Lake Dorothy Packrafting May 29-31, 2026 Eric and Matthew 24 miles hiking, 5 miles packrafting The Alpine Lakes Wilderness in WA has roughly 300 officially named lakes, but only about half a dozen have islands, and of these it appears only Lake Dorothy has islands that might be big enough… Continue reading
Mt Elbert Survey, Colorado Highpoint May 23, 2026 Eric Gilbertson, Rob Painter, Matt Sewick 5am – 6pm, 10 miles, 4.5kft gain Results: Mt Elbert summit is 14,439.45ft +/-0.04ft (NAD83 2011 Epoch 2010 NAVD88 Geoid 18) Location (39.1177295861, -106.445353442) (Note: elevation in beta version of NAPGD2022 Geoid19B, the upcoming new US… Continue reading
Mount Whitney and Mount Muir Surveys May 9, 2026 Eric Gilbertson 3am – 5pm, 18 miles, 6500ft gain Results: Mt Whitney – 14,500.70ft +/-0.04ft NAVD88 Location (36.57860975, -118.291999061) Mt Muir – 14,028.4 ft +/-0.2ft NAVD88, prominence 318.6ft Mount Whitney is the tallest peak in the lower 48 states and is… Continue reading
Rainier and Liberty Cap Spring Survey 2026 May 3, 2026 15.5 miles, 10.5kft gain Eric Gilbertson, Olly Cohen, Tim Hambidge Summary of results: Columbia Crest accumulated 1.3ft of snow and Liberty Cap accumulated 9.7ft of snow over the winter. I’m continuing surveying all the current and former icecap peaks at… Continue reading