Carrying ever higher

Zach checked in last night from 7,800k after dinner. Although the satellite phone cut out a few times (quite common) I was able to get clued into all the other Mountain Trip groups on the mountain. Because of its location, 7,800k can become an information hub; all Mountain Trip groups get on the FRS radio after the 8pm weather forecast that the basecamp coordinator puts out every evening, and sometimes instead of everyone reporting in to the MT office separately via sat phone everyone will relay their information to the office through one person.

Zach and company carried up Ski Hill almost to the base of Kahiltna Pass and cached around 10,400k. He spoke of building clouds and snowfall, reporting a foot of accumulation but such weather is common on the Kahiltna- that's where the glacier comes from!

If all is well his plan is to move to 11k camp, which takes five to seven hours but puts the group above Kahiltna Pass and off the main flow of the Kahiltna. This puts them above the often daily, localized bad weather phenomenon that plagues the glacier from 9k to 10.5k or so. The TAT webcam shows some buildup in the range but the forecast is for better times.