Wash kit, wipes, toilet paper and rubbish bags on Denali
Also called: Hand sanitiser, wet wipes, toilet paper, Heavy-duty garbage bags, Personal washing kit + towel, Toilet paper, Wet wipes / waterless soap
What it is for
Wet wipes, hand sanitiser, toilet paper and bags to carry out waste. Staying clean keeps you healthy on a long trip, and on many mountains all waste must be carried out.
What Denali asks for
Standard
Wet wipes, hand sanitiser, toilet paper, a small towel, moisturiser; human waste goes in the team's Clean Mountain Can
⚖On the West Buttress solid human waste goes in a Clean Mountain Can: below Camp 4 (14,200 ft) it is carried off the mountain, at 14,200 ft and above it is carried off or put in the one crevasse the rangers mark at 14,200 ft; each party must reach Camp 4 with at least one CMC. The NPS issues the CMC and the compostable bags free at check-in; a lost CMC costs US$150. "No Can, No Climb."
Source
Denali Superintendent's Compendium (approved 2025-04-01, amended 2025-09-22), 36 CFR 2.14(a)(9) — https://www.nps.gov/locations/alaska/upload/Denali-Superintendents-Compendium.pdf; Mount McKinley and Mount Foraker Climbing Permit Terms and Conditions (NPS, updated 2025-04-14) — https://www.nps.gov/dena/planyourvisit/climbingtermsconditions.htm
Kinds
- Wash Kit
- Wipes
- Toilet Kit
- Waste Systems
Other mountains
- Standard on: Everest, Aconcagua, Denali, Kilimanjaro, Elbrus, Vinson, Kosciuszko, Carstensz Pyramid
