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
Blackcap Mountain (8,402ft) Winter Ascent Jan 26-28, 2024 Eric and Ryan 35 miles, Probable First Winter Ascent Friday – sled to near Harts Pass, ski to camp at Middle Fork Pasayten Saturday – Climb Blackcap, return to camp Sunday – Ski out, sled out There was a warm atmospheric river… Continue reading
Utah Kite Skiing Jan 20-21, 2023 I flew down to Salt Lake City Friday night, rented a car, and drove to the Skyline trailhead by 3:30am Saturday. They had just gotten enough snow to kite ski a week earlier. I met Wayne later that morning and had fun learning how… Continue reading
Eldorado Attempt Jan 13, 2024 Friday night we drove up to milepost 15 on Cascade River road before the snow started getting deep. Paul had just driven up that afternoon and only had to saw out one tree, which was surprising after the wind event earlier in the week. We… Continue reading
Monument Peak (8,592 ft) Winter Ascent Eric and Paul January 6, 2024 Probable First Winter Ascent 34 miles, 9,000ft gain The sweet spot for the weekend with the most stable snow and best weather looked to be as far northeast as possible. I still have a handful of Bulgers in… Continue reading
Hard Mox (8,504 ft) and Mt Spickard (8,979 ft) Winter Ascents Eric and Nick Dec 27, 2023 – Jan 2, 2024 First Winter Ascent of Hard Mox, Second Winter Ascent of Spickard Dec 27 – Double carry zodiac boat and gear from Ross Dam trailhead to Frontage road, drag boat… Continue reading
WA Pass Skiing – Portly Bowl Dec 2, 2023 Washington Pass had just closed to cars Thursday night, which meant it is now open to snowmobiles. Michael, Phil and I started at the Silverstar Gate Saturday morning. There was about 1ft of snow on the road, and we had to… Continue reading
Gopher Mountain (8,001 ft) Nov 18, 2023 18 miles, 6000ft gain, 3:30am – 7pm Our goal was to get some ski mountaineering in before winter, and we planned to ski Gopher Peak. This is a WA Top 200 peak in the entiat area with a fun southwest face to ski…. Continue reading