In Talkeetna!

The team has all flown from the glacier to the little hamlet of Talkeetna. They plan to spend the evening in town and will drive back to Anchorage tomorrow. It is a bit of an abrupt transition to go from the heart of the Alaska Range to downtown Anchorage too quickly.

I'll try to get the guides to add a post or two, and will encourage everyone to send me photos to add to this dispatch blog, but for now...that's all folks!

On their way to Base Camp

One of the guides from another Mountain Trip team called an hour ago, and reported that the crew had recently passed through Camp 1 at 7,800'. Temperatures are fairly cold, so the glacier between Camp 1 and Base Camp should be in good shape. They should arrive in the next few hours, and the weather looks great for flying!

Not much beats flying out from the glacier early in the morning, catching a quick shower, and heading down to the Talkeetna Roadhouse to challenge your appetite against their whopping "Full Talkeetna Standard" breakfast. Few, but Denali climbers, are up to the task...