Whistler Snowkiting April 6, 2024 Eric, Kyle, Stan, Frank 20 miles, 3,300ft gain I’m trying to find good snowkiting locations in the pacific northwest to train for upcoming expeditions, and by now with low-elevation snow melting out it is kind of difficult to find places in Washington. It needs to… Continue reading
Appa Glacier Snowkiting March 31, 2024 Saturday night I drove up to British Columbia to the Rutherford Creek FSR and parked at the big pullout 3 miles up the road. It’s apparently been a low snow year in BC and it looks like the Pemberton Valley Snowmobile Club is done… Continue reading
Tahat (9,541 ft)Â – Highpoint of Algeria March 20, 2024 Eric, Serge, Markus, Michel I had a week off for spring break from school and Serge and I wanted to bag some country highpoints. My to-do list for countries is getting smaller now, but I have a handful left in… Continue reading
Argonaut Peak (8,455 ft) March 9, 2024 East Ridge/NE Couloir 18 miles skiing/climbing, 10 miles snowmobiling, 8300ft gain 73/100 Winter Bulgers Eric and Nick The weekend looked to be stormy but the Enchantments zone seemed to be getting hit the latest. I’d previously bagged all the Bulgers peaks in the… Continue reading
Flora Mountain (8,323 ft) First Winter Ascent March 2-3, 2024 16 miles biking, 9 miles skiing, 9kft ascent Eric and Paul Snow conditions were not great over the weekend, but it looked like the area around Holden village was going to be rain shadowed with minimal precipitation. I have a… Continue reading
Little Tahoma (11,136 ft) Winter Ascent Feb 24, 2024 12:30am – 6pm 20 miles snowmobiling, 15 miles skiing Eric and Nick A storm was coming in from the north over the weekend and it looked like the southern zones would be the best place to climb above treeline peaks. There… Continue reading
Mount Rahm (8,480 ft) and Mount Custer (8,630 ft) First Winter Ascents Feb 17-20, 2024 Feb 17 – double carry boat to Ross Lake, paddle to Silver Creek Feb 18 – move camp to Silver Lake, climb Rahm Feb 19 – climb Custer, hike down Silver Creek Feb 20 –… Continue reading
Boston Peak (8,883 ft) First Winter Ascent West Face (steep snow/rime, 5 pitch) Eric Gilbertson and Nick Roy Feb 10, 2024, 12:30am – 5:30pm I’d recently been climbing in the area around Cascade Pass the previous weekend to bag Buckner, Horseshoe, and Sahale peaks. On that trip I’d taken some… Continue reading
Buckner Mountain (9,111ft), Horseshoe Peak (8,480ft), and Sahale Peak (8,680ft) Winter Ascents First Winter Ascent of Horseshoe (SE Face, M3) Feb 3-4, 2024 Eric and Francis The weekend looked like a rare alignment of stable snow and weather in the west north zone, and we decided to tag some peaks… Continue reading
Blackcap Mountain (8,402ft) Winter Ascent Jan 26-28, 2024 Eric and Ryan 35 miles, Probable First Winter Ascent Friday – sled to near Harts Pass, ski to camp at Middle Fork Pasayten Saturday – Climb Blackcap, return to camp Sunday – Ski out, sled out There was a warm atmospheric river… Continue reading