July 5, 2008, Baker - Coleman glacier

Started at 6 am on the Heliotrope Ridge trail and hit continuous snow at treeline.  Booted until 5600 feet under partly cloudy skies.  Snacked and snoozed for an hour hoping the clouds on the Coleman Glacier would clear, but no luck.  Skinned up to about 7000 feet but on again - off again clouds and drizzle made us turn around. 

Were able to ski back to treeline with one 10' carry.  Probably could have skied without taking off the skis, but the line that went all the way down had significant amounts of running water going under it,so we opted for the safe route.

Lot's of blow downs on the trail, and lots of running water near the snow, but we never punched through. A few crevasses were starting to show on Coleman.  Pictures soon.