French Cabin Mountain (5,724ft), Kachess Ridge (5,525ft), Hard Knox (5,841ft) Eric Gilbertson October 1, 2017 It was a rainy and snowy weekend, so I decided to hike some below-treeline mountains not too far away. I left town Sunday morning and reached the trailhead north of French Cabin Mountain around 11am. … Continue reading
Mt Formidable (8,325ft) Eric and Matthew September 23-24, 2017 Matthew flew up for the weekend from Palo Alto, CA, and we started driving north from the airport at 6:30pm Friday evening. Summer had just ended in the Cascades, with intermittent snow blanketing the summits over the past week, but we… Continue reading
Star Peak (8,690ft) and Courtney Peak (8,392ft) Eric Gilbertson ~20 miles September 18, 2017 Fresh off of mountain biking and scrambling up Cardinal Peak, I drove four hours to Twisp and up to the West Fork Buttermilk trailhead. I’d skied in here last February, and it looked a lot different…. Continue reading
Cardinal Peak (8,590ft) Eric Gilbertson September 17, 2017 I left Seattle around 9:30pm Saturday evening and made it to the North Fork Entiat River trailhead about 4 hours later, sleeping in the back of the car by 1:30am. I knew there was a chance of afternoon snow showers starting around… Continue reading
Chiwawa Mountain 8,459ft Eric Gilbertson September 14/15, 2018 I had just finished climbing Dumbell and Greenwood mountains in the morning on September 14, and after collecting my sleeping bag and bivy sack, hiked back through Spider Meadow to the car. One of my boots had torn open so that my… Continue reading
Dumbell (8,421ft) and Greenwood (8,415ft) September 13-14, 2017 Eric Gilbertson I had just come down from Mt Fernow and retrieved my bivy gear in Leroy Meadows in the afternoon on September 13. I still had an extra day of food, so decided to climb two more mountains before returning to… Continue reading
Entiat Slam South Spectacle Butte (8,392ft), Mt Maude (9,040ft), Seven Fingered Jack (9,100ft), Mt Fernow (9,249ft) September 11-13, 2017 Eric Gilbertson I had five days to do some mountaineering and decided to tag a bunch of Washington Hundred Highest mountains near Lake Wenatchee. After dropping off Katie at the ferry… Continue reading
Saska Peak (8,404 ft) Eric and Katie September 4-5, 2017 We drove in to the recently-cleared North Fork trailhead Sunday night, and started hiking in Monday. After reaching a nice campsite in a meadow about 8 miles in, shortly after the Pyramid Trail intersection, we dropped our gear and continue… Continue reading
Dark Peak (attempt) Eric and Katie August 29-31, 2017 After a rest day in Stehekin swimming in Lake Chelan and eating at the Bakery, we took the morning park bus to Highbridge, dropped off unnecessary climbing gear in an bear box at the trailhead, and started hiking. We hiked south… Continue reading
Goode Mountain (9,200 ft) – Highest Mountain in North Cascades National Park Southwest Couloir (low 5th class) Eric and Katie August 25, 2017 We had just climbed Storm King the previous day and were camped at an amazing high camp just below the cliffs of the southwest side of Goode… Continue reading