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| Backpack | 25.00 Miles |
7,390 AEG |
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| no partners | | Our trip started on Saturday morning, after meeting our group in downtown Seattle. Drove to the TH at Schrieber’s Meadow on the south side of Mt. Baker. We spent most of the day on the moderately strenuous approach as we started hiking from 3,400 ft. in sub-alpine meadows. The hiking continued through old-growth forest for the first two hours. We exited the forest at 4,800 ft. and continued up the trail through high alpine meadows along with seasonal snow covered regions. We arrived at Sandy Camp (6,100 ft.), perched high on the south side of Mount Baker, in the afternoon. We enjoyed some spectacular views from camp of the Easton glacier while eating lunch/dinner.
Sunday = Summit day. We started our climb around 7am, as this late in season, crevasses were open wide on the glacier and it was easier to navigate through them during day light.The route begins with a climb to the top of the Easton moraine at 7,000 ft., where we accessed the Easton Glacier. From there, we ascended the gently angled Easton Glacier until we reached the crater rim at 9,800 ft. We then climbed up the Roman Wall and crested the summit plateau at just over 10,500 ft. A short walk leads up to the summit of Mount Baker, at 10,781 feet. After resting on the summit, we made our way down the same way we came up, down to Sandy Camp and enjoyed nice mac&cheese dinner.
Monday (Labor Day), we hiked out to the cars and drove back home. |
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