Trip Reports

June 23 Team: Hello Camp 1!

Unfortunately Daniel’s trip report is too garbled to understand, probably due to the poor weather the team has been experiencing on the lower glacier. The team traveled from Base Camp to Camp 1 yesterday, following the southeast fork of the Kahiltna for approximately one mile before making a hard right turn up the main fork…

June 18 Team – Snow & High Winds at Camp 2

Mountain Trip assistant guide, Tom Huntely, called in the dispatch for the June 18 team from Camp 2 11,200 ft (3413 m). Climbing conditions fully deteriorated today with a full whiteout and approximately 40 mph winds blasting through camp. These are definitely not conditions you would want to be moving in! The team made the…

June 21 Team – The Climb Begins

The June 21 Team called in to let us all know that they have successfully climbed from Denali base camp 7,200 ft (2194 m) to Camp 1 7,800 ft (2377 m). From the Southeast Fork of the Kahiltna Glacier, the crew departed base camp, dropped down the infamous Heartbreak Hill, and onto the glacier itself.…

June 18 Team – Out of the Rain

The June 18 Team is excited to report that they are out of the rain and have made it to Camp 2 11,200 ft (3413 m)! While they would have normally arrived here a bit earlier in the trip weather has continued to trend towards challenging and stormy. Camp 2 is known for its gorgeous…

June 18th Team – Wet at Camp 1

Constance called in a dispatch in French, which we, unfortunately, do not speak very well. If anyone could please post a translation into the comments, we’d sure appreciate it!! The team spent the day at Camp 1 being rained on intermittently. The weather has been incredibly difficult, with low visibility and rain. We have occasionally…