp! As reported, the team will be able to decide now when to make their summit bid. Denali has seen a long lasting warm and sunny high pressure system which has allowed teams to move comfortably up…
Lead guide Ty Guarino let us know that the team successfully made it to Denali Basecamp yesterday! Let the adventure begin! Talkeetna sits at 348′ (106m). This time of year it is full spring there, everything is lush and green. Talkeetna sits literally at the end of the road to the Alaska Range. It has…
Michael updates us after some snow camp cheesecake! Teams on Denali are experiencing warm and sunny weather in this extended high pressure system. Today the team left Camp 2 at 11,200′ (3413m) and descended to their cache site at 10,200′ (3108m). They dug up their supplies, loaded them into their packs, and marched back up…