Denali Report for July 2nd, 2026

This week marks the the final days of climbing season.  Although there are still climbers in the range, most of them are in the final days of their journey.  KTNA’s Colleen Love has this week’s Denali Report.

This is the Denali Report for July 2nd, 2026

As of mid-week, there were 981 climbers registered to climb Denali and 19 people registered to attempt Mt. Foraker. There are 84 climbers currently on Denali and no climbers currently on Mt. Foraker.  897 mountaineers have finished their expeditions.

Most of the climbers that are still in the Alaska Range are at High Camp, waiting for a summit bid or are on their way down. Kahiltna Base Camp Coordinator, Gabby Faurot, flew into the range early this week to begin removing Base Camp.

This was the first season in years that there wasn’t one primary Base Camp Manager to assist during the entire climbing season. Instead, Faurot flew to the Kahiltna Glacier to set up camp in mid-April. After that, she coordinated with a group of about eight trained specialists that flew in for approximately one week stints. 

Faurot says the new system is working well. She says it’s easier to get people to fill in for a week or two then to find people who can commit for the entire two month period.

Given good weather, Faurot expects Base Camp will be removed by the end of the holiday weekend. The National Park Service has not published summit rates for the 2026 climbing season, but they say they plan to publish that data later in the year.

 You’ve been listening to the Denali Report.  For KTNA, I’m Colleen Love

Kahiltna Base Camp: Photo by Morgan McGonagle via NPS