Little Tahoma (11,136 ft) Winter Ascent Feb 24, 2024 12:30am – 6pm 20 miles snowmobiling, 15 miles skiing Eric and Nick A storm was coming in from the north over the weekend and it looked like the southern zones would be the best place to climb above treeline peaks. There… Continue reading
Mount Rahm (8,480 ft) and Mount Custer (8,630 ft) First Winter Ascents Feb 17-20, 2024 Feb 17 – double carry boat to Ross Lake, paddle to Silver Creek Feb 18 – move camp to Silver Lake, climb Rahm Feb 19 – climb Custer, hike down Silver Creek Feb 20 –… Continue reading
Boston Peak (8,883 ft) First Winter Ascent West Face (steep snow/rime, 5 pitch) Eric Gilbertson and Nick Roy Feb 10, 2024, 12:30am – 5:30pm I’d recently been climbing in the area around Cascade Pass the previous weekend to bag Buckner, Horseshoe, and Sahale peaks. On that trip I’d taken some… Continue reading
Buckner Mountain (9,111ft), Horseshoe Peak (8,480ft), and Sahale Peak (8,680ft) Winter Ascents First Winter Ascent of Horseshoe (SE Face, M3) Feb 3-4, 2024 Eric and Francis The weekend looked like a rare alignment of stable snow and weather in the west north zone, and we decided to tag some peaks… Continue reading