Whats the minimum level of mountain experience required for participants in the expedition?
Our requirements (prerequisites) for climbers looking to join our Denali Expedition read as follows: “Climbers need to have an intermediate level of glacier travel skills, glacier travel experience, experience with backcountry winter camping, and be in excellent cardiovascular and physical condition.” Some of these requirements are left intentionally vague because there are many different skills and experiences that could qualify someone for this trip, and/or serve as the “intermediate level” of experience that we describe. Basically, what we are looking for is that climbers are comfortable using ice axe and crampons on snow and ice up to about 45 degrees in a heavily glaciated environment. Knowing how to self arrest in the event of a fall on snow, and how to use their crampons in different positions according the angle of the slope, would be part of this. “Glacier travel skills” indicate that you have been part of a rope team on glaciated terrain in the past and you know how to rope u
