Amphitheater Mountain (8,358 ft) Probable First Ski Descent Nov 6-7, 2021 40 miles Snow coverage looked good in the Cascades and I was excited to do my first ski tour since spring. I was interested in scouting out conditions in the Pasayten for a winter trip, and was particularly interested… Continue reading
Duncan Hill (7,819ft) 14 miles, 4,400ft gain Lily and I slept at the Cottonwood trailhead Friday night and it got pretty chilly, down to 20F. I think this is the coldest Lily has ever experienced and she had to crawl in the sleeping bag. We started hiking around 8am Saturday… Continue reading
Most Remote Point in Alpine Lakes Wilderness By Packraft Eric and Matthew Gilbertson Oct 22-24, 2021 35 miles (30 hiking, 5 packrafting) Matthew was visiting for the weekend and our goal was to packraft in some remote lakes and go fishing. The Alpine Lakes Wilderness is hard to beat for… Continue reading
Tieton (7,768ft), Ives (7,920ft), Old Snowy (7,880ft), Devils Horns (7,040ft), Bear Creek Mtn (7,337ft) Eric Gilbertson 26 miles, 10,500ft gain Oct 16, 3:30am – 6:30pm Southern Washington looked like it had some of the driest weather forecast for Saturday so I decided to climb a bunch of 7,000ft peaks in… Continue reading
Most Remote Point in Glacier Peak Wilderness Oct 9, 2021, 12:30am – 11:30pm 48 miles (45 hiking, 3 biking), 14,000ft gain Eric Gilbertson I’m interested in visiting the most inaccessible and remote corners of Washington, and excellent candidates for these locations are the most remote points of wilderness areas. These… Continue reading
Lake Ethel Oct 2-3, 2021 Katie, Lily and I hiked up to Lake Ethel Saturday evening and found a great campsite near the lake. Sunday morning we hiked up to the ridge above Loch Eileen and saw lots of colorful yellow larches, before hiking back out.
Tenpeak Mountain (8,200ft) Eric and Fred Sept 25, 3am – 11pm 25 miles, 7,300ft Fred is almost done with the washington top 200 peaks and just had a handful of somewhat challenging ones left. It turned out Tenpeak was the one that was the most reasonable to do as a… Continue reading
WyNorth (8,202ft) Eric Gilbertson Sept 19-20, 2021 60 miles, 17kft gain It’s been a few months since I last used my packraft and I was looking to involve it in a mountaineering trip. Back in 2018 Katie and I had used packrafts to cross Lake Chelan from Stehekin to access… Continue reading
Vesper Peak (6,214ft) Sept 16, 2021 Eric and Lily Lily and I had a fun hike and scramble up Vesper Peak on Thursday. This was Lily’s first 6,000ft peak and she did an excellent job with the big talus fields and scrambling up slabs.
McGregor Mountain (8,122ft) Eric Gilbertson Sept 14, 2021, 3am – 9:30pm 46 miles, 11,400ft gain McGregor Mountain is one of only a handful of 8,000ft peaks in Washington with a trail to the summit. It is a remote peak on the washington top 200 list, and is generally hiked from… Continue reading