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  1. 07-25-2011, 03:15 PM #1
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    TR - Mt. Baker - July 23-24

    Hasn't been much sun this month in the PNW. Needless to say, with the high pressure that moved in this past weekend, we were not alone on Baker.

    Left Squamish Saturday afternoon, drove up to the Heliotrope Ridge trailhead and were hiking around 5pm. Set up at 6,200' for the night and did the Coleman-Deming route on Sunday. At 8am we crossed a rope team who had caught sunrise up top; apparently we were climbers 87 and 88 en route. Quite a different volcano ski experience than two months ago on Shasta when were the only ones on the mountain above 9,000'. Anyway, Baker's in great shape right now with snow depth well over 2 meters on the glacier; snow line is a little below 5,000'..small suncups and runnels below 8,000', but the upper mountain is silky smooth. Not exactly patch skiing out this way yet...enjoy!





































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  2. 07-25-2011, 03:42 PM #2
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    Absolutely beautiful.
    Is it still winter there?
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    very nice
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    you drive right past my house and don't even bother to say hi.

    Glad to see baker is still holding snow well
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vets View Post
    Absolutely beautiful.
    Is it still winter there?
    Summer was July 23-24th. It's back to winter again today.
    Move upside and let the man go through...
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    Looks like fun. Is that a harness in the last picture or pants coming off.....
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    Snow! YAY!
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  9. 07-26-2011, 08:55 AM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by samthaman View Post
    you drive right past my house and don't even bother to say hi.

    Glad to see baker is still holding snow well
    Apologies! Your home is beautiful..hope to make it back sooner than later!


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    Looks like fun. Is that a harness in the last picture or pants coming off.....
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    How far did you have to hike from the TH?
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  11. 07-26-2011, 08:26 PM #11
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    It was probably about an hour and a half from the parking lot until we hit the snow..
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    Niiiiice. Endless winter of 2011 ... so epic in PNW and California! Way to keep milking. I got burned out and hung em up, but damn the summit block of Baker looks more wintery and rimed over than Shasta!

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    I really like the scale of those shots.
    Really plays up the magnitude of Baker and the surrounding mountains, and the comparative puny insignificance of we mere mortals.

    The snow looked nice too...
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    Nice pics. I'm hoping to try again next month.
    ...Some will fall in love with life and drink it from a fountain that is pouring like an avalanche coming down the mountain...

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    Quote Originally Posted by bendtheski View Post
    I really like the scale of those shots.
    Really plays up the magnitude of Baker and the surrounding mountains, and the comparative puny insignificance of we mere mortals.

    The snow looked nice too...
    Thanks. Definitely not hard to feel small on Baker..

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    Nice pics. I'm hoping to try again next month.
    Curious, what happened last month?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Solesides View Post
    Thanks. Definitely not hard to feel small on Baker..



    Curious, what happened last month?
    0 visibility above 9K and blasting wind.
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    Wow! I spy fresh snow on Baker! Now I know why I was invited up there this weekend... Too many mountains to ski, not enough time...
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