Forbidden Peak (8,815ft) via West Ridge Jan 22-23, 2022 Duncan and Eric Forbidden Peak is a classic peak in the North Cascades and a very popular summer climb. All routes to the summit are technical, and glaciers flank the cliffs at its base. The West Ridge route is listed in… Continue reading
Cathedral Peak (8,601ft) and Amphitheater Mountain (8,358ft) Probable First Winter Ascents Jan 15-16, 2021, Eric and Josh 42 miles skiing, 27 miles snowmobiling Cathedral Peak is a top contender for most remote Bulger peak in the winter in Washington. The closest way to get to it from the US side… Continue reading
Mt Ronde (266m) (aka Dongol Ronde) Official Country Highpoint of Guinea-Bissau *Note – Incorrectly labeled “Monte Torin” on Wikipedia Dec 26-27, 2021 Eric, Kahler, and Serge We were in West Africa climbing and surveying country highpoints, and had already finished climbing the highpoints of Togo, Ghana, Benin, Gambia, Guinea, Cote… Continue reading
Felo Barkere (648m), Highpoint of Senegal Dec 23 – 25, 2021 Eric, Serge, and Kahler We were in West Africa for three weeks trying to climb and measure elevations for country highpoints. Interestingly, as far as I researched there had never been accurate enough surveys conducted to definitively determine the… Continue reading
Mt Richard Molard (1744m), Highpoint of Guinea and Cote D’Ivoire Dec 19-22, 2021 Eric, Kahler, Serge We were in West Africa climbing country highpoints over the Christmas break, with the goal of climbing and accurately measuring highpoint summit elevations. As far as I had researched, there have not been accurate… Continue reading
Sare Firasu Hill (50.905m +/- 0.067m) Official Country Highpoint of Gambia Location: 13.221566, -14.159756 Dec 18, 2021 Eric, Serge, Kahler Background Gambia is one of the few remaining countries in the world for which the location of the highest point was not known (before this trip). Gambia is a very… Continue reading
Leklata (900m), Ghana Highpoint Mt Atilakoutse (991m), Official Country Highpoint of Togo Mt Sokbaro (660m), Benin Highpoint Dec 12 – 16, 2021 Eric, Kahler, Serge Background There are a handful of countries in the world where the country highpoint is not known with certainty. For these countries generally there have… Continue reading
Grandview – New River Gorge Highpoint Dec 4, 2021 Eric and Keith The newest national park was recently designated in West Virgina at New River Gorge, and we decided to go check it out and tag the highest point. Many thanks to Dave Covill for researching exactly where the highpoint… Continue reading