Weekly seasonal report about Alaska Range mountaineering and the climbing community, produced by KTNA.
Currently, there are 855 climbers registered to attempt Denali, and 71 climbs were underway as of Thursday. Seven people have returned from the mountain, with two reaching the summit thus … Denali Report for May 11th, 2018
The 2018 climbing season is underway on Denali. Currently, there are 852 climbers registered to attempt the mountain, and twenty-one are currently underway. Six climbers have completed their attempts, with … Denali Report for May 5th, 2018
In total, just under 1,200 people registered to climb Denali this year. Of those, sixty-five are currently making their attempts, and 1,125 climbs have been completed. The current summit rate … Denali Report for July 7th, 2017
This week on the Denali Report: As climbing season begins to wind down, conditions on Denali mean crevasse falls are a continuing hazard. Also, the summit rate has gone up … Denali Report for June 30th, 2017
This week on the Denali Report, KTNA’s Phillip Manning discusses an increase in the summit rate and the emergency rescue of a climber that combined efforts of guides, rangers, and … Denali Report for June 9, 2017: Crevasse Rescue
This week on the Denali Report, KTNA’s Phillip Manning discusses the incredibly low summit rate, and speaks with a forecaster from the National Weather Service about trying to predict the … Denali Report for June 2nd, 2017: Weather Forecasting
This week on the Denali Report, the summit rate remains relatively low, and veteran mountaineering ranger Roger Robinson tells KTNA’s Phillip Manning about the plan to celebrate Denali National … Denali Report for May 26th, 2017: Stepping up the game on Denali’s human waste
As of Thursday, 1,139 climbers are registered to attempt Denali, and 170 are on the mountain. Nine hundred, fifty-two climbs have been completed, and 574 people have made it … Denali Report for July 1st, 2016
This week on the Denali Report, updated statistics on this year’s mountaineering season, plus KTNA’s Phillip Manning speaks with the first all-Lebanese team to summit Denali. In … Denali Report for June 10th, 2016: Team Lebanon
