Trip Reports
Lead-guide Brian Muller calls in from Camp 14,200′. After their cache was put in yesterday up on the 16,000′ ridge they took their rest day to fully gas up with three hot meals. Hash-browns and bacon for breakfast, steak quesadillas for lunch and enchiladas for dinner! They will be checking the weather in the early…
Skip calls in from Camp 2 at 11,200′! He communicates that the expedition is going very well and that their team is A+. Today was spent firstly retrieving their cache 1,000 feet below camp and then practicing skills for their transition to crampons and ice axes for the climbing above them. Weather has been clear…
Jason Denley calls in from the dinner table at 14,200′ Camp. With a not-a-cloud-in-the-sky blue bird day, the team was able to move from Camp 2 up to Camp 14,200′. Pausing at Windy Corner to take in the view without a stitch of wind is a day to remember. The team is feeling strong and…
Logan calls in after a couple busy days to begin the expedition! They were able to fly in to basecamp on the afternoon of the 14th and right away set up camp to then leave that same evening to cross the Kahiltna Glacier at night while the temperatures were cold enough to keep the snow…
Dear Friends and Family, It’s been a pleasure sharing the journey up and down the West Buttress of Denali, along with a handful of riddles with the team. Year 2020 must have been a challenge for everyone, but Denali enjoyed a year of peace and has provided us with a series of opportunities to make…
Climber Jason Woo called in an update from the June 9 Denali West Buttress team– they made it up to Camp Two, at 11,200′! The team has the unique perspective of traveling on a night schedule on the lower mountain, to escape the heat and avoid traveling across any snow-bridges in the heat of the…
Climber Sean Karls called in an update on the June 6 West Buttress team! The climbers spent the day bringing a cache up to “Windy Corner” a notoriously crevassed–and you guessed it, windy–section of the route. It sounds like yesterday that the team had pleasant weather and did not have to deal with that wind.…
Kristin called in a quick update from High Camp after the team all arrived back down to a bit thicker air after a successful summit. They will take a bit of a rest at 17,200′ before descending back down to 14,200′. The team will likely take a bit more of a rest here, organize all…
Guide Harrison Lewis called in an update from Camp Two at 11,200′! The team had just finished dinner and is doing well. The team backcarried to retrieve their cache near Kahiltna Pass at around 10,500′. Here’s Harrison! recording
Ross Jobson called in from our June 9th team’s Camp 1 on the Kahiltna Glacier. He and the team carried loads of supplies up the glacier to about 10,000 feet, just below Kahiltna Pass, the low point between Denali and neighboring Mount Capps. They pulled their heavy sleds up a long slope known as Ski…