The highest peak in North America has some of the best ski lines in the World - here's how to summit the mountain and ski off it!
LessThe start point for all Denali adventures - this is the last civilisation you'll see until you get back from the mountain!
The highest and wildest National Park in America - welcome to Denali!
Denali is a mountain of epic proportions. The journey up it is long, tiring, character building and breathtakingly beautiful amid a truly savage mountain range.
The most popular and easiest way to ski down from Denali, this handy route can be used as a means to descend from 17k Camp or as part of a complete ski descent from the summit. It is also sometimes used as a climbing route to bypass the fixed ropes and ridge on the lower portion of the West Buttress.
The Messner Couloir is essentially a massive face funnelling into a couloir directly above 14k Camp. Most teams opt to climb the West Buttress and drop in onsight to the Messner rather than breaking trail up the Messner which would be more physically demanding.
Along with the Messner Couloir, the Orient Express is the best way to descend Denali on skis. A fantastic natural ski line, it is sustained at 40-45 degrees for more than 1,000 meters although it is slightly less steep and serious than the Messner.