Eldorado Peak Spring Survey April 23, 2026 Eric Gilbertson Eldorado Peak used to be one of the five icecapped peaks of the contiguous US, but I discovered it lost its status as an icecapped peak around 2020. Now by late summer every year the highest point is rock. However, there… Continue reading
Dirtyface Peak, Dirtyface Benchmark, Dirtyface Lookout, and Peak 5860 April 12, 2026 Eric Gilbertson 7 miles hiking, 16 miles snowmobiling I stayed at John’s awesome cabin Saturday night, then Sunday morning drove to nearby Pole Ridge road, where the north facing aspects still held some snow. My goal was to… Continue reading
Argyros (8,149ft), First Ascent Route – Silver Sliver (1000ft, steep snow and snice) April 3-5, 2026 44 miles boating, 4 miles biking dragging boat, 18 miles hiking/climbing Eric Gilbertson and Nick Roy There still possibly exist unclimbed peaks in the remote corners of Washington, and one of them happened to… Continue reading
International Glacier Attempt Eric Gilbertson and Jason Hummel March 21-23, 2026 45 miles boating, 5 miles hiking, 15 miles skiing, 4 miles dragging boat on road Jason Hummel is working on a project to ski all ~300 named glaciers in Washington, and he’s getting prettly close to finishing. International Glacier… Continue reading
Dorado Needle Attempt March 12-14, 2026 Eric and Ryan Dorado Needle has the distinction of the WA Bulger peak I’ve bailed on the most in winter. Before this trip I bailed on three other winter attempts, so now the total is four. In mid March 2020 Matthew and I skied… Continue reading
Meadow Mtn, Big Muffin, Psilocybin Hill, Peak 4953, South Meadow Mtn March 9, 2026 Eric and Olly 16 miles snowmobiling, 13 miles skiing We decided to take advantage of the active snowstorm and ski some sled-access peaks. Monday morning 9am we sledded from the Crystal Springs sno park 7.7 miles… Continue reading
Dandy Mountain, Radioactive Peak, Stampede Pass Lookout, Peak 4873, Peak 4436 March 5, 2026 30 miles snowmobiling, 2 miles skiing Eric Gilbertson I’d just made it back from Yemen and wanted to do a shakedown trip with my snowmobile to get it ready for some late winter Bulgers. I’d last… Continue reading
Ras Dejen attempt, Ethiopia highpoint Feb 21-23, 2026 Eric Gilbertson Feb 21 – fly to Gondar, drive to Chiro Leba, hike to Ambiko 3200m Feb 22 – summit attempt to 4535m, return to Ambiko Feb 23 – hike out, drive to Bahar Dar, fly to Addis Ras Dejen, the highest… Continue reading
Djibouti, Moussa Ali Attempt Feb 18-20, 2026 Feb 18 – fly to Djibouti, drive to Tajdoura Feb 19 – try unsuccessfully to get permission to climb peak Feb 20 – drive back to Djibouti city, fly out Moussa Ali, the highpoint of Djibouti, is located on the triborder point between… Continue reading
Pico Sao Tome, Highpoint of Sao Tome and Principe Jan 28, 2026 Eric, Jared, Serge Survey results: 2023.5m +/-0.1m EGM2008 Jan 27 – Fly to Sao Tome Jan 28 – climb Pico Sao Tome Jan 29 – Fly out Sao Tome and Principe is an island nation off the west… Continue reading