Noodle

Heh, that's a possibility. I really like the area though. I took a day recently to just do some laid back hiking, chose Stillaguamish and had a great time!

Come on, I know someone out there has done this!

Has anyone here attempted this? I'm looking for any info on difficulties encountered, time taken, gear, etc. I tried this last year and didn't get very far. We stayed too high on the ridge off of Dickerman, and by then getting lower involved some rock bands that took a lot of time to navigate. So we realized there was no way we'd make it that day, and had to climb back up to Dickerman through nasty down-sloping slide alder. I'd like to try again, maybe bring a rope along and try to stay on the ridge as much as possible. Descending way down towards Buck Creek feels like cheating.

Death moon!

My heels have been ripped to shreds in less than a mile in new, otherwise very comfortable boots, until I picked up this trick. Take a gallon zip lock back and use scissors to cut off the top of it where the seal is. Now slide that bag into your boot with the open end on top. Put your foot in the boot, and you'll have two sheets of slippery plastic bag between your heel and the boot. This in combination with not lacing up too hard works wonders for my heels. The guy I learned this trick from had gotten some heavier duty bags from somewhere, but I find that ziplocks work well.

Climbed Mt. Baker (Coleman/Deming) in sweet weather! Photos here

Planning on climbing the Coleman/Deming route this weekend, and one of the guys going has a plane so we flew over the mountain to have a look. Pictures relevant to the Coleman/Deming route are here. The whole set of pictures, including some shots of Pilchuck, Three Fingers, and Whitehorse, are here .