Good Baker BC Map

I'm currently turning one wall/slanted celing in my room into a collection of map and picture references of the baker area. Map wise I have both sides of the North Cascades National Geographic up and a few pictures, but I would love to find a big shaded topo map of the 542 corridor, preferably with minimal legal lines/boundries cluttering things. I also want an even more detailed map of the Terrain within a day of Heather Meadows.

Does anybody know of any good maps already in circulation (I'd prefer not to piece quads together) or where I can order a custom map for cheapish?

I'll post pics of the wall when its complete.

I have this one. It is old, but shows the old ski lines from 1936.

I have not tried it, but you may find what you want by using www.mytopo.com/ .

[I have no association with or financial interest in mytopo]

I'm currently turning one wall/slanted celing in my room into a collection of map and picture references of the baker area. Map wise I have both sides of the North Cascades National Geographic up and a few pictures, but I would love to find a big shaded topo map of the 542 corridor, preferably with minimal legal lines/boundries cluttering things. I also want an even more detailed map of the Terrain within a day of Heather Meadows.

Does anybody know of any good maps already in circulation (I'd prefer not to piece quads together) or where I can order a custom map for cheapish?

I'll post pics of the wall when its complete.

I had a 15 quad USGS panorama of mt baker and shuksan on the wall of my apt in Bellingham, if you ask me, it looked pretty cool. I just folded the corners under and put them edge to edge, it takes up a ton of space though. 3 quads tall is pretty much ceiling to knee height and 5 wide is about 6-7 feet wide if memory serves me.

Wow- thanks Hyak for that share! I've never found a name for that peak located SW of Lake Ann (labeled at Mount Ann on your scan). Given its size and prominence, I found it surprising that it didn't have a name.

Steve

[size=10pt]I have this one. It is old, but shows the old ski lines from 1936.[/size]

Notice the line marked "Escalator" in the map that Jack posted.

This was the first ski lift of any kind installed in Washington. Here's a picture of it from "Ski-ing" by Charles Proctor, which I borrowed from Rolf Borgersen of Winthrop. Rolf's uncle Orville Borgersen took the picture in 1935-36.



Here's a brief note about the lift from Ramon Heller's excellent book "Mount Baker Ski Area":

alpenglow.org/ski-history/notes/book/hel...html#heller-1980-p38

[size=10pt]p. 38: In May 1935 the Pacific Northwest Ski Association held its first slalom tournament at Panorama Dome. In December 1935 the Mt Baker Development Company began operating a cable-drawn sled called a "ski escalator" that carried skiers from Terminal Lake up Panorama Dome. Early in 1936, after the sled had been in operation less than a month, Arthur Brandlund, the developer of the lift, was killed in an avalanche that came off Panorama Dome. [/size]