McGregor Mountain (8,122ft) Eric Gilbertson Sept 14, 2021, 3am – 9:30pm 46 miles, 11,400ft gain McGregor Mountain is one of only a handful of 8,000ft peaks in Washington with a trail to the summit. It is a remote peak on the washington top 200 list, and is generally hiked from… Continue reading
Dickerman Mountain (5,723 ft) Sept 11, 2021 Eric, Katie and Lily We drove up the Mountain Loop highway saturday morning and had a fun hike up Dickerman Mountain. Lots of blueberries near the top and great views. This is Lily’s highest peak yet.
Kitling Peak (8,003ft) and Graybeard Peak (7,965ft) Sept 6, 2021, 8:45am – 5:45pm 13 miles, 5,100ft gain I had Monday free for a day trip and chose a few top 200 peaks that would be a reasonable drive away. Kitling and Graybeard are near easy pass and both sounded like… Continue reading
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