Here’s the latest from our team on Denali:

Winds continue to hammer down on the upper mountain, but CTSS guide Dallas remains optimistic that a window of light winds is coming their way at the end of the week. The team is hanging tight at their 14,000-foot camp with supplies cached in the upper mountain for their summit bid.

CTSS Owner Mike Hamill, who has guided nearly 20 Denali expeditions, shared his thoughts on North America’s tallest peak, “Denali is one of the most imposing mountains on earth and is considered one of the most challenging climbs because of its extreme weather and serious terrain. I joke that I return to guide Denali each year to prove to myself I’m still a hardcore mountaineer. It is consistently the most arduous work of any of the Seven Summits and a real climbers’ mountain.”

We will continue to keep you all posted on the team’s movement.

Photos below courtesy of (in respective order) Seven Summits finishers Julie McKelvey and Emma Scherwin, as well as Seven Summits aspirant Eva Steinwald.