Search Resumes Today for 5 Survivors Onboard Crashed Aircraft in Denali National Park, Alaska The search for five survivors on board a crashed flightseeing plane out of Talkeetna, Alaska is set to resume Monday morning, more than a day after its Saturday crash in Denali National Park. Air National Guard helicopters as well as two K2 planes flew to the area Saturday night and were able to fly within a fifth of a mile of the plane’s […] SnowBrains | August 6, 2018 0 Comments
Denali, Alaska Climbing Season is Over | No Fatalities for First Time in 15-Years Climbing season on North America’s tallest mountain, Denali is now over. According to the National Park Service, there are no more mountaineering or ranger teams on the 20,310-foot peak. Out of just over 1,100 climbers, forty-five percent reached the summit of Denali (also known as Mount McKinley, its former official name) this season. The summit rate could see some adjustment as National […] Climbing CragBrains | July 11, 2018 0 Comments
“Troubling Trends” Surrounding the Increased Frequency of Alpine Illness HAPE According to a blog post by park rangers of Denali National Park, a sharp uptick in the number of climbers attempting to summit the 20,310-foot park namesake has led to a resurgence of High Altitude Pulmonary Edema. The condition, known as HAPE, most frequently occurs in normally healthy individuals traveling from lower elevations to areas above 8,200 feet, leaving popular […] Brains Lucas Gauthier | July 7, 2018 0 Comments
New Speed Ascent of Denali’s Cassin Ridge A new speed descent was recently set on Denali’s Cassin Ridge by Colin Haley on June 5th. According to TGR, he made the trip in just 8 hours and 7 minutes! Denali is the highest peak in North America at 20,310 feet or 6,190 meters. After trying and failing in the past, Colin thought it would be best if he went […] Climbing Greg Obernesser | June 19, 2018 0 Comments
O’Brady Hopes to Break Record For 50 State High Point Challenge [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s7hdVlUjZw"] Jenah MacGrain | June 14, 2018 14 Likes 0 Tweets 0 Comments
Katie Bono = 3rd Fastest Up Denali, Setting Women’s Speed Record June 13-14, 2017: 21hrs and 6 minutes from 7,200ft to 20,310ft and back again With a piece of Duct tape as a sheild for her iced over, potentially frost bitten nose Katie Bono summited Denali in -40 degree temperatures, the half way point in her round trip speed record setting journey. Bono ,29, has been a Rainier Mountaineering Inc. ski […] Industry News LadyBrains | June 30, 2017 0 Comments
Man Survives 15 Hours Trapped In Crevasse in Alaskan Glacier There was a close call on Denali this past Monday, as a man slipped and fell into a crevasse on the Kahlitna Glacier. Martin Takac of Slovakia fell into the crevasse while descending North America’s highest peak. He was one of two climbers rescued on Monday, as a second man was evacuated for falling ill. In total, Takac’s rescue took […] Jake Rubnitz | June 27, 2017 0 Comments
Denali, Alaska Field Report: June 1st, 2017 Field Report, June 1, 2017 by the National Park Service June 01, 2017 Posted by: Maureen Gualtieri TODAY’S STATS Denali Mt. Foraker Registered Climbers 1,061 16 Climbers Currently On Mountain 596 9 Completed Climbs 225 7 Number of Summits 20 0 Summit Percentage 8% 0% The Walter Harper Talkeetna Ranger Station also maintains a daily automated statistics […] CragBrains | June 4, 2017 0 Comments