June 3, 2025 Conditions on the mountain remain the same as they’ve been the past few days, and all teams remain in place. However, there’s good weather in the near future! Teams 1 and 2 are looking toward later this week for possible summit windows as a temporary ridging weather pattern crosses over southern Alaska. […]
June 2, 2025 All four teams have been blocked by inclement weather for another day. Teams 1 and 2 (Swanson and Bond) remain at 14 Camp where they’ve been hanging out, snacking, and performing general camp maintenance for several days. Team 3 (Dale) is hunkered down at Ski Hill Camp, and Team 4 (Phillips) is […]
Another day of progress for our four teams on Denali. Team 3 (Dale) and Team 4 Custom (Phillips) will be carrying gear to cache at 9,800 feet today in order to lighten their loads when they move from Ski Hill Camp at 7,600 feet to 11K camp. The day following their move to 11K Camp […]
May 31st, 2025 Teams 1 (Swanson) and 2 (Bond) successfully completed a carry day from 14K Camp to a cache spot on 16K Ridge. Now, as a weather system passes over Denali, they are nestled in at 14K Camp, knowing they have set themselves up for success higher on the mountain. Activities during storms involve […]
May 29, 2025 Team 1 is resting at 14 camp today, as they wait for a weather window to carry their first load of gear to high camp. Team 2 is in much the same position as team 1. They are also resting at 14 Camp, and will likely continue to await better weather through […]
May 28, 2025 – Team 3, led by Peter Dale, has arrived in Anchorage! There are still two groups left to fly out, but we have officially launched over half of our 2025 Denali/McKinley teams. Team 1 is retrieving their cached goods from 13,000 Camp today, and tonight should be their second to last night […]
May 27, 2025 IMG Denali teams 1 and 2 are still only one day apart! Team 1 are headed to 14,000 camp for the night. After caching supplies yesterday, they’re acclimated and have had a chance to store some of their supplies higher up the mountain. Team 2 spent today caching their own supplies! Ideally, […]
May 25th, 2025 Both IMG Denali teams are currently camped and operating out of the 11,000′ camp. Team 1 made a carry up Motorcycle Hill and around the famous Windy Corner today to supply their next cache, located at 13,500′.Team 2 reached the 11,000′ camp yesterday and are currently back-carrying to retrieve items cached at […]
May 23, 2025 Team 1, lead by Brad Swanson, is ascending to 11k Camp! This incredible landscape provides a beautiful view of Foraker’s summit on a clear day, as seen in the photo above. Team 2, led by Max Bond, is caching at 10k, and will be spending to night at Ski Hill. Caching is […]
May 22, 2025 – Team 2 has arrived on the Kahiltna Glacier! They are headed up to Ski Hill Camp, and will begin their trek up the mountain tomorrow morning. Team Swanson is carrying gear to 10k Camp to cache supplies and begin acclimating to the altitude. They will continue to climb with interspersed acclimation/caching […]
