Blewett Pass Skiing – Lion Rock, Table Mountain, Diamond Head, Windy Knob, Tronsen Head November, 2024 7 miles skiing, 18 miles snowmobiling There’s finally enough snow in the cascades that it makes sense to use a snowmobile for approaches to peaks. I usually do one shake-down trip with the snowmobile… Continue reading
Arroyo Seco Packrafting Nov 10-11, 2024 Eric and Matthew 15 miles biking, 13 miles paddling/hiking Arroyo Seco is a creek in the Ventana Wilderness in west central California. It contains an interesting slot canyon called the narrows that people sometimes swim and cliff jump in during the summer. Matthew had… Continue reading
Chalangin Peak Attempt Nov 3, 2024 Eric, Ross, Peter 22 miles, 6500ft gain, 12am – 10:30pm I’d recently finished my survey project to determine an accurate list of the WA Top 100 peaks, and I was finally ready to finish climbing all the peaks on the list. Based on the… Continue reading
The Lidar/dGPS Washington Top 100 List Eric Gilbertson, Kyle Bretherton Aug 2017 – Oct 2024 Summary All peaks and contender peaks in WA for the Top 100 list have now been surveyed by either Lidar, dGPS, or both. It is now known exactly which 100 peaks are on the list. All… Continue reading