Alpine Adventures

Ehrhart Alpine Adventures

Below is a select list of our mountain climbing experiences.

Volcan Aucanquilcha (20,262ft; 6176m)

Ken, with Thom, Barry and John, on the summit:

San Pedro (20,161ft; 6145m)

Ken on the summit:

Volcan Guallatiri (19,892ft; 6063m)

Ken on the summit:

Capurata (19,577ft; 5967m)

John in the summit crater:

Volcan Lascar (18,471ft; 5630m)

Ken on the summit:

Cerro Toco (18,386ft; 5604m)

Ken on the summit:

Corona (17,359ft; 5291m)

Ken on the summit:

Jorquencal (16,371ft; 4990m)

Ken on the summit:

Mount Whitney (14,505ft)

Ken on the summit:

Mount Rainier (14,411ft)

Ret and Ken on the summit:

Grays Peak (14,270ft) and Torreys Peak (14,267ft)

Ken on the summit of Torreys with Grays in the background:

White Mountain Peak (14,246ft)

Ken and Mike on the summit:

Mount Shasta (14,162ft)

Ret, Ken and Mike on the summit:

Mount Bierstadt (14,065ft)

Ken on summit (photo by Keegan):

Mount Langley (14,026ft)

Ken on summit (photo by Steve):

Mount Muir (14,012ft) and

Mount Whitney (14,505ft)

Ken with Steve on top of Whitney:

Grand Teton (13,770ft)

Ken on summit:

Mount Irvine (13,770ft)

Ken on top, Mt Mallory behind:

Mt Dana (13,061ft)

Steve, Ret and Ken on top:

Mount Fuji (12,388ft)

Ken with new friends on top of Fuji:

Mount Fuji (12,388ft) Ken with Saso-san

Ken with new friends on top of Fuji:

Volcan Poruña (11,811ft; 3600m)

John and Barry on the crater rim:

Sonora Peak (11,462ft)

Ret nearing the summit:

Sonora Peak (11,462ft)

Ken and Steve on the summit:

Mount Hood (11,239ft)

We turned back short of the summit due to avalanche danger. Plan to return again.

Ken and Ret on the way down:

Mammoth Mountain (11,053ft)

Rainier (after gondola ride) and Ken (after Dragon's Back climb) on the summit:

Freel Peak (10,881ft) and

Jobs Sister (10,823ft)

Ken and Ret on Jobs Sister summit:

San Jacinto Mountain (10,804ft)

Ken on the summit in the clouds:

Mount Baker (10,781ft)

Ken and Ret after summiting:

Mount Rose (10,776ft)

Ret on the summit:

Lassen Peak (10,457ft)

Ken and Ret enjoy a summit sunset:

Round Top (10,380ft)

Steve on the West summit:

Mount Tallac (9,735ft)

Ken on the summit above Lake Tahoe:

Shirouma-dake (9,620ft; 2,932m);

Korenge-san (9,075ft; 2,766m) and

Norikura-dake (7,993ft; 2,436m)

C3 on the summit:

Mt. Tsubakuro (9,065ft; 2,763m)

On the summit:

Panorama Dome (8,937ft)

Rainier on top:

Squaw Peak (8,885ft)

Completed several circuits of Squaw Valley linking Snow King (7,382ft), KT-22 (8,070), Squaw Peak and Emigrant Peak (8,700).

Ken takes a break:

Mount Washington (6,288ft)

Climbed New Hampshire's Washington in Winter and completed a Presidential Range traverse linking Madison (5,366ft), Adams (5,799), Jefferson (5,716), Clay (5,533), Washington, Monroe (5,372), Franklin (5,001), Eisenhower (4,760), Pierce (4,312) and Jackson (4,052).

Ret celebrates another summit:

Mount Marcy (5,344ft)

In the Adirondacks, we summited Marcy, Algonquin (5,114ft), and Cascade (4,098); completed a State Range traverse linking Hedgehog (3,369), Lower Wolf Jaw (4,175), Upper Wolf Jaw (4,185), Armstrong (4,400), Gothics (4,736), Saddleback (4,515), Basin (4,827) and Slant Rock (3,450); an Ausable circuit linking Bear Den (3,423), Dial (4,020), Nippletop (4,620), Colvin (4,057) and Sawteeth (4,100).

Ret and Ken enjoy the view:

Dragon Peak (4,975ft)

We (Ret, Ken, Jane and John) flew in via ski plane and camped for a week on a glacier in Alaska's Chilkat Range, summited Dragon Peak and reached surrounding high points (4,850ft, 4,650, 4,300 and 3,800) in each direction.

Jane up ahead on Alaska trek:

Fremont Peak (3,169ft)

Rainier on the summit:

Petit Piton (2,461ft) and

Gros Piton (2,619ft)

From sea level to the summits of

St. Lucia's landmark peaks.

John, Jane and Ret on the

summit of Gros Piton with

Petit Piton in the background: