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 dabble in backcountry skiing and transition to scrambling and climbing in the shoulder seasons and summer. I’m a new 5.6 trad lead and comfortably lead most 5.7 sport. 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 and trail runs with them.
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
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
- 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
Climbing Social
- Matt’s Mountain Project Profile
- Matt’s Peakbagger Profile
- Matt’s Mountaineers Profile (Mountaineers members only)