Baker, Boulder route
4/17/21
WA Cascades West Slopes North (Mt Baker)
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Ok, this actually happened in April (the other super-warm weekend!), but I [insert lame excuse here] and didn’t post it until now. Obviously the route conditions info I typed up at the time is irrelevant now, so this is just a picture dump. Enjoy! Cool route, very photogenic, deserted except at the summit, and very good skiing that weekend, nice and bouncy from 10k-ish down to 6k-ish feet.
Brief trailrunner phase
The only really steep thing
Looking back down the lower approach ridge
Near treeline
Grainy look at the route
Route follows the center right
Distractingly brilliant sky while getting going
First light
Sunrise over Shuksan
Round 2 pics:
North Cascades
S over S part 2
Getting warmer
Nearly there
Summit pizza!
Shredding the rime
More headwall
Crater shot
We skied the uptrack, but skier's right goes too
Last one:
From camp
Nice work!
I love that side of the mountain
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