The next segment of my Summer Series of State Highpoints continues in Ohio with Campbell Hill. This is 15/50 for me and 5/35 for my wife. Full trip report coming soon…
Category: State Highpoints
Mount Whitney: Summit via the Mountaineer’s Route
DAY 4: From Standstill to Summit Push When we got up the next morning, the rain had stopped but the sky had turned gray and moody again. The real concern came from the only other group up there that day — three rock climbers planning to do the East Buttress. Somehow, they’d gotten word from…
Mount Whitney: The Approach to Iceberg Lake
DAY 3: Backpack to Iceberg Lake, Set up camp After breakfast, we packed up, checked out, and headed for the Whitney Portal Trailhead, knowing we had roughly 4 miles and 4,000 feet of climbing to reach Iceberg Lake and get camp set up before dark. The first mile follows the main Whitney Trail before splitting…
From One Extreme to the Other in the Lower 48
From the lowest, hottest place in North America… …to the highest point in the lower 48, for my second time, this time up the Mountaineer’s Route. DAY 1: Get myself to Las Vegas This adventure started for me last Tuesday after lunch, as I jumped in my car and drove off to Vegas. The plan…
Woo hoo, got Elbert too!!
Woo hoo, got Elbert too!! Gorgeous day here in Leadville to touch the top of Colorado (also the 2nd tallest peak in the lower 48). Went up one way, came down another to make it a loop back to the car. Blue skies, not much wind, no issues with snow. Turned out to be a…
I tagged Wheeeeeeeler, New Mexico’s tallest peak!
I tagged Wheeeeeeeler, New Mexico’s tallest peak! …and the second of my Summer Series of State Highpoints for 2021 Did a big loop for a total of 13 miles and 4,034′ of elevation. So stoked!! Bull of the Woods Trail Up I wanted to see as much of this mountain as possible. So instead of…
Success on Oklahoma’s Black Mesa
After getting denied in Kansas, I found success on Oklahoma’s Black Mesa, which became the official first summit of my 2021 Summer Series of State Highpoints. This hike is not hard, but getting to it could be. More on that later. The weather had finally cleared up after a several days of record rain. In…
Denied Mt. Sunflower
The first of my Summer Series of State Highpoints for 2021 turned out to be unsuccessful attempt of Mt. Sunflower. After having done much harder highpoints with relative ease (CA, MT, UT, ID, NH), I never thought I’d be denied this one! Our 4-state Highpoints loop started in Denver on Memorial Day with Kansas to…
A Boundary Peak Private Rental
This time last year, we summited Mt. Whitney. The plan was to do that again this year but the wildfires in California still have all their recreational areas closed under Forest Order 05-04-50-20-21. As a result, we decided to do 3 other peaks in 3 days starting with Nevada’s Boundary Peak. This would be my…
10 Minutes on Jerimoth Hill
After successful summits of Vermont and New Hampshire state highpoints, and bidding farewell to our family, my wife and I headed straight for Portland, Maine to drive down along the coast to Boston. We had a fantastic time stopping off at places like Fort Williams Park to get a Lobster Roll from the Bite into Maine…