Trip Reports
Jacob calls in from another storm day at Camp 14,200′. With a great satellite connection for a long call in, he describes the winds and snow becoming rowdy and the great time the team is having together. With a jello-cheesecake for desert they expect to stay at Camp 14,200 for a few more days. Stay…
Brad McHose checked in from Genet Basin at 14,200′ today. A low pressure system has taken up residence on the mountain, so teams are largely just settling in, playing the “hurry up and wait” game. Expedition climbing can be as much a mental challenge as a physical one. On any climb, you have a goal…
Lead Guide Yoshiko Miyazaki called in from 7,800′ on the Kahiltna Glacier. The team stayed in camp today as whiteout conditions had settled over the glacier. Snow was falling and it was quite windy, so the team spent the day reviewing some skills, but mostly eating and swapping stories. Here’s Yoshiko! recording
Lead guide Aaron Diamond called in an update on the Denali Ski Team, who had the chance to make their move up to Camp Three at over 14,000′! This is a milestone for teams on the route. They will spend a few days based here to make sure to maximize their acclimatization for the upper…
Lead guide Elias called in an update on the June 16 West Buttress Team who spent their day caching at 13,600′. The team traded out snowshoes and poles for crampons and ice axes to ascend up Squirrel and Motorcycle Hill to place a cache near Windy Corner. It sounds like the team had pleasant weather…
Guide Jesse Yon called in for the West Rib team who made the move up to 14-Camp today! They pushed up from Camp Two in less-than ideal weather, even encountering a fair amount of wind at Windy Corner (living up to its namesake!) on their final push up to camp. Reaching 14,000′ is a milestone…
A bit of satire courtesy of climber June 9 Denali Team, who are tempted to resort to cannibalism! Just kidding, says climber Ross Jobson. Chef and guide Maddie Crowell was on dinner, which sounds like it was a crowd pleaser. The team is obviously keeping in high spirits as they wait out the not-so-great weather…
Climber Grant Maughan called in an update on the June 13th West Buttress Team, hunkered down at 14-Camp (Camp Three) preparing to weather a bit of a storm that’s forecasted to come through over the next couple of days. The wind and snow was starting to move in to camp at the time of the…
Climber Julie Leigh called in an update on the June 17 West Buttress team, back at camp after a day of heading up the route to set a cache at around 13,500′ around Windy Corner. Other teams in the area have mentioned that Windy Corner lived up to its namesake today, with blustery weather. For…
Jesse Wright called in an update for the June 22nd team, who has arrived at Denali Base Camp! Unfortunately Jesse cuts out before he can go through introductions for the team, but check out their photos below from their flight out! See the previous “Meet the Team” post for them if you missed that, too!…