Buck Mountain (8,560ft), Fortress Mountain (8,760ft), and Chiwawa Mountain (8,459) Feb 12-13, 2022 Eric, Paul, and Steve I was hoping to push myself up to the halfway point on the Winter Bulgers list and I needed three more peaks to do that. Last weekend I had climbed Sherpa Peak to… Continue reading
Sherpa Peak (8,605ft) via East Ridge Feb 5-6, 2022, Eric and Nick 10 miles Snowmobiling, 18 miles skiing/climbing Sherpa Peak is an interesting technical mountain in the Enchantments area east of the Cascade crest. It is probably most famous for the huge balanced rock perched along the summit ridge. The… Continue reading
Mount Stuart (9,415ft) Winter Ascent via Cascadian Couloir Jan 29, 2022, 4:15am – 5pm Eric, Ryan and Westy 20 miles snowmobiling, 11 miles skiing, 8,000ft gain Stable weather lined up with stable snow conditions Saturday and we were all excited to go for Mt Stuart. Mt Stuart has a classic… Continue reading
Forbidden Peak (8,815ft) via West Ridge Jan 22-23, 2022 Duncan and Eric Forbidden Peak is a classic peak in the North Cascades and a very popular summer climb. All routes to the summit are technical, and glaciers flank the cliffs at its base. The West Ridge route is listed in… Continue reading
Cathedral Peak (8,601ft) and Amphitheater Mountain (8,358ft) Probable First Winter Ascents Jan 15-16, 2021, Eric and Josh 42 miles skiing, 27 miles snowmobiling Cathedral Peak is a top contender for most remote Bulger peak in the winter in Washington. The closest way to get to it from the US side… Continue reading
Mt Ronde (266m), Guinea-Bissau Highpoint Dec 26-27, 2021 Eric, Kahler, and Serge We were in West Africa climbing and surveying country highpoints, and had already finished climbing the highpoints of Togo, Ghana, Benin, Gambia, Guinea, Cote D’Ivoire, and Senegal. Last on the list was Guinea-Bissau. Interestingly, as far as I’d… Continue reading
Felo Barkere (648m), Highpoint of Senegal Dec 23 – 25, 2021 Eric, Serge, and Kahler We were in West Africa for three weeks trying to climb and measure elevations for country highpoints. Interestingly, as far as I researched there had never been accurate enough surveys conducted to definitively determine the… Continue reading
Mt Richard Molard (1744m), Highpoint of Guinea and Cote D’Ivoire Dec 19-22, 2021 Eric, Kahler, Serge We were in West Africa climbing country highpoints over the Christmas break, with the goal of climbing and accurately measuring highpoint summit elevations. As far as I had researched, there have not been accurate… Continue reading
Sare Firasu Hill (50.905m +/- 0.067m), Gambia Highpoint Location: 13.221566, -14.159756 Dec 18, 2021 Eric, Serge, Kahler Background Gambia is one of the few remaining countries in the world for which the location of the highest point was not known (before this trip). Gambia is a very flat, low-elevation country… Continue reading
Leklata (900m), Ghana Highpoint Mt Atilakoutse (991m), Togo Highpoint Mt Sokbaro (660m), Benin Highpoint Dec 12 – 16, 2021 Eric, Kahler, Serge Background There are a handful of countries in the world where the country highpoint is not known with certainty. For these countries generally there have not been careful… Continue reading