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What will Denali cost you?

Built on what one person paid on a six person expedition in May 2025. Move the sliders and the shared lines move with them.

How many of you are going?6

The car, the satellite phone, the wands and the group gear split across this number.

Nights in a hotel or Airbnb before and after5

We had four nights in Anchorage and one in Talkeetna, about 57 dollars a night each.

Return flight to Anchorage$1,200

Depends entirely on where you live. From Europe, 900 to 1,600 is normal.

Gear you still have to buy$1,500

Zero if you already own it. A full kit from nothing runs into several thousand.

Insurance that covers rescue at altitude$300

A standard travel policy will not cover this. Read the exclusions page.

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    Where these numbers come from

    The fixed and shared lines are what we paid in May 2025, taken from our budget sheet. The climbing fee is the 2026 rate from the National Park Service. The guided comparison is the 2026 price range of the operators we checked. Your flight, gear and insurance depend on you, so they are sliders.