The Needles (8,160ft) Sept 4, 2021, 6:30am – 3pm Eric and Nick We were looking for a technical top 200 day trip outside of fire closure zones and The Needles (also called Big Methow Needle) sounded fun. This peak is a rock spire near Washington Pass with about three pitches… Continue reading
Bearcat Ridge (7,960ft) and Little Gem (8,023ft) Sept 1, 2021, 6:30am – 6:30pm 29 miles, 8,300ft gain I’ve been resting for a few weeks after climbing Pik Pobeda in Kyrgyzstan and figured I was finally recovered enough to try a top 200 peak in washington. I wanted to avoid snow… Continue reading
Pik Pobeda (24,406ft/7439m) via Abalakov route (VI,5.6,WI2/3,60 deg snow) Highest Mountain in Kyrgyzstan Aug 9, 2021 Eric and Andreas Aug 6 – leave bc climb glacier in snowstorm to 5200m Aug 7 – climb left side of triangle over massive 50ft cornices, 5.6 mixed rock ice pitch and ice pitch… Continue reading
Khan Tengri (22,993ft/7010m) Highest mountain in Kazakhstan Aug 1, 2021 Eric and Andreas July 25 drive Bishkek to karkara July 26 helicopter to south inylchek, climb to 5300m, unplanned open bivy July 27 summit attempt to 6500m, bail in storm, return to BC July 28 rest July 29 rest July… Continue reading
Lenin Peak (23,406 ft) Second Highest Mountain in Kyrgyzstan July 20, 2021 Eric, Andreas, and Andrew July 1 Fight to Osh July 2 Shuttle to BC 3600m July 3 Climb Peak Petrovsky 4800m July 4 Hike to C1 4400m July 5 Climb Yuhin Peak 5100m July 6 Rest at c1… Continue reading
Packrafting the Headwaters of the Kern Matthew and Eric Gilbertson June 16-22, 2021 85 miles, 15kft gain We were looking to hike into some remote areas of the Sierras in California and maybe involve a little bit of packrafting. The funnest rivers to packraft are those that are far from… Continue reading
Nine WA Top 300 Peaks Car to Car – Armstrong (8,140ft), Windy (8,333ft), Arnold (8,091ft), Topaz (7,785ft), Haig (7,865ft), Caprock (7,858ft), Chopaka (7,881ft), Hurley (7,808ft), Snowshoe (7,818ft) Eric Gilbertson 48 miles, 15kft gain June 12, 12am – 9:30pm (Results summary: Highpoint of Armstrong summit massif is unnamed point in Canada,… Continue reading
Buck Mountain (8,534ft), Mt Berge (7,914ft), and Berge North (7,948ft) 47 miles (23 biking, 24 hiking), 10kft gain June 6, 2021, 12am – 7:30pm (Summary: Buck Mtn true summit is middle summit, and Mt Berge true summit is north summit, both incorrect on peakbagger as of June 2021) I’d recently… Continue reading
Ingalls Creek Backpacking May 30-31, 2021 Eric, Katie, and Lily Sunday afternoon we started at the Ingalls Creek trailhead and hiked up about five miles to an excellent campsite on an island in the creek. We had a big campfire and Lily didn’t get too scared. I got to test… Continue reading
Devils Peak (8,081ft) and Wallaby Peak (7,995ft) May 29, 2021 26 miles, 10kft gain I had one day free this weekend and was interested in visiting the Pasayten. I had a remaining top 200 peak, Devils Peak, near Slate Pass that I still needed to get, so that was a… Continue reading