Billings Benchmark SE (8,960ft) – Highpoint of Capitol Reef National Park Eric and Matthew Gilbertson, October 26, 2015 Matthew and I had just done a 55-mile rim-to-rim-to-rim dayhike in the Grand Canyon and tagged the Grand Canyon highpoint the next morning. After walking back from the lookout tower to the… Continue reading
Lookout Tower Hill (9,165ft) – Highpoint of Grand Canyon National Park Eric and Matthew Gilbertson – October 25, 2015 I had been driving around the southwest for a week hitting national park highpoints and Matthew flew to Las Vegas for a long weekend to join. I picked him up on… Continue reading
Park Point Lookout (8,571ft) – Highpoint of Mesa Verde National Park Eric Gilbertson, October 21, 2015 I was driving around the southwest hitting national park highpoints and had just finished climbing Micah Mountain in Saguaro National Park. The next park on my agenda was Mesa Verde, so I drove north… Continue reading
Mica Mountain (8,664ft) – Highpoint of Saguaro National Park Eric Gilbertson – October 19-20, 2015 After climbing Quail Mountain in Joshua Tree National Park I drove around the park a bit before driving into Arizona for the night. I found an excellent gravel parking lot with RVs in it that… Continue reading
Telescope Peak (11,048ft) October 17, 2015 Eric Gilbertson I camped out in the car down the road from Boundary Peak, and in the morning drove for a few hours into California. I passed by Mt Whitney, then into Death Valley National Park. Luckily it wasn’t very hot that time of… Continue reading
Wheeler Peak (13,063ft) – Great Basin National Park highpoint Eric Gilbertson October 15, 2015 I flew into Las Vegas the night of October 14, rented a car, and started driving north. I camped in the desert north of town, then drove to Great Basin National Park. I made a quick… Continue reading
Big Craggy and West Craggy October 11, 2015 Eric and Katie It looked like Sunday might be dry east of the crest, so Katie and I left Seattle Saturday afternoon and drove through pouring rain across Washington Pass. We made it to a pulloff up Eightmile Creek road and slept… Continue reading
Dragontail Peak, Cannon Mountain, Enchantment Peak, Little Annapurna, McClellan Peak Eric, Katie, Sally, Chris Sept 1-3, 2015 Sally and Chris were visiting Seattle for some mountaineering so we decided to hike a few peaks together in the Enchantments. It’s really difficult to get a permit to camp in the Enchantments… Continue reading
Sahale Peak (8,680ft) August 26, 2015 Eric and Katie The air was smoky from all the forest fires in eastern washington, but the area around Cascade Pass was open so Katie and I decide to climb Sahale Peak. We left Seattle early Wednesday morning and were soon hiking up to… Continue reading
Thunder Mountain/Nahteni Shih (Mt Nirvana) and the Ragged Range of the Northwest Territories June-August 2015 Author: Eric Gilbertson Link to the writeup in the American Alpine Journal 2016 Link to map and description of all first ascents of trip In the summer of 1965 Bill Buckingham and Lew Surdam visited the… Continue reading