Grandview – New River Gorge Highpoint Dec 4, 2021 Eric and Keith The newest national park was recently designated in West Virgina at New River Gorge, and we decided to go check it out and tag the highest point. Many thanks to Dave Covill for researching exactly where the highpoint… Continue reading
Washington Pass Skiing Nov 21, 2021 After finishing Ba Peak Saturday I towed my snowmobile up to Mazama and slept at the Silverstar Sno Park. Highway had just been closed Nov 10 for the winter, but as long as there is enough snow it’s open to snowmobiles. NOHRSC was showing… Continue reading
Ba Peak (8,142ft) Nov 20, 2021 15 miles Chris and Reed were interested in climbing Bulger peaks this winter, so I decided we should do a shakedown trip before winter starts. Ba Peak is a good choice to prepare for winter Bulgers. The route up it avoids avy terrain, it… Continue reading
Mt Defiance (5,584ft), Web Mtn (5,335ft), Putrid Pete’s Peak (5,200ft) Nov 13, 2021 11 miles I had part of Saturday to get a hike in before the Bulgers party in the evening, so decided to do an I-90 hike with a short driving approach. I parked at exit 42 around… Continue reading
Amphitheater Mountain (8,358 ft) Probable First Ski Descent Nov 6-7, 2021 40 miles Snow coverage looked good in the Cascades and I was excited to do my first ski tour since spring. I was interested in scouting out conditions in the Pasayten for a winter trip, and was particularly interested… Continue reading
Duncan Hill (7,819ft) 14 miles, 4,400ft gain Lily and I slept at the Cottonwood trailhead Friday night and it got pretty chilly, down to 20F. I think this is the coldest Lily has ever experienced and she had to crawl in the sleeping bag. We started hiking around 8am Saturday… Continue reading
Most Remote Point in Alpine Lakes Wilderness By Packraft Eric and Matthew Gilbertson Oct 22-24, 2021 35 miles (30 hiking, 5 packrafting) Matthew was visiting for the weekend and our goal was to packraft in some remote lakes and go fishing. The Alpine Lakes Wilderness is hard to beat for… Continue reading
Tieton (7,768ft), Ives (7,920ft), Old Snowy (7,880ft), Devils Horns (7,040ft), Bear Creek Mtn (7,337ft) Eric Gilbertson 26 miles, 10,500ft gain Oct 16, 3:30am – 6:30pm Southern Washington looked like it had some of the driest weather forecast for Saturday so I decided to climb a bunch of 7,000ft peaks in… Continue reading
Most Remote Point in Glacier Peak Wilderness Oct 9, 2021, 12:30am – 11:30pm 48 miles (45 hiking, 3 biking), 14,000ft gain Eric Gilbertson I’m interested in visiting the most inaccessible and remote corners of Washington, and excellent candidates for these locations are the most remote points of wilderness areas. These… Continue reading
Lake Ethel Oct 2-3, 2021 Katie, Lily and I hiked up to Lake Ethel Saturday evening and found a great campsite near the lake. Sunday morning we hiked up to the ridge above Loch Eileen and saw lots of colorful yellow larches, before hiking back out.