Dec 2, 2012 Elliott Fray, Keith Reherman, Eric Gilbertson We knew we had to get an early start with the sunday higher summits forecast of “in the clouds under cloudy skies with chance of mixed precipitation in the morning, and rain likely in the afternoon.” We left the WS leaders… Continue reading
Eric, Noah, Veronica, Nadine, Elliott, Will, Minwah, John Oct 13, 2012 4am – 10pm ~20 miles Though it was technically October, our presi traverse felt a lot like winter! Mt washington set a new record low of 7F Saturday morning, and it was probably a similar temperature for us on… Continue reading
Pinnacle Buttress Eric Gilbertson and Elliott Fray October 9, 2012 By all accounts the weather Tuesday should have been terrible for an alpine rock-climb on Mt Washington – it had just snowed several inches on Monday, was staying below freezing Monday night, and forecast to be in the clouds with… Continue reading
North Bald Cap Climbing Eric Gilbertson and Elliott Fray Oct 7-8, 2012 I first spotted the enormous cliff on North Bald Cap during a Mahoosuc Traverse back in 2008, and vowed to one day climb it. North Bald Cap is a mountain in the Mahoosuc range near the NH-ME state… Continue reading
Tumbledown Mountain via AMC Route (5.6) Eric and Matthew Gilbertson 9.22.2012 Tumbledown mountain falls under the radar of a lot of hikers and climbers since it’s not on any major peakbagging lists, is only ~3000ft tall, and is farther away than the Presidentials from Boston. But it’s definitely a worthwhile… Continue reading
Newfoundland and Labrador Jacob, Matthew, and Eric Gilbertson August 7-16, 2012 3,726.3 miles driven Tuesday: leave boston 5pm driving north Wednesday: drive straight through quebec into Labrador, camp in central Labrador after 28 hrs of driving Thursday: Drive to Lodge Bay, Eastern Labrador, packraft to island to camp Friday: packraft back to car, drive to L’anse Aux Meadows Viking site in northern Newfoundland … Continue reading
Pico Peak (3,957ft), Vermont Eric and Matthew Gilbertson, Garrett Marino, Jake Osterberg June 23, 2012 If you define New England to be the states of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, and set a mountain prominence threshold of 200ft, then Pico Peak in Vermont is the 71st… Continue reading
Elephant Mountain and West Quoddy Head (Easternmost point in USA) Matthew and Eric Gilbertson June 1-3, 2012 Originally, the primary objective of this little weekend trip was to climb Elephant Mountain, a small, trail-less, view-less hill in western Maine. But what the mountain lacked in elevation it made up for… Continue reading
Eric Gilbertson, Matthew Gilbertson, and Adam Rosenfield 2/17/2012–2/20/2012 Katahdin, Baxter Peak North Brother Fort Mountain South Brother Mt. Coe 650 miles driving ~22 miles skiing ~21 miles hiking Author: Adam Eric and Matthew needed six more mountains to finish off their quest for the New England Hundred Highest, while I still… Continue reading
Vose Spur, East Sleeper, Scar Ridge – NE 100 Highest Vose Spur, East Sleeper, & Scar Ridge Matthew Gilbertson Sep 17-18, 2011 After seven years of hiking in the Whites Eric and I are getting towards the bottom of the New England Hundred Highest List (I’m at #81 now). With… Continue reading