North Chalone Peak (3,304ft) – Pinnacles National Park Highpoint Eric Gilbertson October 30, 2015 I had flown to Monterrey to visit Katie while she was at her bat conference and decided to spend one afternoon exploring the newly-created Pinnacles National Park. Katie had driven down from Seattle, so I borrowed… Continue reading
Horse Ranch Mountain (8,726ft) – Highpoint of Zion National Park Eric and Matthew Gilbertson – October 28, 2015 Matthew and I started our day eating breakfast at Rainbow Point in Bryce Canyon, then drove down to hit the Zion highpoint. A few days earlier we’d driven through Zion and hiked… Continue reading
Rainbow Point (9,115 ft) – Highpoint of Bryce Canyon National Park Eric and Matthew Gilbertson – October 27, 2015 After hiking through Burro Wash slot canyon in Capitol Reef on October 26 we drove south to Bryce Canyon National Park. We got to the entrance after dark and found a… Continue reading
Billings Benchmark SE (8,960ft) – Highpoint of Capitol Reef National Park Eric and Matthew Gilbertson, October 26, 2015 Matthew and I had just done a 55-mile rim-to-rim-to-rim dayhike in the Grand Canyon and tagged the Grand Canyon highpoint the next morning. After walking back from the lookout tower to the… Continue reading
Lookout Tower Hill (9,165ft) – Highpoint of Grand Canyon National Park Eric and Matthew Gilbertson – October 25, 2015 I had been driving around the southwest for a week hitting national park highpoints and Matthew flew to Las Vegas for a long weekend to join. I picked him up on… Continue reading
Park Point Lookout (8,571ft) – Highpoint of Mesa Verde National Park Eric Gilbertson, October 21, 2015 I was driving around the southwest hitting national park highpoints and had just finished climbing Micah Mountain in Saguaro National Park. The next park on my agenda was Mesa Verde, so I drove north… Continue reading
Mica Mountain (8,664ft) – Highpoint of Saguaro National Park Eric Gilbertson – October 19-20, 2015 After climbing Quail Mountain in Joshua Tree National Park I drove around the park a bit before driving into Arizona for the night. I found an excellent gravel parking lot with RVs in it that… Continue reading
Telescope Peak (11,048ft) October 17, 2015 Eric Gilbertson I camped out in the car down the road from Boundary Peak, and in the morning drove for a few hours into California. I passed by Mt Whitney, then into Death Valley National Park. Luckily it wasn’t very hot that time of… Continue reading
Wheeler Peak (13,063ft) – Great Basin National Park highpoint Eric Gilbertson October 15, 2015 I flew into Las Vegas the night of October 14, rented a car, and started driving north. I camped in the desert north of town, then drove to Great Basin National Park. I made a quick… Continue reading
Big Craggy and West Craggy October 11, 2015 Eric and Katie It looked like Sunday might be dry east of the crest, so Katie and I left Seattle Saturday afternoon and drove through pouring rain across Washington Pass. We made it to a pulloff up Eightmile Creek road and slept… Continue reading