Tusk O’Granite Mountain (5,566ft) and Granite Mountain (5,629ft) Nov 16, 2019 I had Saturday morning to get a quick hike in before heading east of the crest, so decided to hit a few peaks on I-90. I hiked up Granite Mountain first, encountering snow above 5,000ft. Microspikes were helpful. From… Continue reading
Longs Peak (14,255ft) – highpoint of Rocky Mountain National Park Eric and Jake, Nov 11, 2019 We were in Colorado for the long Veteran’s Day weekend, with the goal to hit some national park highpoints. Longs Peak was high enough to warrant acclimation since we were both coming from sea… Continue reading
Poison Spring Hill (9,040ft) – highpoint of Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park Eric and Jake, Nov 10, 2019 We left the trailhead in Great Sand Dunes National Park at sunset Saturday night and drove out the rough sandy road. We had deflated the tires to make it through… Continue reading
Great Sand Dunes National Park Highpoint (10,520ft) Eric and Jake, Nov 9, 2019 Friday night I flew to Denver for the long Veteran’s Day weekend. The plan was to try to climb three national park highpoints in Colorado over the next three days. We would start with Great Sand Dunes… Continue reading
Wildcat Lake Alpine Packrafting Nov 2-3, 2019 Eric and Katie We started from the Snow Lake trailhead at Snoqualmie Pass late Saturday morning carrying heavy overnight packs filled with all kinds of fun toys like a packraft, fishing rod, and tent. It was very crowded hiking up to Snow Lake… Continue reading
Buttermilk Ridge (8,267ft), Courtney (8,392ft), Gray (8,082ft), Baldy (7,810ft), Finney (8,110ft), Cheops (8,270ft), Beefhide (8,030ft), Seance (8,067ft) 48 miles 14,500ft gain 12:15am – 10:15pm (22 hours moving) I had Saturday free to go for a hike, but needed to be back in town by Saturday night. I was excited to… Continue reading
Truck Summit (4,120ft), McClellan Butte South (5,045ft), Pt 4787, Pt 4701 October 19, 2019, 12:15pm – 8:15pm 18 miles, Eric Gilbertson This trip ended up ranking very high on the character-building scale, much higher than I anticipated. That was probably due to the 8 continuous hours of being soaked from… Continue reading
Six Washington Top 200 Mountains car to car: Apex Mountain (8,297ft), The Pope/Chewuch (8,264ft), Wolframite Mountain (8,137ft), Bauerman Ridge (8,044ft), Arnold Peak (8,091ft), Horseshoe Mountain (7,956ft) October 12, 2019 Eric Gilbertson 59 miles, 11,000ft gain, 3:30am Saturday to 7:20am Sunday (28 hours moving) Trailhead – 3:30am Apex – 10:15am Pope… Continue reading
Nine Washington Top 200 Peaks in a weekend: Andrew (8,301ft), Amos (8,259ft), Fred (8,080ft), Sheep (8,274ft), Two Point (7,955ft), Bauble (8,025ft), Skeptical (7,949ft), Fool Hen (8,168ft), Fool Hen SE (8,055ft) Oct 5-6, 2019 Eric Gilbertson Saturday – 38 miles, 13,000ft gain, 4am – 10pm Sunday – 38 miles (31 hike,… Continue reading
Crater Peak (8,128ft) Eric Gilbertson Sept 28, 2019 I thought the northwest cascades were supposed to be sort of rain shadowed starting Saturday morning, though the weather might still be questionable. So I set out to hike an 8,000 ft peak, Crater Peak. It supposedly had a trail to the… Continue reading