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. I work remotely for a software company, started a photography business, and am happily married to my wife Melissa.

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)