Indian Fort Mountain and Anglin Falls November 2020 I had a fun few days in Kentucky hiking to the pinnacles at Indian Fort Mountain, including the narrow slot canyon known as fat-man’s misery just below Indian Fort lookout. Another day I had a fun hike to Anglin Falls. … Continue reading
Snoqualmie Pass Skiing Nov 15, 2020 Sunday morning I drove up to snoqualmie pass to get my first turns in of the season. The resort was closed but about 3 ft of snow had recently fallen. The lot was unplowed but I parked on the side of the road and… Continue reading
Dandy Mountain (4,360ft) November 14, 2020, Eric and Damon For the past few winters I’ve been trying to squeeze longer and longer trips into weekends to climb Bulger peaks. For most of these peaks the roads to the trailheads are snowed-over all winter and impassable to passenger cars. This has… Continue reading
Prophet Massif Circumnavigation by Packraft Eric Gilbertson Nov 7-8, 2020 51 miles (34 hiking, 17 packrafting) I was looking to go packrafting before the weather got too cold, and was also interested in scouting out a winter approach to some peaks in the north cascades. Lots of searching around on… Continue reading
North Star Mountain (8,096ft) Oct 31 – 12am – 8pm 38 miles (37 hiking + 1 biking) I headed out Friday night with the intent of hitting a few top 200 peaks in the Glacier Peak wilderness. My goal was to tag North Star and Genius, but to make it… Continue reading
Most Remote Point in the Pasayten Wilderness 55 miles 3am Oct 24- 3pm Oct 25 (36 hours continuous moving, mostly breaking trail through snow) I’ve been interested in visiting very remote points around the world for a while, having done mountaineering expeditions deep in northwest territories and nunavut, Canada and… Continue reading
Snoqualmie Lake Oct 17-18, 2020 Eric and Katie We drove up the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River Saturday morning and started hiking in mid day. After an 8-mile hike we reached the shore of Snoqualmie Lake and, surprisingly, had it all to ourselves. Clouds were descending and it was pretty chilly…. Continue reading
Old Baldy (7,844ft), Clark Peak (7,890ft), Mt McCay (7,440ft), Spur Peak (6,880ft) Oct 10-11, 2020, Eric I drove out Saturday morning intending to start out from Harts Pass after the morning rain ended. But shortly after rounding deadhorse point my tire pressure sensor went off. Luckily I was near a… Continue reading
Backpacking to Pasayten Airstrip Eric and Matthew, Oct 2-4 67 miles Matthew flew in from California for the weekend and our goal was to maximize time in the wilderness but minimize driving time. The Pasayten Wilderness is one of the most remote places in washington, so that seemed to fit… Continue reading
Pratt Mountain (5,099ft) Eric and Katie September 27, 2020 We had a fun hike up to Olallie Lake on a very crowded trail Sunday morning. From the north end of the lake we followed an unofficial use trail up to the Rainbow-Island trail, then eventually scrambled up talus on the… Continue reading