Mount Hamilton (4,265 ft) by bike Matthew Gilbertson 4/12/18 93 miles 6,000 ft elevation gain 7am to 5pm The closest 4,000 footer to Palo Alto it Mt. Hamilton, home of the Lick observatory. You can see the white hemispherical telescope enclosures atop Mt Hamilton from much of the southern Bay… Continue reading
Muir Peak (10,188ft) Eric and Aaron March 12, 2018 We decided to ski up to Camp Muir in Rainier National Park Monday to avoid the crowds and stick to safe snow slopes. We arrived at the gate in Longmire just after it opened at 9am, and were skinning up from… Continue reading
Robinson Mountain (8,726 ft) – First Winter Ascent Eric and Birkan March 2-4, 2018 Robinson Mountain is one of the most accessible of the Washington hundred highest peaks in the winter, but it is still very hard to get to. A 5-hr drive from Seattle gets you to the Yellowjacket… Continue reading
Eightmile Lake BC Skiing Eric and Matthew February 18-19, 2018 Matthew flew into town for the long weekend and a chance to do some skiing in the cascades. A big storm was slated to come in, with up to 4ft of snow falling on Saturday alone. We went resort skiing… Continue reading
Robinson Mountain, Attempt to 8,280ft Eric and Katie February 10-12, 2018 I’d attempted to climb Robinson Mountain last January with Birkan, and had to turn back high on the summit ridge because we were making too slow progress in the deep snow. This year a good weather window opened up… Continue reading
Amabilis Mountain (4,560ft) Eric and Birkan February 4, 2018 We headed up east of the crest in search of the least wet weather for the day. After parking at a sno-park that I only later realized also required a groomed-trail car sticker, we put on skis and started skinning uphill…. Continue reading
Half Dome (8,840ft) and Moraine Dome (8,005ft) Eric and Matthew January 27-28, 2018 I flew down to California on Friday afternoon and we were soon driving east from the bay area. The goal for the weekend was to climb half dome, camp in the backcountry, and get some backcountry skiing… Continue reading
The Ark Mountain (5,339ft) Attempt to 4,600ft Eric Gilbertson, January 20, 2018 I left Seattle on a rainy/snowy Sunday morning and drove up to the middle fork snoqualmie trailhead. The start of the trail up the Ark is an old logging road, so I mountain biked as far as possible… Continue reading
Mt St Helens (8,333ft) January 14, 2018 Eric and Aaron We had a one-day weather window, so drove out of Seattle at 5am Sunday morning heading south. Mt St Helens has a permit system in place in the summer, but in the winter there’s no red tape, so it’s an… Continue reading
Mt Catherine – 5,052 ft Eric and Greg Jan 8, 2017 We drove just past Snoqualmie Pass on Sunday morning, and started skinning up the Mt Hyak ski slopes around 8am. The lifts weren’t running yet, so we had no problem with downhill skiers. We eventually crested a plateau, and… Continue reading