Trip Reports
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…
Tony calls in after a meal of Philly Cheesesteaks! Today they were turned around by strong winds as they attempted to cache around the aptly named, “Windy Corner”. The team is feeling and looking (most importantly) great and in good spirits to get moving again soon. The route to Camp 14,200′ from Camp 2 is…
Lead guide Yoshiko calls in from High Camp! With slightly questionable weather in the early morning hours, the team decided to move and through some wind and snow the weather cleared up for a beautiful arrival at High Camp @ 17,200′. Here they will take a rest day and get prepared to attempt the summit…
Jesse Wright calls in from their Camp at 14,200′. With an early wake this morning the team decided to not move to High Camp due to high winds up on the ridge and over the summit. In these situations, 14 Camp is a beautiful place to live while you wait out the cold and challenging…
Asher calls in with a bowl of Phad Thai from the cook tent! The team had a successful day securing their cache at 16,400′ on the ridge above camp 14,200′. The is one of the steeper days of climbing as you ascend the 800 feet of fixed lines up to the ridge. Sounds like conditions…
Nathan called in this evening from Camp 2 on Denali at 11,000 ft with the dispatch for the June 3 team. Today they had an easier day, descending just 1000ft to where they’d left a cache a couple of days ago, and bringing the load of food, fuel and equipment up to Camp 2. They’ll…
The May 23rd team is ready to move and just watching the weather for a chance to go to high camp. They’ve waited out a couple of stormy days, but better weather is in the forecast through the weekend which might just give the team the shot they need! They’re ready to move and spirits…