Trip Reports
The team enjoyed a rest day at Camp 3 yesterday. Often teams will visit the Edge of the World, which is where the basin that Camp 3 resides in drops dramatically 6,000′ (1828m) down to the Southeast Fork of the Kahiltna below. It is a breathtaking view, as pictured below. Not much else to report…
Today the team had their first active rest day of the expedition. A short day spent descending 1,000′ (304m) to their cache site, digging up the cache, loading it up, and climbing back up to Camp 2. On rest days, the team will take the time to eat lots of snacks, take a nap, read,…
Catherine (Kathryn?) calls in from Camp 3. The team backcarried today. Meaning, they went back down to 13,200′ (4023m) to dig up their cache, pack it up, and hike for about an hour back to camp. Not much else to report today! The team is enjoying this active rest day with lots of naps and…
Lead guide Jacob Schmitz calls in to report the team has landed in Denali Basecamp! Basecamp is located on the Southeast Fork of the Kahiltna Glacier at 7,200′ (2194m). Yesterday afternoon, the team flew in from Talkeetna. Located literally at the end of the road, Parks Highway, deep in the Alaska Range. For decades Talkeetna has…
The May 27 team successfully cached at 10,200′ (3108m). Caching is an expedition style of climbing that allows teams to lighten their packs as well as acclimatize to the altitude. The team choses food, fuel, and gear that they won’t need for a couple days and carries these lighter (lighter than the original 110 pounds…
The whole team calls in from the summit of Denali!! What an awesome voicemail, we’re so excited to hear these. This is now Mountain Trip’s 4th team of the season to summit Denali, starting this Saturday! Way to go all teams. Lead guide Jason Denley reports that the team is doing great and aside from…
The team calls in to report that they are successfully residing in Camp 3 at 14,200′ (4328m)! Arriving at Camp 3 is always full of excitement. Many teams end up congregating here as they wait for their opportunity to move to High Camp and then their summit bid. Teams typically wait for a good weather…
Here is the May 14 team’s report from the SUMMIT!! Congratulations team! Lead guide Logan DeMarcus reports the team is making strong work of this big push, and at the time of his call from the top of Denali at 20,310′ (6190m) he reports they will enjoy their sunset walk back to High Camp. They…
Lead guide Matt Park updates us from Camp 3 yesterday. After summiting, the team returned to High Camp and tucked in for the night. This morning they woke up, packed up camp, and descended back to Camp 3. They set up a temporary stay in Camp 3 and took some time for a much needed…
Congratulations to the climbers from our May 14th West Buttress expedition for reaching the summit of Denali! I’ve been following their location on a Garmin inReach satellite device and they reached the top of North America about eight hours after departing their 17,200 foot High Camp. We did not receive a satellite phone call from…