The Sultana Ridge, Mt Foraker

  The sultana ridge of Mt Foraker as seen from Paul Roddericks turbine otter on the flight in to the Kahiltna glacier. Late May, Courtney Phillips, Kip Garre, Andrew McLean and I took off to attempt to ski the Sultana ridge fromt the 17004 ft summit of Mt Foraker. Mt Foraker or Sultana (the mom), is the less known, and certainly less climbed partner of Denali (the dad), at the divide of the majestic Alaska range.   While Denali gets all the traffic, Sultana gets the solitude and a much lower success rate compared with the Daddy. Meet the group:   Kip, Court and Andrew checking out our objective right when we stepped out of the plane. Awesome. The stellar weather in this photo did not last. Much more to come.
A big shoutout and good luck to Kim and an all girls Colorado crew currently climbing and skiing on Denali.