Denali Climbing GuideWith more than 25 years experience, the author climbed Denali in 1995 and describes in detail 40 routes and 24 variations to its summit. Detailed route maps and descriptions as well as special features on oufitting and preparing a Denali trip make this guidebook a useful resource for the expedition climber or the reader interested by this natural wonder. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Chapter 2 | 26 |
Butte Direct | 35 |
31 | 99 |
SOUTHEASTERN ROUTES | 113 |
ParkerBrowne Variation | 116 |
Further Reading | 126 |
Equipment List | 132 |
| 135 | |
Common terms and phrases
60-degree ice Alaska Grade ANAM approach approximately ascent party bergschrund camp campsite Cassin Ridge climbers climbing cornices couloir crevasses Denali National Park Denali Pass Denali Wilderness descended East Fork expedition exposed to avalanches feet followed Fork of Kahiltna Fork of Ruth Further reading Genet Basin hanging glacier Harper Glacier headwall ice wall icefall Kahiltna Base Kahiltna Glacier leads left side miles Mount Foraker Mount McKinley Muldrow Glacier North Peak Northwest Buttress Northwest Fork overhanging P.O. Box Park and Preserve Peters Basin Peters Glacier Pioneer Ridge pitches R. J. SECOR ridge crest right side rock band route ascends Ruth Glacier seracs side of Denali snow and ice snow slope snowfield South Buttress South Peak Southeast Spur Finish southwest face summit Talkeetna Talkeetna Ranger Station Telephone Thayer Basin Thayer Ridge traverse upper Variation VARIATION-ALASKA GRADE Washburn Route West Buttress West Fork West Rib Wickersham Wall Wonder Lake YDS class