I’m a recreational mountaineer and focused on the fun of getting out into the mountains with my friends. I love standing on the top of things. In the winter I am a paid ski patrol supervisor and dabble in backcountry skiing. I transition to scrambling and climbing in the shoulder seasons and summer. I’m a new(ish) 5.6+ trad lead and comfortably lead most 5.8 sport. I’m pushing my grade to 5.7 and 5.8 trad. Downhill skiing is where I started and is where I’m most comfortable.
I am a volunteer leader with the Mountaineers, and have led a variety of scrambles, trail runs, and crag climbing trips with them. In the past I have taught medical and mountain travel courses for ski patrol. I was an active member of King County SAR from 2009 – 2020, when I moved to Wenatchee, WA.
This page is a list of my more notable mountaineering accomplishments. Check out my peakbagger page for the full list of summits, and my mountain project profile for crag climbs.
Peaks
2020
- Airies Buttress (5.7 bolted, 4p, Zion NP) – private trip, led crux pitch
- Sloan Peak (3rd class) – private trip
- The Tooth (5.4) – Led all pitches – private trip
- (Attempt) – Mt. Rainier via Emmons – private trip
2019
- Ingalls Peak, East Ridge (5.7) – Led P1, private trip
- South Early Winter Spire, South Arete (5.5, lead)
- (3x) Ingalls Peak, South Ridge (5.6 variation) – Lead, twice (one private party, one Mountaineers climb as rope lead), follow once
- Mount Stuart, Cascadian couloir: Class 3 scramble
- (Attempt) Mount Shuksan, Sulphide Glacier, snow gulley: turned around due to rock/snowfall from party above when we were 1/2 way up snow gulley.
- Bill’s Peak: Class 3 scramble
- Baring Mountain: Snow scramble
- (Attempt) Mount Olympus Ski Traverse: Bailed ascending middle peak via Hoh glacier
2017
- Mount Shuksan via Sulphide glacier, snow gulley: Grade II glacier, steep snow
- Mount Baker via Coleman-Deming: Grade II glacier
- Ruth Mountain (North Cascades): Grade I glacier
- Denny Mountain: Class 3 scramble
2016
- The Tooth: 5.4 multipitch rock
- Mount Baker via Squak: Grade II glacier on skis
- Weaver’s Needle (Arizona): 5.easy multipitch rock
- East Couloir of Guye Peak: Technical ski
2015
- Caroline Peak: Class 4 scramble, Grade II
- Del Campo Peak: Class 4 scramble
- Guye Peak via East Ledges route: Class 4 scramble
Trad leads
- Smiley Kylee, 5.7+ (@ Index) 12/2020 onsight
- R&D, 5.6 12/2020, led P1 & P3 w/ fall (:()
- Humpty Dumpty, 5.7 (@Tieotn), led onsight
- Midway, 5.6 (@Leavenworth), led P1 & P2, onsight
- Lefty’s Paradise, 5.7+ (@ St. George, Utah), 11/2020 redpoint
- Cover my Buttress, 5.6 (@ Red Rock Canyon) 11/2019
- Tonto, 5.5 (@ Red Rock Canyon) 11/2019
- Zap Crack, 5.6 (@ Leavenworth), 11/2/2019 onsight, + easier routes @ playground point
- Twilight Zone, 5.6 (@ Bow Valley, Canmore), 10/6/2019 led P1 & P2 onsight
- Keelhaul Wall, 5.6 (@ Bow Valley, Canmore), 10/6/2019 led last 2 pitches (5.4-5.5?)
- Hanging Gardens, 5.6 (@McDowell Mountains, Scottsdale, AZ), 9/22/2019 (led P1 onsight)
- South Early Winter Spire, South Arete, 5.5 (Alpine), 8/31/2019 onsight
- Ground Hog Day, 5.6 (@ Leavenworth), 8/25/19 (led p1 5.6 and p3 5.6 onsight)
- Ingalls Peak, South Ridge, 5.6 variation (Alpine), 8/22/19, 8/23/19
- Edge of Mistakes, 5.6 (@ Vantage), 8/11/19 onsight
- Sad Crack, 5.6 (@Vantage), 8/11/19
- Hag Crack, 5.6 (@ Index), 8/3/19
Coursework
- Leading Trad, Pro Guiding, 2019
- Climbing Self Rescue, Mountaineers, 2019
- Intermediate Glacier Travel, Mountaineers, 2019
- Basic Glacier Travel, Mountaineers, 2016
- Glacier Skiing & Crevasse Rescue, Mountaineers, 2016
- AIARE 1, 2016
- Alpine Scrambling, Mountaineers, 2015
- Avy 1 & Avy 2, National Ski Patrol, 2015 and prior
- Mountain Travel & Rescue 1 & 2, National Ski Patrol, 2015 and prior
- EMT-B, 2010 (current)
- Outdoor Emergency Care Technician, 2010 (current)
Climbing Social
- Matt’s Mountain Project Profile
- Matt’s Peakbagger Profile
- Matt’s Mountaineers Profile (Mountaineers members only)