Lisa has arrived at her camp for the next 2 1/2 months, where she will be there to meet and greet climbers that come from all over the globe to climb Denali. She and her troop of strong volunteers flew into the Kahiltna Glacier on Friday April 27th to shovel her tent spot for the season. They dug down about 8 feet to provide shelter from the wind, cold temperatures and the inevitable meltage from the Alaskan midnight sun.
TAT's Downtown Superstar Randi volunteered to help set up basecamp. Here she is resting her back from shoveling while basking in the sun. Seems like one of the first years that basecamp set up has happened without delays on a beautiful bluebird day. Hopefully that weather trend will continue this summer with beautiful days of mountain flying and taking climbers to their next adventures.
Our first French group, 'Alaska Moose' just returned from their trip to the Bear Tooth.
They have made a first ascent on a route they are calling "The Bear Skin". Below is a very descriptive map of their route, which is also on file with the National Park Service office in Talkeetna. They said snow conditions were good, but during their trip the temperatures were warming up and the ice was melting a bit.
Congratulations to the group for establishing a new route, we will be looking forward to seeing them next time for their climbing expedition.
TAT flew a group up to stay at the Mountain house in early April. Matt, Amber and Ian shared with us their photo shoot of the Northern Lights, that they were so lucky to get a glimpse of and share with us.
Looks like the Spring might be the new hot time to see Northern Lights.
Even though there is a whole week until the Autumnal Equinox, fall is in full swing. It is hard not to take notice everyday when fall seems to last about two weeks around here. Here are some more fall photos around the office. Currently we have just over 13 hours of daylight and are losing over 5 minutes of light per day. It is time to enjoy the fall colors and the cool morning air while we can.
Here is Beaver working on blending into the vegetable and flower planters.
The tundra colors are amazing right now! It's wonderful to be able to see the dramatic scenery each season has to offer here at the base of the Alaska Range.
These beautiful pictures are courtesy of our very own Tyler Westhoff.
Come one, come all! Just come dressed up as a TV character. Think Jersey
Shore, Gilligan's Island, Fat Albert, The Office, The Lone Ranger,
MASH, Charlies Angels, Fantasy Island, Starsky and Hutch... the list can
go on and on.
