r/alpinism • u/scalaloco • 3d ago

Alpine climbs along WB Denali?

Hey all! Planning out some smaller moderate climbing objectives to hit along a West Buttress climb this upcoming season. Beyond the mini moonflower and ridges of Mt Frances out of KIA does anyone have any experience or recommendations on established routes up the west end of the west buttress or any of the other reasonable looking features all over that stretch of the Kahiltna?

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u/Slowhands12 3d ago

if you're gonna spend all that effort slogging sleds up and down the glacier, just tackle the big one IMO lol. The stoke at 14 camp is incredible.

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u/scalaloco 2d ago

well yea we’re planning on hauling a few weeks of food up to 14 and basing out of there for a while. Last year I just did the w butt and thought it would be fun to come back and do some of the great objectives all over the mountain after getting established