Mount Baker as seen from near Schreibers Meadow
Rick Loop the day before the climb
Easton Glacier trailhead at Schreibers Meadow
Packing bags for an early start
Near treeline at about 5 in the morning
Sunrise on Baker
The Cascades to the south
Spring flowers on the Railroad Grade portion of the Easton Glacier route
The Railroad Grade is a sharp lateral moraine ridge of the Easton Glacier
Looking down the Railroad Grade
Upper section of the Railroad Grade
A very tame Ptarmigan
The Easton Glacier
Seracs on the Easton Glacier
My friend Rick Loop
The long slog up
Looking down the Easton Glacier
Upper Section of the Easton Glacier
More Seracs
Doing Baker in a day is a big undertaking (approximately 20 miles and 7,500 feet of elevation gain and loss) and we should have started earlier. Especially on a warm day when crevasse snow bridges soften quickly and seracs became unstable. These large seracs were directly above the route about a 1,000 feet from the summit and gave us reason to move quickly.
Almost past the last Seracs
Rick coming behind as we near the summit
On top on an incredibly clear, great weather day
Looking to the northeast
Looking to the southeast (Glacier Peak in the distance)
Looking to the south (Rainier in the distance)
Looking to the southwest (Puget Sound and Olympics in the distance)
Looking to the northwest (Olympics and Puget Sound in the distance)
Heading back down
Glisading off the upper mountain slopes
One of the snowbridges that had really softened since we'd crossed it earlier in the morning. For safety we belayed eachother across them.
Back through the Seracs
Off the glacier
Mount Baker from the potato fields of Skagit county
My feet after approximately 20 miles in plastic boots