Timetable
| Date |
Day |
Plan |
| Sat. May 29 |
-1 |
Fly to Anchorage, Alaska. Take bus by Denali Overland Transportation to Talkeetna. Arrive at TAT bunkhouse in Talkeetna 2:00 am |
| Sun. May 30 |
0 |
Prepare gear. NPS Orientation with Daryll Miller (Great guy, knows his mountaineering). Rent Snowshoes and wands. Tape wands. Pack food. Wait at TAT to fly to glacier. Took off, but were turned back by clouds over basecamp |
| Mon. May 31 |
1 |
Fly to glacier with TAT, land at base camp, 7200'. Meet basecamp Annie and Meg.
Get fuel, sleds. Bury basecamp cache. Full carry to 7800', camp below ski hill. |
| Tues. June 1 |
2 |
Snowing and cloudy, half carry to 9700'.
|
| Weds. June 2 |
3 |
Snowing and cloudy. Move camp to 11,000', base of motorcycle hill.
|
| Thurs. June 3 |
4 |
Retrieve cache from 9700'.
|
| Fri. June 4 |
5 |
Clear weather. Rumor of storm coming. Skip rest day. Half carry to 14,200'. |
| Sat. June 5 |
6 |
Clear weather. Rumor of storm coming. Skip rest day. Move camp to 14,200'. |
| Sun. June 6 |
7 |
Rest day. Day hike up headwall. Scott goes to 16,200. I went to start
of fixed lines 15,400'. |
| Mon. June 7 |
8 |
Half carry to 17,000'. |
| Tues. June 8 |
9 |
Rest Day. |
| Weds. June 9 |
10 |
Move camp to 17,200'. Retrieve cache from 17,000'. |
| Thurs. June 10 |
11 |
Rest Day. Hike to top of Denali Pass. Windy there. |
| Fri. June 11 |
12 |
Summit day. Summit. |
| Sat. June 12 |
13 |
Hike out. Started at 1:15 pm, made it to airstrip at 5:00 am. |
| Sun. June 13 |
14 |
Wait for plane, dig up cache, cook, eat, rest, fly out at 10:00 am. Check out with NPS (Daryll Miller) |
| Mon. June 14 |
15 |
Chill |
| Tues. June 15 |
16 |
Take Bus by Denali Overland Transportation to Anchorage, fly home. |