Buckner Mountain (9,112ft) and Booker Mountain (8,280ft) Sept 3, 2022 25 miles, 11kft gain 3am to 7:30pm Buckner Mountain is the 14th highest peak in Washington, the highest point in Skagit County, and one of the few 9,000ers in the state. However, the location of the true summit of Buckner… Continue reading
Mt Wittenberg (6,585ft), Mt Holden (6,568ft), and Mt Twig (6,417ft) Aug 21, 2022 18 miles, 9,200ft gain Eric, Chris, Matt, Twig I had recently returned to the US after climbing Broad Peak and K2, and felt rested up enough to try a hike. Matt, Chris and I carpooled up from… Continue reading
K2 (28,261ft/8614m) Highpoint of Pakistan Second highest Mountain in the world July 28, 2022 Eric Gilbertson and Andreas Frydensberg No supplemental oxygen, independent unguided climb June 13 – July 19 – Acclimate by climbing Broad Peak (26,414ft) July 20 – 22 – rest in broad BC after climbing Broad Peak… Continue reading
Broad Peak (8,051m) Twelfth-highest mountain in the world July 18, 2022 Eric Gilbertson, Andreas Frydensberg, Marie Saame, Andrew Gwozdz June 13 – flight to Islamabad June 14 – flight to Skardu, hike Mt Karpucho (2700m) June 15 – Wait in Skardu, buy supplies June 16 – Wait for paperwork in… Continue reading
Gilbert Mountain (8,023ft) and Lookout Mountain (5,515ft) June 4, 2022 I had one last weekend in Washington before I leave for the summer, and it looked like I could squeeze in one more top 200 peak. The weather looked marginal everywhere, but probably the least marginal east of Washington Pass…. Continue reading
Little Pend Oreille Eric, Katie and Lily May 27-30, 2022 Friday night we left after rush hour and made it to Vantage where we found good car camping with all the climbers. Saturday we drove up into the northeast corner of washington, an area we had not yet explored. We… Continue reading
North Craggy (8,205ft) and Eightmile Peak (7,840ft) May 22, 2022 14 miles biking, 8 miles hiking Sunday I planned to increase my washington top 200 peak count and I specifically wanted to target peaks that I wouldn’t be tempted to ski and that I could do solo. I wasn’t sure… Continue reading
Kellogg Island Highpoint (39ft) May 19, 2022 30 miles biking, 0.5 mile packrafting I left home 6:30am and biked 15 miles down to the Duwamish River. I then took the packraft off my back rack, inflated it, and quickly paddled across to a small takeout area. I put the boat… Continue reading
Silver Moon (8,252ft) and Ramble Peak (7,631ft) May 14-15, 2022 22 miles skiing, 13 miles biking Eric and Josh Josh flew in to town for the weekend and we wanted to climb some top 200 peaks where the weather was dry. Unfortunately this appeared to be one of the wettest… Continue reading
Desolation Peak (6,102ft) May 7, 2022, 2:30am – 10pm 45 miles hiking, 8 miles biking, 10,000ft gain I was looking to do a long hiking trip to a remote location to mix things up from my regular snowmobile + ski trips. I wanted to try to put on a lot… Continue reading