IMPACT
Denali Rescue Volunteers directly enhances the safety of climbers on North America’s highest peak by supporting skilled, volunteer rescuers with the equipment, funding, and resources they need to respond to emergencies in one of the world’s most extreme environments.
IMPACT
Denali Rescue Volunteers provide critical volunteer support for rescue operations on Denali and surrounding peaks, working closely with the National Park Service.
INVESTING IN HUMANS
Volunteers come to DRV with deep backgrounds in mountaineering, medicine, and rescue. DRV provides the additional training, logistical coordination, and gear needed to ensure they’re ready for the challenges of operating in Denali’s extreme environment. This investment in people pays off in safer, faster, and more effective rescue outcomes.
DONATIONS & VOLUNTEER TIME
As a grassroots nonprofit, DRV is powered by generosity—from donors, volunteers, and local supporters. Every dollar and every hour given goes directly toward putting experienced rescuers on the mountain, keeping climbers safe, and upholding Denali’s legacy as a wild but accessible place of adventure.
IMPACT IN THE NEWS
“For the next few hours, our team got a crash course in emergency medicine at high altitude... And perhaps most sobering of all, it took all five members of our team to support one patient for just a few hours before they could be flown to a hospital.”
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-Hannah Trim, 2019 Denali Rescue Volunteer
“DRV directly supports Denali’s Mountain VIP Program, and in turn the park’s mountaineering program as a whole, by providing additional resources such as a high quality gear cache, access to training opportunities, and logistical support to national and international volunteers.”
"As board president of Denali Rescue Volunteers [Steve Mock], a non-profit Friends Organization that supports the mountaineering volunteers, Mock dramatically expanded outreach and fundraising."