Blackcap Mountain (8,402ft) Winter Ascent Jan 26-28, 2024 Eric and Ryan 35 miles, Probable First Winter Ascent Friday – sled to near Harts Pass, ski to camp at Middle Fork Pasayten Saturday – Climb Blackcap, return to camp Sunday – Ski out, sled out There was a warm atmospheric river… Continue reading
Utah Kite Skiing Jan 20-21, 2023 I flew down to Salt Lake City Friday night, rented a car, and drove to the Skyline trailhead by 3:30am Saturday. They had just gotten enough snow to kite ski a week earlier. I met Wayne later that morning and had fun learning how… Continue reading
Eldorado Attempt Jan 13, 2024 Friday night we drove up to milepost 15 on Cascade River road before the snow started getting deep. Paul had just driven up that afternoon and only had to saw out one tree, which was surprising after the wind event earlier in the week. We… Continue reading
Monument Peak (8,592 ft) Winter Ascent Eric and Paul January 6, 2024 Probable First Winter Ascent 34 miles, 9,000ft gain The sweet spot for the weekend with the most stable snow and best weather looked to be as far northeast as possible. I still have a handful of Bulgers in… Continue reading
Hard Mox (8,504 ft) and Mt Spickard (8,979 ft) Winter Ascents Eric and Nick Dec 27, 2023 – Jan 2, 2024 First Winter Ascent of Hard Mox, Second Winter Ascent of Spickard Dec 27 – Double carry zodiac boat and gear from Ross Dam trailhead to Frontage road, drag boat… Continue reading
WA Pass Skiing – Portly Bowl Dec 2, 2023 Washington Pass had just closed to cars Thursday night, which meant it is now open to snowmobiles. Michael, Phil and I started at the Silverstar Gate Saturday morning. There was about 1ft of snow on the road, and we had to… Continue reading
Gopher Mountain (8,001 ft) Nov 18, 2023 18 miles, 6000ft gain, 3:30am – 7pm Our goal was to get some ski mountaineering in before winter, and we planned to ski Gopher Peak. This is a WA Top 200 peak in the entiat area with a fun southwest face to ski…. Continue reading
Slate Pass Skiing Nov 12, 2023 20 miles snowmobiling, 4 miles skiing I was excited to take the snowmobile out for a first ride of the season, and it appeared about the only rideable location in the state was in the area around Harts Pass and Slate Pass. This area… Continue reading
Mt Daniel Survey Nov 5, 2023 16 miles, 6500ft gain Summary of Result: Main Summit 7972.5 ft +/- 0.2 ft, Middle Summit 7952.1 ft +/- 0.1 ft Snow cover is still low enough in some areas I figured I could sneak in one final survey for the year. It looked… Continue reading
The True Summit Location of Peak Pobeda Eric Gilbertson (Seattle University), Katie Stanchak (University of Washington), Konstantin Smirnov, Anton Scherbakov Summary The main summit of Peak Pobeda is a 700m long ridge with three key areas – East, Central, and West – all of similar height. Elevation data was analyzed… Continue reading