Rainier Attempt via Emmons April 2, 2021 Eric and Duncan With good weather, stable snow, and good low-elevation snow coverage we decided to try a car 2 car ascent of Rainier on Friday. The south side routes from Paradise are limited by the gate closure hours at night, but the… Continue reading
Eastern Washington Birding March 24-27, 2021 Katie and I drove out to eastern washington for a road trip hitting a bunch of good birding locations. We started at Twin Lakes recreation area Weds night with a good campfire then hiked around and packrafted Thursday. We then drove to Crab Creek… Continue reading
Mount Saint Helens (8,333ft) March 23, 2021 Tuesday looked like a short weather window and I was free so I drove down south Monday night towing the snowmobile. I bailed on another objective that night, so at the last minute decided to ski St Helens instead. I’d already skied St… Continue reading
Mount Logan (9,087ft) Probable Second Winter Ascent March 12-14, 2021 42 miles, 9,500ft gain Eric and Ryan For the first time in the past month a weekend weather window lined up with stable snow conditions in the north cascades and we decided to go for a big peak. Mount Logan… Continue reading
Lost Peak (8,464ft), First Winter Ascent Eric and Luke March 6-7, 2021 32 miles snowmobiling, 24 miles skiing I’d recently skied in to the Pasayten to climb Ptarmigan Peak and it looked like conditions would be good to return for some more peakbagging. There are a half dozen Bulger Peaks… Continue reading
Ptarmigan Peak (8,614ft), First Winter Ascent Feb 27-28, 2021 Eric and Alden 40 miles skiing, 32 miles snowmobiling Ptarmigan peak is perhaps one of the most remote of the Bulger Peaks, nestled deep in the Pasayten Wilderness just a half mile from the most remote point in the Pasayten. I… Continue reading
Big Snagtooth (8,330ft) Probable First Winter Ascent Feb 20, 2021 9 miles skiing/climbing, 22 miles snowmobiling Eric, Chad, Mik Big Snagtooth is a Bulger peak that is known for its unique and tricky summit block. The final 20 vertical feet to the summit are guarded by a smooth block that… Continue reading
Silver Star Mountain (8,876ft) Feb 14, 2021 10 miles skiing, 14 miles snowmobiling Eric and Johnny I found myself in the Mazama area for the long weekend avoiding the heavy snows down south to find drier conditions and more stable snow for mountaineering. Saturday I had snowmobiled up to Washington… Continue reading
Washington Pass Birthday Tour Feb 13, 2021 I headed out to Mazama solo Friday night and camped out at the Early Winters Campground staging area. Saturday morning I planned to just snowmobile around scouting out approaches to trailheads. As I was loading up Saturday morning I started talking to Johnny,… Continue reading
Jolly Mtn (6,443ft), Humerus Hill (5,920ft), Elbow Peak (5,720ft), Yellow Hill (5,527ft) Feb 7, 2021, 5am – 9pm 27 miles, 6,500ft gain Eric and Fred We had to cancel a more ambitious trip after the weather and avy forecast deteriorated, so planned to ski some near-treeline peaks in the Wenatchee… Continue reading