Lake Mountain (8,371ft) , Monument Peak (8,592ft), Blackcap Mountain (8,397ft), Osceola Peak (8,587ft), Mount Carru (8,595ft), Mount Lago (8,745ft), Ptarmigan Peak (8,614ft), and Lost Peak (8,464ft) Eric Gilbertson (solo) June 30 – July 2, 2018 3 days 83 miles hiking 4 miles mountain biking 0.25 miles packrafting 8 Washington Hundred… Continue reading
Big Snagtooth (8,330ft), Big Craggy (8,470ft) and West Craggy (8,366ft) June 27, 2018, 6:30am – 8:15pm ~25 miles, 10,000ft gain Eric Gilbertson and Steven Song (for Big Snagtooth) We originally planned to climb Forbidden Peak, but the weather looked iffy so switched to Big Snagtooth at the last minute out… Continue reading
Mt Fairweather (15,325ft) June 22, 2018 Eric Gilbertson, Steven Song, Greg Slayden ~24 hours Haines to Haines June 19 – Flight Seattle to Haines, too windy to fly to glacier June 20 – Attempted flight to glacier, snow too slushy to land, wait in Haines, hike Mt Ripinsky June 21… Continue reading
Cathedral Peak (8,601 ft) and Amphitheater Mountain (8,358ft) 40 miles solo car-to-car day trip June 16, 2018, 7:45am – 11:45pm Eric Gilbertson I didn’t plan on hiking these mountains as a day trip. In fact, I hauled overnight gear with me the whole way. It just seemed like I was… Continue reading
Jack Mountain (9,066ft) Eric and Birkan June 2, 2018 The standard route in the guidebook for Jack Mountain is the south side route, which is long, involves loose 4th class rock, and is generally done later in the summer when all the snow has melted out. I was surprised this… Continue reading
Mt Rainier (14,410ft) via Ptarmigan Ridge, Grade IV, 5.6, WI3, steep snow Eric and Duncan May 26-29, 2018 May 26 We left town late Saturday morning, hoping to get behind the crowds and get permits for camping on Liberty Ridge, a classic climb up Mt Rainier. Around noon at the… Continue reading
Little Tahoma (11,138ft) Eric, Aaron, and Ana May 22, 2018 We had all hiked Little Tahoma back in April 2016, but wanted to return to ski it. The White River Road on the north side of Rainier had just opened, and this provided access to a fun skiing route on… Continue reading
Dome Peak (8,920ft) and Sinister Peak (8,440ft) Eric and Matthew Gilbertson May 18-20, 2018 Matthew flew into town from California Friday morning, and after I finished the last of my school obligations we started driving north around noon. The weather didn’t look great, but we decided to give Dome and… Continue reading
Packrafting the Skagit Eric and Katie May 13, 2018 We drove to the Skagit River boat launch at Marblemount and dropped off the packrafts and me, then Katie drove the next bridge crossing 10 miles down and biked back up. This section of the Skagit was a relaxing Class 1… Continue reading
Klawatti (8,485ft) and Dorado Needle (8,440ft) Eric and Duncan May 7/8, 2018 After teaching my Monday morning class Duncan and I headed out of town at 10:30am Monday morning headed north. The goal was to climb two mountains on the washington hundred highest list – Klawatti Peak and Dorado Needle…. Continue reading