(Almost) All Vermont Hundred Highest in a Weekend Eric and Matthew Gilbertson (Almost) All the Vermont Hundred Highest in One Weekend 5pm Friday May 20 – 11:15pm Sunday May 22, 2011 9 mountains 45 Miles hiking 13,300 ft elevation gain 627 miles driving (~14 hours) Author: Eric “Why don’t MITOC… Continue reading
Tripyramids and Sleepers May 2011 (Eric) 5 mountains 14 miles We started the day climbing the steep slide of North Tripyramid, which was luckily snow-free and fun scrambling. After traversing over to South Tripyramid we headed out on a side trail to the sleepers. The snow started getting deeper here… Continue reading
Nubble Peak 88th highest peak in New England (a.k.a. “Nameless, Trail-less Peak”) Matthew and Eric Gilbertson April 3, 2011 Few mountain names strike as much fear into the hearts of mountaineers as “The Peak Above the Nubble.” Some brave hikers even refer to it as “Trail-less, Nameless Peak.” Browsing the… Continue reading
Old Speck + Mahoosuc Notch via a big 25-mile loop Eric and Matthew Gilbertson 4.2.2011 Statistics: 14 hours 8:30am to 10:30pm 25 miles total 15 miles hiking 10 miles xc-skiing Miles of broken trail: 0 Miles we were certain we were on the trail: 10 Average Snow depth: Trail blaze… Continue reading
Sandwich Dome March 12, 2011 (Eric)
Vose Spur – 3862 ft November 14, 2010 (Eric) Vose Spur is one of those mountains in the Whites that you definitely have to earn. There’s no trail you can just blindly follow with your mind on cruise control – you have to find your own route up this one…. Continue reading
Mount Nancy October 30, 2010 Eric and Matthew Gilbertson We hiked Nancy as part of Fall Circus with a group of Mitocers.
24-Hour Hut Traverse (in 19 hours) Eric Gilbertson Philip Kreycik Victor Shnayder (support crew) 9.18.10 50.3 miles hut-to-hut (56.1 miles total) 16000 ft elevation gain 19 hours 39 minutes 6:11am Saturday to 1:50am Sunday 8 huts A hut traverse is one of the toughest day-hikes in the whites – the… Continue reading
Mount Lincoln 5,089 ft Dates Climbed: 10/10/04, 10/17/04, 1/15/05, 9/14/05, 1/14/07, 9/21/08, 12/14/08, 5/30/09, 10/7/09, 3/14/10, 2/20/11 Mountaineering up Lincoln’s Throat Mt Lincoln via Lincoln’s Throat Matthew Gilbertson, Eric Gilbertson, Jon Hanselman March 13-14, 2010 Author: Matthew It’s healthy to be humbled by a mountain from time to time. It’s… Continue reading
Mount Waumbek 4,006 ft Jan 31 2010, April 11 2009, Jan 15 2012