Trip Reports
Corell calls in to report the team has moved up to Camp 3! Getting to Camp 3 is always an exciting and somewhat pivotal point of the expedition. Many climbers congregate here (there is likely somewhere around 200 people at this camp right now) as they wait for their opportunity to move to High Camp…
The team called in from the top of North America yesterday evening!!! Congratulations to the team! We did get a report that the entire team made it back to High Camp last night after their summit. We are so excited for them and happy to hear that they are on their way down. They will…
Rob and Nathan update us from Camp 3 last night. Thanks Nathan for giving us a run down of what it’s really like to climb on an expedition team! We try our best to convey on our dispatches what teams are doing on the mountain and how it all works. There are a lot of…
Yesterday the team packed up camp at Camp 1 (7,800′ 2377m) and lugged all their gear first up Ski Hill which rises about 1,200′ above Camp 1. From here the team experiences some rolling terrain back up their cache site at 10,200′ (3108m). They continue climbing past the cache site up another hill into a…
Yesterday, the ski team took a rest day at Camp 3 after enjoying some great skiing the day before. They hope to be moving up to High Camp today, joining another Mountain Trip team who just arrived there. From there, they will decide if they need to take a rest day at High Camp and…
The team enjoyed beautiful weather up to the cache at 13,500′ (4114m). At this point, the team will leave their snowshoes behind and mount their crampons. This is where the West Buttress route starts to get more interesting. Leaving Camp 2 the team first ascends Motorcycle Hill (named after the equally steep hills motorcyclists are…
The team was able to climb up the fixed lines yesterday and move camp to High Camp at 17,200′ (5242m). Hopefully the team only has to spend 3 nights here, but it will depend on the weather and how the team is feeling. The team might be taking a rest day today, as most teams…
Howdy and big welcome to our June 2 West Buttress team, kicking off the start of another month on Denali! 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…
The team has arrived at Camp 3 at 14,200′ (4328m)! Getting to this point is always pretty exciting. There are typically a lot of teams congregated here as they wait to move to High Camp and put in their summit bid. It’s always a great opportunity to meet people from all over. Now the team…
The team is really making the best of having skis up on Denali! They climbed up the Rescue Gully, one of those couloirs or chutes I was describing, to High Camp at 17,200′ (5242m) and then skied 3,000′ (914m) back down to Camp 3 at 14,200′ (4328m). Sounds like a lot of fun, and I…