Quail Mountain (5,813 ft) – Highest Point in Joshua Tree National Park October 18, 2015 (Eric) and April 29, 2018 (Mathew and Amanda) Matthew’s Trip: Amanda and I took advantage of a four day weekend around her birthday to head down to Joshua Tree National Park for some backpacking. J-Tree… Continue reading
Mt St Helens (8,333ft) Eric Gilbertson May 1, 2018 I left town Monday evening and slept in the car at the trailhead that night. I woke up at sunrise and was moving around 6am. Snow still goes all the way to the trailhead, but this is likely that last week… Continue reading
Mount Diablo (3,848 ft) by bike Matthew Gilbertson 5/2/18 112 miles 5,600 ft elevation gain 7am to 4:45pm Like Mount Hamilton, the summit of Mount Diablo is also visible from many locations around the Bay Area. I had read that it had one of the best “viewsheds” in the area,… Continue reading
Mt Baker (10,781ft) April 24, 2018 Eric Gilbertson I left Seattle Monday evening after work and drove a few hours up to the south side of Mt Baker. I turned up Baker Lake Road, then on FR 12, then up FR 13. I had tried earlier in the day many… Continue reading
Mount Hamilton (4,265 ft) by bike Matthew Gilbertson 4/12/18 93 miles 6,000 ft elevation gain 7am to 5pm The closest 4,000 footer to Palo Alto it Mt. Hamilton, home of the Lick observatory. You can see the white hemispherical telescope enclosures atop Mt Hamilton from much of the southern Bay… Continue reading
Muir Peak (10,188ft) Eric and Aaron March 12, 2018 We decided to ski up to Camp Muir in Rainier National Park Monday to avoid the crowds and stick to safe snow slopes. We arrived at the gate in Longmire just after it opened at 9am, and were skinning up from… Continue reading
Robinson Mountain (8,726 ft) – First Winter Ascent Eric and Birkan March 2-4, 2018 Robinson Mountain is one of the most accessible of the Washington hundred highest peaks in the winter, but it is still very hard to get to. A 5-hr drive from Seattle gets you to the Yellowjacket… Continue reading
Eightmile Lake BC Skiing Eric and Matthew February 18-19, 2018 Matthew flew into town for the long weekend and a chance to do some skiing in the cascades. A big storm was slated to come in, with up to 4ft of snow falling on Saturday alone. We went resort skiing… Continue reading
Robinson Mountain, Attempt to 8,280ft Eric and Katie February 10-12, 2018 I’d attempted to climb Robinson Mountain last January with Birkan, and had to turn back high on the summit ridge because we were making too slow progress in the deep snow. This year a good weather window opened up… Continue reading
Amabilis Mountain (4,560ft) Eric and Birkan February 4, 2018 We headed up east of the crest in search of the least wet weather for the day. After parking at a sno-park that I only later realized also required a groomed-trail car sticker, we put on skis and started skinning uphill…. Continue reading