Tower Mountain (8,444ft) and Azurite Peak (8,400ft) Feb 4-5, 2023 26 miles skiing, 40 miles snowmobiling, 11,000ft gain Eric, Nick, Talon The east north zone looked to have stable snow this weekend, with the safest conditions farther east. I was excited to try out the snowmobile approach on highway 20… Continue reading
Snowfield Peak (8,347ft) Jan 28-29, 2023 20 miles, 10kft gain Our original plan for the weekend was to go for some objectives up Cascade River Road. We had heard that there was a boulder blocking the road at milepost 6, but that it might be possible to squeeze around it… Continue reading
Remmel Mountain (8,685 ft) Jan 21-22, 2023 6:30pm Saturday – 6:30pm Sunday (24 hr car-to-car continuous push) Eric, Mo, Talon Remmel Mountain has been on my radar for a while for a winter ascent. I’ve previously climbed Remmel in October 2017 with Katie, but it gets a lot more difficult… Continue reading
Winter Hard Mox Attempt Jan 14-16, 2022 Eric and Nick Saturday – Double carry zodiac to frontage road, drag to Ross Lake, motor to near little beaver, bushwhack around ice/cliffs, packraft across river, camp at little beaver Sunday – skin to Perry Creek, bail at 2200ft, ski back to little… Continue reading
Mont Bengoué (3,510ft/1070m), highpoint of Gabon Dec 29, 2022 Eric and Serge Dec 26 fly to Libreville Dec 27 get Cameroon visa, drive to Ovan Dec 28 drive to Boca Boca, secure permission from chief Dec 29 climb Bengoué, drive to Ovan Dec 30 drive to Libreville Dec 31 fly… Continue reading
Mount Cameroon (13,255ft/4040m), highest mountain in Cameroon Dec 24-25, 2022 Eric and Serge Serge and I had just finished climbing Chappal Waddi, the Nigeria highpint, from the Cameroon side. Our next and final objective in Cameroon would be Mt Cameroon, the highest peak in the country. I had been eyeing… Continue reading
Chappal Waddi (7,936ft/2419m), Highpoint of Nigeria Dec 22, 2022 Eric and Serge Serge and were in Cameroon climbing country highpoints and had just finished climbing the highpoint of Central African Republic on the border near Ngaoui village. Next on the agenda was Chappal Waddi, the Nigeria highpoint. Chappal Waddi… Continue reading
Mont Ngaoui (4,626ft/1410m) Highest peak in Central African Republic Dec 20, 2022 Eric and Serge Serge and I had been waiting in N’djamena, Chad for the past week for final authorization to climb some peaks there. By Thursday evening we were starting to lose hope. We needed six signatures on… Continue reading
Brown Mtn (7,340ft) and Mt McLoughlin Attempt (to 8,200ft) Dec 3-4, 2022 Eric and Matthew We wanted to meet up to do a weekend trip to test out some new gear, but unfortunately flying anywhere wasn’t an option this time. Matthew lives in San Jose, CA and I’m in Seattle,… Continue reading
Crossover Butte (4,506ft), Dandy Mtn (4,360ft), Radioactive Peak (4,529ft) Nov 27, 2022 The lower elevations of the cascades had finally gotten enough snow that I could justify taking the snowmobile out for a ride. My goal was to test that everything was in working order before going on bigger trips… Continue reading