Potholes Climbing April 11-12, 2020, Eric and Katie On Saturday morning we drove out to the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, which is currently open. We parked near Upper Goose Lake and made the short bushwhack to the climbs. From the amount of growth and lack of footprints it looked like… Continue reading
West Seattle Biking Bumps Eric, April 10, 2020 ~60 miles, 4,000ft gain, 17 highpoints I had Friday as a holiday so left the apartment in the morning and biked south along the Lake Washington loop. I made it to Seward Park, where I ditched my bike in the woods and… Continue reading
Sauk River Packrafting April 5, 2020, Eric and Katie We left town Sunday morning and drove to the Concret-Sauk Valley Road bridge. We parked in a pullout just on the other side, then loaded up the bikes and packrafts and biked back to Darrington. It was about 11 road miles… Continue reading
Seattle Biking Bumps Northern Lake Washington Loop Eric, April 4, 2020 ~70 miles, 6,000ft gain, 23 highpoints I left my apartment on bike saturday morning around 7:45am with the goal to hit as many unclimbed highpoints (aka red dots) on peakbagger as possible. I ended up doing a big loop… Continue reading
Brian Head Peak (11,3o7ft), Markagunt Hills (10,661ft), Ashdown Gorge Wilderness Highpoint (10,440ft) March 28, 2020 Eric On Friday evening after climbing Canaan Mountain I got back to the trailhead around sunset and started my drive back to Seattle. I made it to Parowan and turned off to find some national… Continue reading
Canaan Mountain (7,363ft) and Snow Benchmark (5,570ft) Eric Gilbertson March 27, 2020 Friday morning I drove from my campsite at the edge of Cottonwoods Canyon wilderness to the Red Mountain Wilderness trailhead. A few inches of fresh snow covered the ground and I was the only one there. I hiked… Continue reading
Signal Peak (10,365ft), Burger Peak (10,321ft), Cottonwood Canyon Wilderness Highpoint (5,018ft) March 26, 2020 Eric On Wednesday night I drove to the Forsyth Creek trailhead and camped in my car. I was the only one there, which wasn’t too surprising. That night it rained and snowed for several hours and… Continue reading
Zion Peakbagging – Lambs Knoll (6,353ft), Bobbie Knoll (6,217ft), Firepit Knoll (7,265ft), Cave Knoll (6,495ft), Spendlove Knoll (6,895ft), Tianja Knoll (6,360ft), Pocket Mesa (7,528ft), Windy Peak (7,888ft), Leeds Benchmark (5,185ft) Eric Gilbertson March 24-25, 2020 I had plans to climb some country highpoints in africa over spring break but had… Continue reading
Glacier Peak (10,520ft) Eric Gilbertson (solo) March 20-22, 2020 48 miles, 11,000ft gain Last weekend I’d attempted Glacier Peak via the standard North Fork Sauk route with Ryan and Westy. We’d parked about 6 miles from the north fork sauk trailhead at a road washout and skied in all the… Continue reading
Glacier Peak Attempt Eric, Westy, Ryan March 14, 2020 32 miles, 7,000ft gain, 3:45am – 9pm It looked like clear weather over the weekend, though windy and very cold for March. We were all interested in skiing Glacier Peak so headed out Friday evening. I had snowshoed Glacier peak on… Continue reading