Thunder Mountain/Nahteni Shih (Mt Nirvana) Expedition 2017 First Ascent of West Face to North Face (5.9, 30 pitches) Eric Gilbertson, Dave Custer, Susan Ruff July/Aug 2017 July 12 – Flight Seattle to Vancouver July 13 – Flight Vancouver to Whitehorse July 14 – Drive Whitehorse to Watson Lake, evening helicopter… Continue reading
Kaleetan Peak (6,259 ft) Eric Gilbertson July 9, 2017 I drove up to near Snoqualmie Pass Sunday morning for a short day-hike, and the trailhead was so crowded I had to park on the side of the road. Literally hundreds of people were there hiking to a waterfall that happened… Continue reading
Rampart Ridge (5,870 ft) Eric and Katie July 7, 2017 We left Seattle on Friday afternoon and had enough time for a short hike and scramble up to Rampart Ridge, just past Snoqualmie Pass.
Barbeau Peak, 8,583 ft – Highest Mountain in Nunavut Eric Gilbertson, Len Vanderstar, Serge Massad, Brian and Laura Friedrich June 13-July 2, 2017 Itinerary: June 13 – Depart Seattle June 14 – Arrive Resolute, camp outside airport June 15 – Buffer day in Resolute, hike nearby hills June 16 –… Continue reading
Gardner Mountain (8,898 ft) and North Gardner Mountain (8,956 ft) Eric and Katie June 10-11, 2017 After climbing Reynolds Peak on Friday and eating dinner in Winthrop, we drove up to the Wolf Creek trailhead to spend the night. On Saturday we hiked up the easy, mostly-flat trail to Gardner… Continue reading
Reynolds Peak (8,512 ft) Eric and Katie June 9, 2017 The roads have finally melted out to most of the trailheads, and with the school semester just finished we drove out to the cascades Thursday night to camp at the Reynolds Creek trailhead. The trail was overgrown but snowfree until… Continue reading
North Palisade (14,242 ft) via U-Notch (~5.6) June 2-3, 2017 Eric and Matthew I flew down to San Jose Thursday night, and we were soon driving off into the mountains. After a quick dinner stop at Subway we reached the Eldorado National Forest around 11pm and found an excellent spot… Continue reading
Mount Olympus (7,969ft) Eric and Katie May 26-28, 2017 I had tried to climb Mt Olympus in March 2008, but was thwarted by thick rime ice plastering the summit pyramid, and had to settle for the false summit. In May 2016 Katie and I tried to summit, but had to… Continue reading
Primus Peak (8,508ft), Austera Peak (8,334 ft), Eldorado Peak (8,868ft) May 19-21, 2017 Eric and Aaron A sunny weekend was in store, and we decided to get in one last ski tour before too much snow melted out. We arrived at the North Cascades visitor center Friday morning and easily… Continue reading
Yakima River Packrafting Eric and Katie May 13, 2017 We drove down to the town of Thorp Saturday morning and deposited our bikes at a bridge crossing on the Thorp Highway. We then drove back up to South Cle Elum, parked near a baseball field, and inflated our packrafts. There… Continue reading