Adirondack 46ers, December 21-24, 2016 Eric and Matthew Gilbertson I flew to Albany, NY on December 21, rendezvoused with Matthew, and we drove to the High Peaks area of the Adirondacks. With only a few hours of light left in the day and 35F pouring rain we hiked up Nye… Continue reading
Hawksbill (4,050ft) – Shenandoah National Park Highpoint Eric and Matthew Gilbertson November 28, 2015 Matthew and I had hiked the Appalachian Trail in 2007, but unfortunately weren’t yet working on National Park Highpoints then. If we were, we would have realized that the trail passes within a quarter mile of… Continue reading
Pilot Rock (6,234ft) – Highpoint of Petrified Forest National Park Eric Gilbertson October 22, 2015 Pilot Rock is not a highpoint that gets climbed very often. It’s the highest point in Petrified Forest National Park, but there are no trails leading to it and no petrified fossils near it. The… Continue reading
Matthew and Eric Gilbertson Oct 14-28 (Eric), Oct 23-28 (Matthew), 2015 12 national park high points, 2 state high points summitted Including 54 miles/11kft elev gain hiked in 18.5 hours in the Grand Canyon (rim to rim to rim) We flew to Vegas for a road trip to climb some… Continue reading
Redwoods National Park Highpoint (3,262 ft) Eric and Katie November 1, 2015 I had just flown in to Monterray, California, to meet up with Katie for her Bat conference, and we then needed to drive back to Seattle. We decided to take the scenic Route 101 up the California coast… Continue reading
North Chalone Peak (3,304ft) – Pinnacles National Park Highpoint Eric Gilbertson October 30, 2015 I had flown to Monterrey to visit Katie while she was at her bat conference and decided to spend one afternoon exploring the newly-created Pinnacles National Park. Katie had driven down from Seattle, so I borrowed… Continue reading
Horse Ranch Mountain (8,726ft) – Highpoint of Zion National Park Eric and Matthew Gilbertson – October 28, 2015 Matthew and I started our day eating breakfast at Rainbow Point in Bryce Canyon, then drove down to hit the Zion highpoint. A few days earlier we’d driven through Zion and hiked… Continue reading
Rainbow Point (9,115 ft) – Highpoint of Bryce Canyon National Park Eric and Matthew Gilbertson – October 27, 2015 After hiking through Burro Wash slot canyon in Capitol Reef on October 26 we drove south to Bryce Canyon National Park. We got to the entrance after dark and found a… Continue reading
Billings Benchmark SE (8,960ft) – Highpoint of Capitol Reef National Park Eric and Matthew Gilbertson, October 26, 2015 Matthew and I had just done a 55-mile rim-to-rim-to-rim dayhike in the Grand Canyon and tagged the Grand Canyon highpoint the next morning. After walking back from the lookout tower to the… Continue reading
Lookout Tower Hill (9,165ft) – Highpoint of Grand Canyon National Park Eric and Matthew Gilbertson – October 25, 2015 I had been driving around the southwest for a week hitting national park highpoints and Matthew flew to Las Vegas for a long weekend to join. I picked him up on… Continue reading