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Most excellent! Great pic's..Thanks for posting and thanks CascadeClimber's for this awesome site of climbing TR's.

Top of Baker certainly does have a huge flat area for landing a chopper. Good that they dug in overnight in a storm but I have to ask, with the crappy weather forecast and heavy rain all day Sunday around Mt. Baker, why did the team go for the summit? Hope those kids recover quickly.

Who said old guys can't keep climbing? Way to go

In your time frame your going to hit a lot of snow for many of these choices. Some will require ice axe and light crampons for sure because of steep snow. You say your boy has no self arrest ice axe experience? Perfect time to learn it. Have him read 'Freedom of the Hills', youtube or whatever, then first day go find some steep snow with safe runout and practice. Now your ready to climb mountains. Sahale is a good climb in a fantastic setting. Ruth Mountain close to Baker is good. Day climb with very easy short glacier. I took my kids there to learn glacier snow travel. At Washington Pass, South Early Winter Spires, South Arete. Snow hike with 3 pitch mid 5 rock. Liberty Bell, Beckey Route, I would bring ice axe and crampons for the short steep gully to gain the start of route. It can be icy because of shade. Cuthroat Peak on the other side of road. North Twin Sisters fun class 3-4 scramble, helps to have mountain bikes. I love reading Fred's books but beware, if your not familiar with North Cascades mountains they can be a bit vague for route description and approach/descent.

Yup. Sure does. Easy transition into the gully where it gets really narrow half way up.

We just climbed the Southside route today and conditions were excellent. Snow was firm crust with good traction. Hogsback is very wide, no issue with the bergschrund, and the Gates was solid to the summit. There is a lot of ice in it that will have to start falling as the season goes. Forecast is changing now but I would go at the next chance of good weather.

A true climbing legend.

Forget about the mag. I want a puppy! What breed are those guys?

He had quite the climbing resume for such a young guy. I enjoyed the interviews he did on the Enormocast talking about Cerro Torre. Very sad to hear this.

New flavor for Mountainhouse?

Very nice. Now that is a climbing trip to remember

Was up there on wednesday. Bad.

Brocken Spectre? That's fantastic.

Hard to say. Always a crap shoot on a Friday. Boston Basin is popular for sure. Back up plan could be Eldorado, Liberty Bell Group, Cutthroat up the highway, no permit needed. Stuart is a good choice but bit of a drive from ranger station.

That was a very interesting read. His kit is dialed in with exact detail.

Good TR. You were really moving. Fury, Challenger, guys are getting into Pickets early this year.

Steph Abegg will be at Backcountry Essentials in Bellingham on Tuesday Dec. 13th. 7:30 pm for a photo show. http://www.backcountryessentials.net/events/detail/winter_speaker_series_two_highlights_of_summer_2016_bugaboos_nesakwatch_spi

I like the music.

You guys are just too cool, sipping rainier beer. BTW, I do like the Smoot guide book.

Just drove thru and camped in town of Sisters and middle peak looked like a good walk up with lot of snow still. North peak probably not good this late.

There's too many dogs and women on the trails.

Nicely done. Two observations. Mt. Stuart can be a challenge for many climbers on any of it's routes and is there anything better to eat than a cheeseburger and fries after a climb?

You going Ben?

Love to look at that jagged bit of rock when I'm close by. Good to see a seldom visited climb TR.

I saw Meru. I liked it too. They are different animals. Both produced to entertain and make money.