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
Dickerman Mountain (5,723 ft) Sept 11, 2021 Eric, Katie and Lily We drove up the Mountain Loop highway saturday morning and had a fun hike up Dickerman Mountain. Lots of blueberries near the top and great views. This is Lily’s highest peak yet.
Kitling Peak (8,003ft) and Graybeard Peak (7,965ft) Sept 6, 2021, 8:45am – 5:45pm 13 miles, 5,100ft gain I had Monday free for a day trip and chose a few top 200 peaks that would be a reasonable drive away. Kitling and Graybeard are near easy pass and both sounded like… Continue reading
The Needles (8,160ft) Sept 4, 2021, 6:30am – 3pm Eric and Nick We were looking for a technical top 200 day trip outside of fire closure zones and The Needles (also called Big Methow Needle) sounded fun. This peak is a rock spire near Washington Pass with about three pitches… Continue reading
Bearcat Ridge (7,960ft) and Little Gem (8,023ft) Sept 1, 2021, 6:30am – 6:30pm 29 miles, 8,300ft gain I’ve been resting for a few weeks after climbing Pik Pobeda in Kyrgyzstan and figured I was finally recovered enough to try a top 200 peak in washington. I wanted to avoid snow… Continue reading
Pik Pobeda (24,406ft/7439m) via Abalakov route (VI,5.6,WI2/3,60 deg snow) Highest Mountain in Kyrgyzstan Aug 9, 2021 Eric and Andreas Aug 6 – leave bc climb glacier in snowstorm to 5200m Aug 7 – climb left side of triangle over massive 50ft cornices, 5.6 mixed rock ice pitch and ice pitch… Continue reading