DENALI
Denali, The Great One. This mountain also known as Mt. McKinley is the tallest mountain in North America, and boasts the greatest relief of any mountain in the world, nearly 18,000 feet. Situated at 63 degrees North, Denali is also one of the coldest mountains in the world.
Day 1
We will meet in the morning at the AMS headquarters in Talkeetna. Our duties for the day will be: To do a complete gear check, Check in with the National park to pick up our permit and go through a short orientation with one of the climbing rangers, To weigh our gear and load on the planes. We will set up and spend our first evening at base camp. This evening will be spent dividing loads and other preparations.
Day 2
Move to camp one. This day is approx. 5 hrs camp to camp. Six miles over gentle slopes, with our final destination at 7,800 feet.
Day 3
Carry food, fuel and a few personal items to be cached at Kahiltna pass 10,200 feet. After caching our gear we will return to our camp at 7,800 feet to spend another night
Day 4
Pack up camp and move to the 11,200 foot camp, where we will spend the night.
Day 5
Easy day! Drop down to our cache 1,000 feet below and return to camp.
Day 6
Carrying around Windy Corner and cache at 13,300 feet. Return to camp for the evening.
Day 7
Move up the mountain to our advanced base camp at 14,000 feet.
Day 8
A well deserved rest day!
Day 9
Carry loads up the fixed line to 16,200 feet.
Day 10
Move up the fixed lines. Make our way across the ridge, past Washburn’s Thumb to our high camp at 17,200 feet.
Day 11
Rest and acclimatization day.
Day 12-19
We will take the first good summit day that presents itself.
Day 20
Descend to 14,000 feet.
Day 21
Descend to base camp and fly to Talkeetna.
You are responsible for your own plane ticket. You will need to arrive in Talkeetna the evening before your scheduled trip date. I advise you purchase airline tickets without restrictions to change them. Make your return for the day after our scheduled completion date. If we finish early a ticket change can easily be made.