Looking for some Mountaineering advice
I’m looking for advice on where I my current skillset lands related to my goals, and am hoping this community can help.
A little background about me and where I’m currently at. I hike primarily in the north east US, based on what’s close to where I live. I rock climb regularly, am comfortable leading. I also ice climb in the winter. I have done winter ascents on mount Washington in New Hampshire before, up lions head. I am familiar with self arrest and rock rescue techniques, but not as much for mountaineering specific circumstances.
I plan on going out west next spring to try some higher elevation climbs, but haven’t tried something like that just yet. I am currently training by hiking as much as I can and running this summer through the winter. My goal is to be able to hike 16-20 miles with 8,000 ft elevation gain in one sitting (basically lap mount Washington in a day) to get myself in shape for it.
I’ve been debating between mount Adam’s and mount hood this next spring, and with the dream being the Matterhorn at some point, but will likely do that one during the summer. I wanted to see if anyone had any recommendations based on where I’m at and my training goals. Any advice helps!!