Trip Reports
Mountain Trip lead guide Jason Denley called in an update from the June 6 West Buttress Team at Camp One. The team has begun traveling on a night schedule to move across the lower glacier when it is at its most solid. That means that the team had a midnight alarm set to leave base…
Congratulations to our May 23rd West Buttress team! They called in from the 20,310 foot summit of Denali, after climbing to the top under amazingly bluebird conditions! Lead Guide Yoshikp Miyazaki reported that it was a warm day on top of North America, after passing the satellite phone around to all the climbers. Congratulations to…
The June 9 Denali West Buttress Team has made it to Camp One on the glacier! We apologize for not having a meet the team posted sooner. The June 9 team will be heading up the classic West Buttress route, first pioneered in 1951 by legendary mountaineer Bradford Washburn. The team landed at Kahiltna Base…
Jesse Wright and Leif Anderson called in from the summit of Denali! The team made good time en route to the top of North America, reaching the 20,310′ summit in about seven hours from their 17,200′ High Camp. We don’t have more details at this time, and it sounded like the call cut out before…
Here’s another recording that came through from the May 27 team on the summit! recording
Lead guide Brian Muller calls in from Camp 2. The team is currently at Camp 2 positioned at 11,200′ and planning to set a cache around the Windy Corner at 13,500′. This is when you trade in snowshoes for crampons and begin climbing steeper terrain on the mountain. First with Motorcycle Hill right out of…
Terry reports in from High Camp at 17,200′. A long and beautiful day of climbing took them up the fixed lines and across the 16,000′ ridge to High Camp. This is one of the most spectacular days of climbing on the mountain as you traverse a narrow snow and ice covered ridge-line speckled with granite…
Kakiko calls in from camp 14,200′. Team is in bed and plans to move on up to High Camp at 17,200′ tomorrow morning on June 11th. This day involves another climb of the steep 800ft section of the fixed lines to reach the 16,000′ ridge that connects to High Camp. It is an incredibly aesthetic…
Josh calls in from High Camp at 17,200′. The team is taking a rest day in whiteout conditions and plans to leave early morning on the 11th for a summit bid. The team is ready and excited to make their way on up to the summit of the tallest mountain in North America. This day…
Lead guide Jason Denley calls in from Basecamp on the Kahiltna Glacier. After a very patient few days in Talkeetna they were able to snag a weather window and fly in with Talkeetna Air Taxi. The team has set up camp and is planning to make a move to Camp 1 during the middle of…