Dandy Mountain (4,360ft) November 14, 2020, Eric and Damon For the past few winters I’ve been trying to squeeze longer and longer trips into weekends to climb Bulger peaks. For most of these peaks the roads to the trailheads are snowed-over all winter and impassable to passenger cars. This has… Continue reading
Prophet Massif Circumnavigation by Packraft Eric Gilbertson Nov 7-8, 2020 51 miles (34 hiking, 17 packrafting) I was looking to go packrafting before the weather got too cold, and was also interested in scouting out a winter approach to some peaks in the north cascades. Lots of searching around on… Continue reading
North Star Mountain (8,096ft) Oct 31 – 12am – 8pm 38 miles (37 hiking + 1 biking) I headed out Friday night with the intent of hitting a few top 200 peaks in the Glacier Peak wilderness. My goal was to tag North Star and Genius, but to make it… Continue reading
Most Remote Point in the Pasayten Wilderness 55 miles 3am Oct 24- 3pm Oct 25 (36 hours continuous moving, mostly breaking trail through snow) I’ve been interested in visiting very remote points around the world for a while, having done mountaineering expeditions deep in northwest territories and nunavut, Canada and… Continue reading
Snoqualmie Lake Oct 17-18, 2020 Eric and Katie We drove up the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River Saturday morning and started hiking in mid day. After an 8-mile hike we reached the shore of Snoqualmie Lake and, surprisingly, had it all to ourselves. Clouds were descending and it was pretty chilly…. Continue reading
Old Baldy (7,844ft), Clark Peak (7,890ft), Mt McCay (7,440ft), Spur Peak (6,880ft) Oct 10-11, 2020, Eric I drove out Saturday morning intending to start out from Harts Pass after the morning rain ended. But shortly after rounding deadhorse point my tire pressure sensor went off. Luckily I was near a… Continue reading
Backpacking to Pasayten Airstrip Eric and Matthew, Oct 2-4 67 miles Matthew flew in from California for the weekend and our goal was to maximize time in the wilderness but minimize driving time. The Pasayten Wilderness is one of the most remote places in washington, so that seemed to fit… Continue reading
Pratt Mountain (5,099ft) Eric and Katie September 27, 2020 We had a fun hike up to Olallie Lake on a very crowded trail Sunday morning. From the north end of the lake we followed an unofficial use trail up to the Rainbow-Island trail, then eventually scrambled up talus on the… Continue reading
Peak 4628 (aka Bootalicious Peak) and Peak 4697 Sept 26, 2020, Eric 15 miles, 4,000ft gain Saturday was supposed to be cold and very rainy state-wide so I did a short character-building trip close to home. I figured out a way to mountain bike up a few thousand feet to… Continue reading
Lost Peak (8,464ft), Many Trails Peak (8,241ft), Johnny Peak (8,211ft) , Three Pinnacles (8,124ft) Sept 20, 2020, 2:15am – 8:45pm 33.5 miles, 12,300ft gain Eric The smoke finally cleared out of the mountains after the rain Friday and Saturday, so Saturday evening I drove out to the Billy Goat trailhead… Continue reading