day break | The sun doesn't go down this time of year in the Alaska range. You could watch the sun rotate in a circle overhead. It would get the darkest from midnight to 2 am when the sun would go behind Mount Francis. This is a shot of Mount Hunter around 10 am.

Pose | Carmen heading somewhere on the glacier. Denali can almost be seen in the background in the clouds.

deep | A view into a large crevasse while standing on a snow bridge that spans it.

thin air | When it was clear out the views were amazing. What struck me the most is how vivid everything was. I can only compare it to watching high definition television on a very large screen. The air is so clean and cold that it doesn't distort details on mountains even from miles away. Unfortunately, the photos don't even remotely do this justice.

Denali | Denali (Mt. McKinley) is the center peak in this photo. We were socked in with weather for most of the trip and couldn't see the summit.

anchor break | One of the team members anchors a guide investigating a crevasse. Mt. Foraker is in the background. You can see snow blowing from the summit due to high winds. While we were there the search was called off for two missing climbers on Mt. Foraker. Karen McNeil and Sue Knott disappeared somewhere above 16,000 ft. Only 30 people tried to summit Foraker (17,400 ft.) this year. No had has made the summit.

control tower | This is the peak that we climbed. While it is hardly as visually overpowering as the other peaks in the area it was still a lot of fun. It stands at 8,670 ft. and it is the terminus of the southern buttress of Denali.

wearing a hat | Mt. Foraker with a lenticular cloud over the summit. Lenticular clouds frequently indicate a change in weather. We had winds, rain, and snow within 12 hours. Our base camp can be seen in the foreground.