Distance: 21.5 mi.Elevation Gain: 6000 ft. My friend Ben lives in Colorado and has been climbing the 14ers over recent years. He had only 2 remaining peaks…… Read more “2024-05/31-06/01 Skiing Snowmass Mountain”
Tag: may
2021-05-28 Lightning Peak
Distance: 6.3 mi.Elevation Gain: 4000 ft. Plans for bigger objectives were foiled by late May snowfall, so we dialed the plans back to this low elevation peak.…… Read more “2021-05-28 Lightning Peak”
2021-05-22 Welch Peaks & Mt. Townsend
Distance: 9.0 mi.Elevation Gain: 3700 ft. Going into spring the snowpack had been above normal but spring had been particularly sunny and dry. This meant a lot…… Read more “2021-05-22 Welch Peaks & Mt. Townsend”
2021-05-15 Mt. Jupiter Attempt
Distance: 18.2 mi. (5.3mi. on bike)Elevation Gain: 4800 ft. (750′ on bike) My brother happened to be in town for work and had the weekend free. The…… Read more “2021-05-15 Mt. Jupiter Attempt”
2021-05-08 Skiing Spire Gulch
Distance: 1.7 mi.Elevation Gain: 1500 ft. Washington Pass had just opened the previous Wednesday and we had friends that were going to be in Winthrop for the…… Read more “2021-05-08 Skiing Spire Gulch”
2020-05-23 Tatoosh Peak
Distance: 10.8 mi.Elevation Gain: 4500 ft. We actually tried this peak (from another the north trailhead) in November but had to bail due to difficult postholing losing…… Read more “2020-05-23 Tatoosh Peak”
2020-05-16 Joker, Jester, Iron Bear, and Roughhouse
Joker, Jester, Iron BearDistance: 7.5 mi.Elevation Gain: 2600 ft. Roughhouse Mt.Distance: 1.7Elevation Gain: 400′ With rainy weather on the west side of the mountains, we thought that…… Read more “2020-05-16 Joker, Jester, Iron Bear, and Roughhouse”
2020-05-09 Bedal Peak
Distance: 8.2 mi.Elevation Gain: 4200 ft. Ten years ago to the day, I climbed Bedal with a group of friends from the UW climbing club. We were…… Read more “2020-05-09 Bedal Peak”
2019-05-25-28 Franconia Notch to Crawford Notch Backpacking
Distance: 36 mi.Elevation Gain: 13,400 ft. While Craig was busy climbing in the Olympics, I was on the other side of the country on a peak bagging…… Read more “2019-05-25-28 Franconia Notch to Crawford Notch Backpacking”
2019-05-26 Tyler, Baldy & Gray Wolf Ridge
Distance: 11.5 mi.Elevation Gain: 6500 ft. Rodrigo and I had high hopes for the long weekend but ended up struggling to make a decision based on a…… Read more “2019-05-26 Tyler, Baldy & Gray Wolf Ridge”