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Custom Wilderness Backpacking Hike Goes to Iron Creek

Guide Brian McCullough and Jesse headed out for a four day Wilderness Trek to Iron Creek this week. They're having great weather! I hope Luna got to go...isn't she cute?We've got another 12 Day Mountaineering Course leaving on Monday 9/6....

A went for a walk this morning before work and this beautiful scene awaited me down at the river.~Blogger Laura

Mountaineering Course doing great

When Nick & Beth were on the Pika Glacier yesterday, they got to talk to Joey McBrayer and the July 12-day Course. They were having a great time!~Julia

Leighan texted us this afternoon. The weather is keeping them pinned to the 14,200 camp. It is still windy and snowing lightly. They still have time to wait for better weather. All are doing well.Blogger Laura

Here's a view of the West Buttress route. The Kahiltna Glacier is in the middle, the bowl below the cloud covered summit and exposed rocks is the 14,200 foot camp. That is a lenticular cloud and means high winds....

This is the view from an overlook in Talkeetna as of this morning. It is not actually raining at the moment but the fog is low. It continues to snow at 14K. Leighan taught the team an avalanche class yesterday....

Leighan's West Buttress team has decided to move down the mountain. They had over 87 inches of snow at 14,200 feet from July 12 to July 21, and more in the forecast! Yeti wins this one. This has been an amazing stream of steady moisture, giving us lots of rain here in Talkeetna. The sun has come out and everyone in town is rejoicing to see it. We are happy that our Ninjas are returning safely; they worked hard! They will be back to Talkeetna as soon as the weather permits. Going up is slow,...

Yesterday the Glacier Ninjia's returned to Talkeetna safe and sound. It sounds as if the team had quite the time under nearly constant snowstorms. From the 14,200' camp they played it smart, digging avalanche test pits daily and evaluated that the avalanche conditions were far too high for a safe ascent to the 16,200' ridge and above. AMS guides have a great deal of professional avalanche forecasting training, which obviously is a major asset in the mountains, especially during this...

Getting to know each other at the 14,000 foot camp....for 10 days.

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