Mt Ararat (Agri Dagi), Turkey Highpoint July 20 – 25, 2025 South Climb Route Eric Gilbertson July 20 – Fly to Igdir, bus to Dogubayazit July 21 – van ride to 2200m, hike to C1 3300m July 22 – hike to C2 4100m, return to C1 July 23 – move… Continue reading
Alpomish (aka Star of the East) Highest mountain in Uzbekistan Survey results recognized by the peer-reviewed scientific journal: Gilbertson, E., Gilbertson, M., “Determination of new national highpoints of five Asian and African countries – Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, and Togo,” Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment, 2025. Link… Continue reading
Bear Mountain SE – Madison County KY Highpoint June 22, 2025, Eric and Keith Survey Results (NAVD88) Bear Mtn – 1670.3 ft +/-0.9ft Bear Mtn SE – 1683.4ft +/-1.7ft Bear Mtn SE is true Madison County Highpoint I was home in Kentucky and had my survey equipment, so figured I… Continue reading
Western Barren and White Hill Surveys New Nova Scotia Highpoint June 17-18, 2025 Results (CGVD2013 vertical datum) Western Barren: 531.32m +/-0.03m White Hill: 529.73m +/-0.03m Western Barren is true highpoint of Nova Scotia Results recognized by the peer-reviewed scientific journal Progress in Physical Geography (accepted for publication and will be… Continue reading
Sentinel Peak and Old Guard Peak Surveys June 11-13, 2025 Results: Sentinel 8256.9 ft +/-0.1ft, Old Guard 8259.6 ft +/-0.1ft NAVD88 Sentinel and Old Guard are two peaks in the Cascades in the middle of the famous Ptarmigan Traverse route. They are very close to the same height, and whichever… Continue reading
Mount Maude, Freezer, Carne Mountain Surveys June 7, 2025 15 miles, 7,700ft gain Results: Maude 9082.4ft, Freezer 8033.1ft, Carne 7090.8ft NAVD88 I was looking for a multi-sport top 200 peak and Freezer had recently been identified by Lidar as barely qualify for the list. I had skipped it last time… Continue reading
Chalangin Peak WA Top 100 Completion June 1, 2025 12:45am – 5pm Survey results: summit 8370.7 ft, prominence 409.6 ft +/-0.1ft NAVD88 Chalangin was my final peak to climb on the new WA Top 100 list, and it took me three tries to finally get it. The new WA Top… Continue reading
Shelokum, South Mirror Image, Wolftit Peak Surveys May 24-25, 2025 Eric and Matthew Results (NAVD88 vertical datum): Shelokum 8074.6 ft +/- 0.1ft South Mirror Image 8076.6 ft +/- 0.1ft Wolftit Peak 7989.9 ft +/- 0.1ft, Prominence 400.2ft +/-0.2ft Matthew flew up from California for the long weekend and we decided… Continue reading
Wallaby Peak Survey May 18, 2025 Eric and Hogan Results: 7992.8ft +/-0.1ft NAVD88 (Lidar was in error by 0.9ft) There’s currently a three-way tie for number 200 on the Washington Top 200 list based on Lidar and my previous surveys. Lidar can have errors up to a few feet on… Continue reading
Ares Tower, The Acropolis, Niki Tower May 10, 2025 Eric and Nick Ares Tower summit elevation 8,202.8ft +/-0.1ft (NAVD88) Last summer the USGS published Lidar data for the remaining mountain regions of WA, and Kyle Bretherton discovered a few peaks that should technically qualify for the WA Top 200 list… Continue reading