With over 40 Denali summits between them, Uphill Athlete coaches Steve House and Mark Postle know what it takes to climb Denali. In this discussion the pair will focus on climbing Denali via the West Buttress (standard) route, what it is like, sprinkled with plenty of tips on how to do it.
Our specialty these days is coaching people to maximize their fitness for big mountains around the world, including Denali. We won't go into the best practices for physical training for Denali, but we will address that topic in-depth in a future talk. Check out
www.uphillathlete.com
for a lot more information about training for Denali.
Our recommended training plan for Denali is our 24-week Expeditionary Mountaineering Training Plan, found here:
https://www.uphillathlete.com/training-plans/#mountaineering-training
Special thanks to the Alaska Mountaineering School, Colby Coombs, Dustin English and Porter Crockard for photo content.