May 28 Shan West Buttress — Acclimatization climb on the fixed lines
Mountain Trip guide Taylor Pyle
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June 2 West Buttress Team to retrieve cache below 14-Camp
Guide Erin Laine called in from 14-Camp to give us an update on the June 2 West Buttress team, although she unfortunately cuts out a little early. So it goes attempting to make satellite phone calls from 14,200′ up, deep in the Alaska Range. They team would like to relay an apology message to those…
May 27 West Buttress sees the sun again, plans to move to High Camp
Climber JB (which we’re assuming is Jay Beaudoin? If not, please correct us in the comments) called in a shout out and update on the Mountain Trip May 27 West Buttress team, once again from 14,200′, but with their sights set on moving higher. Persistent storms that have plagued the mountain with high winds, low…
June 5 Denali Team – Ted Talks From 11,200′
Ted Lebedz called in a nice shout out to family in Omaha and the teams at Joint Base Elmendorf, as he gave us an update on the team. The weather finally broke! After days of rain and wet, heavy snow, the climbers were graced with beautiful views of the Alaska Range today. They shouldered backpacks…
June 9 West Buttress Team arrives to Base Camp
Mountain Trip guide Aaron Diamond called in with the first update on the June 9 Denali West Buttress team, who have arrived at Base Camp on the Kahiltna Glacier after waiting out a few days of bad weather in Talkeetna before they could fly into the Alaska Range. Here’s a photo of the team all…
May 24 West Buttress Team awaiting flight at Base Camp
Mountain Trip guide Yoshiko Miyazaki-Back called in an update on the private May 24 expedition, who have made the long trek down from 14-Camp at 14,200′ to Base Camp. The team walked all through the night, descending 7,000 vertical feet and crossing the lower glacier at the darkest point of the night, which allows for…
May 19 West Buttress Team Safely at Base Camp
Mountain Trip lead guide Adam Smith called in from Base Camp on the Kahiltna Glacier with an update on the May 19 West Buttress Team, who have safely descended and are waiting for a flight out to Talkeetna. After a difficult decision to turn around due to weather, they made the long trek to Base…
June 2 West Buttress Team moves to 14-Camp in windy weather
Mountain Trip guide Erin Laine called in for the June 2 Denali West Buttress team, who were able to move up to 14,200′ from 11,200′, despite poor weather and high winds.
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June 5 West Buttress team — Back-carrying and caching
Mountain Trip guide Fischer Hazen called in an update for the June 5 West Buttress team, who are camped at 11,200′ on the route keeping busy during a persistent low pressure system that has brought heavy snow and low visibility to the range. Yesterday, the team “back carried” from their camp down to Kahiltna Pass…
Shan May 28 West Buttress — Waiting for a weather window at 14,200′
Mountain Trip guide Taylor Pyle called in an update on Shan’s May 28 Denali West Buttress team, who are camped at 14,200′ for their fourth day now, waiting on better weather conditions to move up the route. The team has served as a sort of welcome committee to other Mountain Trip teams, both those arriving…