Pilot Rock (6,234ft) – Highpoint of Petrified Forest National Park Eric Gilbertson October 22, 2015 Pilot Rock is not a highpoint that gets climbed very often. It’s the highest point in Petrified Forest National Park, but there are no trails leading to it and no petrified fossils near it. The… Continue reading
Matthew and Eric Gilbertson Oct 14-28 (Eric), Oct 23-28 (Matthew), 2015 12 national park high points, 2 state high points summitted Including 54 miles/11kft elev gain hiked in 18.5 hours in the Grand Canyon (rim to rim to rim) We flew to Vegas for a road trip to climb some… Continue reading
Redwoods National Park Highpoint (3,262 ft) Eric and Katie November 1, 2015 I had just flown in to Monterray, California, to meet up with Katie for her Bat conference, and we then needed to drive back to Seattle. We decided to take the scenic Route 101 up the California coast… Continue reading
North Chalone Peak (3,304ft) – Pinnacles National Park Highpoint Eric Gilbertson October 30, 2015 I had flown to Monterrey to visit Katie while she was at her bat conference and decided to spend one afternoon exploring the newly-created Pinnacles National Park. Katie had driven down from Seattle, so I borrowed… Continue reading
Horse Ranch Mountain (8,726ft) – Highpoint of Zion National Park Eric and Matthew Gilbertson – October 28, 2015 Matthew and I started our day eating breakfast at Rainbow Point in Bryce Canyon, then drove down to hit the Zion highpoint. A few days earlier we’d driven through Zion and hiked… Continue reading
Rainbow Point (9,115 ft) – Highpoint of Bryce Canyon National Park Eric and Matthew Gilbertson – October 27, 2015 After hiking through Burro Wash slot canyon in Capitol Reef on October 26 we drove south to Bryce Canyon National Park. We got to the entrance after dark and found a… Continue reading
Billings Benchmark SE (8,960ft) – Highpoint of Capitol Reef National Park Eric and Matthew Gilbertson, October 26, 2015 Matthew and I had just done a 55-mile rim-to-rim-to-rim dayhike in the Grand Canyon and tagged the Grand Canyon highpoint the next morning. After walking back from the lookout tower to the… Continue reading
Lookout Tower Hill (9,165ft) – Highpoint of Grand Canyon National Park Eric and Matthew Gilbertson – October 25, 2015 I had been driving around the southwest for a week hitting national park highpoints and Matthew flew to Las Vegas for a long weekend to join. I picked him up on… Continue reading
Park Point Lookout (8,571ft) – Highpoint of Mesa Verde National Park Eric Gilbertson, October 21, 2015 I was driving around the southwest hitting national park highpoints and had just finished climbing Micah Mountain in Saguaro National Park. The next park on my agenda was Mesa Verde, so I drove north… Continue reading
Mica Mountain (8,664ft) – Highpoint of Saguaro National Park Eric Gilbertson – October 19-20, 2015 After climbing Quail Mountain in Joshua Tree National Park I drove around the park a bit before driving into Arizona for the night. I found an excellent gravel parking lot with RVs in it that… Continue reading