West Buttress route on Denali

E415098

climbing route mountaineering route

The West Buttress route on Denali is the mountain’s most popular and classic climbing route, known for its relatively moderate technical difficulty yet extreme altitude, cold, and weather challenges.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
West Buttress route on Denali canonical	3
Denali West Buttress route	2
Denali West Buttress route vicinity	1
West Buttress standard route on Denali	1
forms part of the normal route to Denali’s 6190 m summit	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	climbing route ⓘ mountaineering route ⓘ
activity	high-altitude mountaineering ⓘ
approach	airplane landing on Kahiltna Glacier ⓘ
camping	multiple high camps ⓘ
climbedBy	guided commercial expeditions ⓘ independent climbing teams ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
difficulty	moderate technical difficulty ⓘ
difficultyGrade	Alpine Grade II–III (approximate) ⓘ
governingAuthority	National Park Service ⓘ surface form: U.S. National Park Service
hasReputationFor	being the most popular route on Denali ⓘ being the standard route on Denali ⓘ
hazard	avalanche risk ⓘ crevasses ⓘ extreme altitude ⓘ high winds ⓘ rapidly changing weather ⓘ severe cold ⓘ
highestPoint	Denali ⓘ surface form: Denali summit
knownFor	being physically demanding despite modest technical grade ⓘ exposure to jet-stream-level weather ⓘ long summit day from high camp ⓘ
locatedIn	Alaska ⓘ Alaska Range ⓘ Denali National Park and Preserve ⓘ
locatedOn	Denali ⓘ
mountainRange	Alaska Range ⓘ
notableCamp	14,000-foot camp ⓘ 17,000-foot high camp ⓘ Camp 1 ⓘ Camp 2 ⓘ
permitRequired	yes ⓘ
requires	cold-weather expedition gear ⓘ crevasse rescue skills ⓘ glacier travel skills ⓘ self-arrest skills ⓘ use of fixed lines ⓘ
season	late May to early July ⓘ
startingPoint	Kahiltna Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ
summitElevation	20310 feet ⓘ 6190 meters ⓘ
typicalBaseCampElevation	approximately 2200 meters ⓘ approximately 7200 feet ⓘ
typicalStyle	multi-week expedition ⓘ sled and backpack load hauling ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kahiltna Glacier → accessPointFor → West Buttress route on Denali ⓘ

Windy Corner → partOf → West Buttress route on Denali ⓘ

this entity surface form: West Buttress standard route on Denali

West Buttress ridge → elevationContext → West Buttress route on Denali ⓘ

this entity surface form: forms part of the normal route to Denali’s 6190 m summit

Denali north-side climbing routes → areLessFrequentlyClimbedThan → West Buttress route on Denali ⓘ

this entity surface form: Denali West Buttress route

Denali Pass → partOfRoute → West Buttress route on Denali ⓘ

Kahiltna Base Camp → startingPointFor → West Buttress route on Denali ⓘ

Kahiltna Base Camp → associatedWith → West Buttress route on Denali ⓘ

this entity surface form: Denali West Buttress route

Denali massif → climbingArea → West Buttress route on Denali ⓘ

this entity surface form: Denali West Buttress route vicinity