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
Cerro Vicunas – 19,905ft Eric Gilbertson December 29, 2017 I had one more free day left in Chile before I needed to start the long journey back to the US, and decided to climb one final 6000m peak. Cerro Vicunas was the next closest peak to the Murray Hut that… Continue reading
Cerro Barrancas Blancas – 20,075ft Eric Gilbertson December 28, 2017 After climbing Cerro San Francisco I drove down to spend the night at the Murray Hut to be closer to my next climbing objective, a 20,000ft mountain nearby named Barrancas Blancas. A guide had told me people sometimes use this… Continue reading
Cerro San Francisco – 19,744ft Eric Gilbertson December 27, 2017 I had just summitted Ojos del Salado, the highest mountain in Chile, and found myself with an extra three days in the area. I was very well-acclimated, having recently climbed two 22,000ft+ mountains (Aconcagua a bit earlier), so decided to… Continue reading
Camp Muir Backcountry Skiing Eric December 2-4, 2017 I was trying to acclimate for an upcoming mountaineering trip to South America, and Camp Muir, on the slopes of Mt Rainier, is one of the best places to do this in the wintertime. The road to the trailhead is plowed every… Continue reading
Cowboy Mountain (5,853 ft) Eric and Greg November 26, 2017 A string of warm, rainy days had caused most of the ski resorts in the cascades to temporarily close, and Sunday was supposed to be more of the same weather. But Greg and I wanted to get in our first… Continue reading
The Pinnacles, Indian Fort Mountain, and Eagle’s Nest Eric and Keith November 23, 2017 We did a classic hike near Berea, Kentucky, one I’ve probably done at least 100 times, but it’s still always fun. We hiked and scrambled up to the West Pinnacle for a great view of town,… Continue reading
Kentucky Peakbagging – Robe Mountain (1,527ft) and Joe Lick Knob (1,483ft) Eric and Keith November 22, 2017 We hiked into the woods near Blue Lick Creek, and up to the side of Basin Mountain until it started getting really steep. Then we traversed on an old logging road grade, and… Continue reading