Primus Peak (8,508ft) Feb 26-27, 2022, 25 miles Eric and Luke Primus is a glaciated peak in North Cascades National Park on the northeast edge of the Eldorado Ice Cap. It’s fairly remote, about 10 miles in from the nearest trailhead. I’d previously climbed Primus twice before, on a ski… Continue reading
Devore Peak (8,360ft) Feb 19-22, 2022 Nick and Eric The Bulger peaks in the Stehekin area are some of the most difficult for me to climb in the winter. Access is generally by ferry, but the ferry schedule is reduced in the winter and isn’t very conducive to my weekend… Continue reading
Buck Mountain (8,560ft), Fortress Mountain (8,760ft), and Chiwawa Mountain (8,459) Feb 12-13, 2022 Eric, Paul, and Steve I was hoping to push myself up to the halfway point on the Winter Bulgers list and I needed three more peaks to do that. Last weekend I had climbed Sherpa Peak to… Continue reading
Sherpa Peak (8,605ft) via East Ridge Feb 5-6, 2022, Eric and Nick 10 miles Snowmobiling, 18 miles skiing/climbing Sherpa Peak is an interesting technical mountain in the Enchantments area east of the Cascade crest. It is probably most famous for the huge balanced rock perched along the summit ridge. The… Continue reading
Mount Stuart (9,415ft) Winter Ascent via Cascadian Couloir Jan 29, 2022, 4:15am – 5pm Eric, Ryan and Westy 20 miles snowmobiling, 11 miles skiing, 8,000ft gain Stable weather lined up with stable snow conditions Saturday and we were all excited to go for Mt Stuart. Mt Stuart has a classic… Continue reading
Forbidden Peak (8,815ft) via West Ridge Jan 22-23, 2022 Duncan and Eric Forbidden Peak is a classic peak in the North Cascades and a very popular summer climb. All routes to the summit are technical, and glaciers flank the cliffs at its base. The West Ridge route is listed in… Continue reading
Cathedral Peak (8,601ft) and Amphitheater Mountain (8,358ft) Probable First Winter Ascents Jan 15-16, 2022, Eric and Josh 42 miles skiing, 27 miles snowmobiling Cathedral Peak is a top contender for most remote Bulger peak in the winter in Washington. The closest way to get to it from the US side… Continue reading
Mt Ronde (266m) (aka Dongol Ronde) Official Country Highpoint of Guinea-Bissau Results recognized by the peer-reviewed scientific journal Progress in Physical Geography (accepted for publication and will be online soon) Dec 26-27, 2021 Eric, Kahler, and Serge We were in West Africa climbing and surveying country highpoints, and had already… Continue reading
Felo Barkere (648m), Highpoint of Senegal Dec 23 – 25, 2021 Eric, Serge, and Kahler We were in West Africa for three weeks trying to climb and measure elevations for country highpoints. Interestingly, as far as I researched there had never been accurate enough surveys conducted to definitively determine the… Continue reading
Mt Richard Molard (1744m), Highpoint of Guinea and Cote D’Ivoire Dec 19-22, 2021 Eric, Kahler, Serge We were in West Africa climbing country highpoints over the Christmas break, with the goal of climbing and accurately measuring highpoint summit elevations. As far as I had researched, there have not been accurate… Continue reading