Tumbledown Mountain via AMC Route (5.6) Eric and Matthew Gilbertson 9.22.2012 Tumbledown mountain falls under the radar of a lot of hikers and climbers since it’s not on any major peakbagging lists, is only ~3000ft tall, and is farther away than the Presidentials from Boston. But it’s definitely a worthwhile… Continue reading
Newfoundland and Labrador Jacob, Matthew, and Eric Gilbertson August 7-16, 2012 3,726.3 miles driven Tuesday: leave boston 5pm driving north Wednesday: drive straight through quebec into Labrador, camp in central Labrador after 28 hrs of driving Thursday: Drive to Lodge Bay, Eastern Labrador, packraft to island to camp Friday: packraft back to car, drive to L’anse Aux Meadows Viking site in northern Newfoundland … Continue reading
Pico Peak (3,957ft), Vermont Eric and Matthew Gilbertson, Garrett Marino, Jake Osterberg June 23, 2012 If you define New England to be the states of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, and set a mountain prominence threshold of 200ft, then Pico Peak in Vermont is the 71st… Continue reading
Elephant Mountain and West Quoddy Head (Easternmost point in USA) Matthew and Eric Gilbertson June 1-3, 2012 Originally, the primary objective of this little weekend trip was to climb Elephant Mountain, a small, trail-less, view-less hill in western Maine. But what the mountain lacked in elevation it made up for… Continue reading
Eric Gilbertson, Matthew Gilbertson, and Adam Rosenfield 2/17/2012–2/20/2012 Katahdin, Baxter Peak North Brother Fort Mountain South Brother Mt. Coe 650 miles driving ~22 miles skiing ~21 miles hiking Author: Adam Eric and Matthew needed six more mountains to finish off their quest for the New England Hundred Highest, while I still… Continue reading
Vose Spur, East Sleeper, Scar Ridge – NE 100 Highest Vose Spur, East Sleeper, & Scar Ridge Matthew Gilbertson Sep 17-18, 2011 After seven years of hiking in the Whites Eric and I are getting towards the bottom of the New England Hundred Highest List (I’m at #81 now). With… Continue reading
East Kennebago and Snow Mountain Chain of Ponds, Maine Eric and Matthew Gilbertson Snow Chain of Ponds – 70th highest peak in New England East Kennebago Mountain – 91st highest peak in New England November 12, 2011 10 miles mountain biking 3 miles hiking 2 miles bushwacking Our day started… Continue reading
Mts Abraham and Redington – the unconventional way 11/12/11 Matthew and Eric Gilbertson Mt Abraham: 53rd highest in New England Mt Redington: 62nd highest in New England We had some unfinished business with Caribou Pond Road. Several weeks earlier, on our quest for the Hundred Highest Mountains in New England, we… Continue reading
Eleven Mountains on 11/11/11 Eric and Matthew Gilbertson November 11, 2011 (11/11/11) The Horn (3905 ft) The Bulge (3950 ft) Mount Cabot (4170 ft) North Terrace (3650 ft) Middle Terrace (3650 ft) Terrace Mountain (3655 ft) North Weeks (twice) (3901 ft) Middle Weeks (twice) (3684 ft) South Weeks (3885 ft)… Continue reading
Mount Sugarloaf – the hardest way Matthew and Eric Gilbertson Oct 29-30, 2011 35th Highest Peak in New England Things were getting urgent. The clouds had suddenly unleashed an unexpected tornado of snow that rapidly began to turn the ground from brown to white. Wearing heavy overnight backpacks we strained… Continue reading