Dec 16-21, 2016 Eric and Katie We drove out of Seattle Friday morning after I submitted my final grades, and were in Bozeman 10 hours later. The forecast was for -22F that night in Bozeman, but -31F in West Yellowstone. The choice of where to sleep that night was obvious… Continue reading
Hex Mountain – 5,034ft December 14, 2016 Eric and Aaron The weather cleared this Wednesday and Aaron and I were both free for a trip. We drove up to near the town of Ronald, and started hiking up a snowy logging road towards Hex Mountain, with skis strapped to our packs…. Continue reading
Little Si – 1,560ft December 10, 2016 Eric Gilbertson I was trying to drive to the trailhead for Dog Mountain, but with the recent snow all the way down to sea level, the roads were extremely snowy. I got about 20 miles from North Bend on snowy logging roads, but… Continue reading
French Cabin Mountain (Attempt to 4,600ft) Eric, Katie, Richard Dec 4, 2016 A few fresh feet of snow had fallen Saturday night in the mountains and we decided to try to hike up French Cabin Mountain (no, there’s not actually a cabin on top). It was a bit ambitious at… Continue reading
Quartz Mountain (4,641 ft) Eric Gilbertson December 3, 2016 It was forecast to be snowy all day so I went for a below-treeline peak on the Homecourt 100 list. Quartz mountain is actually the lowest one on the list, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy – there’s no trail to… Continue reading
Thorp Mountain (5,854 ft) and Red Mountain (5,880ft) Eric and Birkan November 20, 2016 Birkan and I parked at the trailhead for Little Joe Lake Sunday morning and started our hike shortly after dawn. Surprisingly, there was another car at the trailhead. We encountered snow within the first mile, and… Continue reading
Mount Thomas (5,269 ft) Eric and Katie November 19, 2016 We had a fun, short hike up one of the more accessible homecourt 100 mountains Saturday. We hit snow around 5,000ft at Para Peak, but it never got deep enough to need the snowshoes we carried up. After a quick… Continue reading
Mount Price (5,587ft) Eric Gilbertson November 13, 2016 It was a rainy Sunday and I decided to hike a mountain that was below treeline, so doable in any conditions. I drove to the end of the road on the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River and started hiking up the Dingford creek… Continue reading
Eric and Katie November 12, 2016 We drove up to North Bend, dropped off bikes at a bridge, then drove up to Tanner. After the last rain ended we put in our packrafts and paddled down some fun rapids back to the bikes, then biked back to the car.
Mount Daniel (7,960 ft) – Highest mountain in King county Eric Gilbertson November 11, 2016 There were no classes for Veteran’s Day so I decided to climb the highest mountain in the county. I left Seattle at 5am Friday morning and was soon driving up forest road 4430 to the… Continue reading