JasonG

That all looks super cool, thanks for sharing some non-PNW climbing beta!

Trip: Coleman Pinnacle - Standard Trip Date: 12/30/2025 Trip Report: It has been a slow start to the ski season. A very slow start. But despite the setbacks, I've managed to have a few good days the past several weeks up in the Baker backcountry. We're fortunate up this way in that our usual backcountry backyard emerged relatively accessible from the December Floods. US2 and 410 are quite so lucky. I've not been doing anything remarkable the past few weeks in the Baker backcountry, but I do have a new camera that I have been having fun getting to know and so why not post a few photos from the classic Coleman Pinnacle tour? This is an outing that I tend to come back to over the past 20 years or so, climbing it every 5 years or so if only for the views and the fun run down into Wells Creek. If you haven't been out that way.....you probably won't like it. Best to stay near town and reduce your carbon footprint. Sunrise from the parking lot: The classic view of Baker from Artist Point never gets old (to me): @Trent approaching the heli line: @Trent and Coleman Pinnacle: Der Shukshan: @Trent skinning up under Coleman Pinnacle: Summit of Coleman Pinnacle: Out to Chowder Ridge: Descending from the summit with Baker looming ahead: Ptarmigan in winter plumage down in Wells Creek: Windy on der Kulhsan: coming back up over Table on the way home: Shuksan is one of my favorites in the North Cascades: Sunset from the parking lot. As Ice Cube would say, "Today was a good day". Gear Notes: flotation, but please, leave the snowshoes at home. Approach Notes: Heather Meadows to Artist Point to alpine glory

What are your concerns, specifically @aikidjoe? I work for an area Tribe, and often with the MBSNF, and have participated in a few of these thinning projects over the years (all in the Stillaguamish). On the ground that I am super familiar with, the proposed treatments all made sense and were needed due to the legacy forestry impacts from the post-war era. But....happy to hear your perspective on the latest proposal!

North Cascades shenanigans, celebrating that the site is NOT DEAD YET!

There have got to be some established web developer types that are climbers and could take something like this on? Would the Access Fund or Mountaineers help with incorporating into a non-profit? Or maybe an attorney like @mattp? We appreciate your vision @olyclimber, way to remain steadfast in the midst of the storm!

WELL DONE Porter!!! You deserve all the beer!

Hey @Dane, if Daniel Smith ( @Albert_Pynstardt) doesn't respond here, maybe try pinging him. He's been in that area for awhile now and I bet knows!

That's great Dave! Keep the photos and stories coming....

Colfax or Lincoln may be in shape depending on the winter/road access but that won't become clear until you are pretty close. Mostly people ski in the Twin Sisters at that time but I am sure you could scratch your way up something! If you know someone with a gate key, that could greatly simplify the approach.

The Chinese side of the Tien Shan looks pretty rad, maybe another option if you weren't afraid of being sneaky?: https://www.climbing.com/news/interview-dmitry-golovchenko-new-route-china-tien-shan/?scope=initial

Baffin? Or is that too rock oriented? The Alps? Or is that too civilized? Seems like Pakistan is often a lot of hit or miss with weather/conditions? Seems like Cordillera Blanca has gotten hit really hard by climate change? Seems like the snow/ice oriented routes in Canada have been hit pretty hard by climate change the past decade or so? I am too much of an armchair climber to be of much use unfortunately....

Such great detail @Dave 1970, thanks for the stories! Your path to climbing is very similar to mine, which started for me in the early 1990s. I acquired the skills (and gear) I needed as the summits got higher, harder, and more complex. I remember the smell of the old REI, thanks for the reminder! I worked in the "new" REI in 1997 and 1998 and got nearly all my early gear there (and Swallow's Nest). Keep the stories coming as you remember them!

YES! Post up some TRs from whatever Truckers adventures you remember!!

So great!! Thank you @AAI!

This is amazing history @Dave 1970! I never would have thought that register would yield such rich memories....please post some photos and stories from those trips if you have any!! I would love to see what a 1970's mother trucker looks like!

I WILL fight you, just so I can listen to Live instead of Counting Crows. The angel opens her eyes!

Super cool @Sack, thanks for stopping by!

North Ridge of Blum

North Ridge of Torment! Bonus for linking it into the already selected TFT....

Frostbite Ridge on Glacier, but I think that is in the Kearney guide too.

Alan Kearney's book has this one, and I agree on its status as a mountaineering classic. A plug for his excellent guide that is probably out of print at this point.... I would add the Index Traverse, East Ridge of Jack Mountain, Nohokomeen Headwall on Jack (spring), Lincoln (winter)....will try and think of others. Great idea for a thread!

That about sums it up @plexus and @sepultura!

Trip: Lindeman, Hanging, and Middle Peaks - via Centre Creek Trip Date: 08/31/2025 Trip Report: Over Labour Day weekend the Chossdogs went to Canada, for the most part. There was a brief portion in the middle of the weekend when on the way to Middle peak we found ourselves lost and seemingly in America, where we learned that it was actually Labor Day weekend instead. This was pretty confusing, since back at camp it was still Labour Day weekend. Nevertheless, we found that the route to Lindeman from Centre creek is well traveled these days, as is the trail down to the delightful camps near Upper Hanging Lake (no fish, unfortunately). The summit of Lindeman is a straightforward Class 3 scramble on good rock. Expect to see a few parties. Things got decidedly scruffier as we traveled to Hanging Peak and especially the final few hundred feet to the summit of Middle Peak. Much choss was encountered, but so was much solitude and there was never a true need for a rope. Helmets, ice axe, and crampons came in handy for ascending the north side of Middle Peak, but it didn't seem a lot worse than some spicy Class 3. There might be other ways to get up it, but they all looked even less savory. Hanging Peak was also some exposed Class 3, but not quite as involved as Middle. Mostly though, this was an amazingly scenic and quiet destination on a busy holiday weekend. I figure may was well spread to word to spread the masses.... Middle and Baker from Lindeman: Scrambling up LIndeman: Shuksan from Lindeman: Border Peaks: The haunted house of the Chilliwack, Slesse: It is important to pace one's chossing. @BrettS adjusting speed on the summit of Lindeman: @BrettS, @Trent, @sepultura, @therunningdog and myself on summit of Lindeman: Perry Creek fire blew up while we were on the summit of Lindeman: Heading down to Upper Hanging Lake: Sunset on Bear: @therunningdog looking at a signpost for directions to Middle Peak: Summit of Middle: This pretty much sums up Middle Peak: You can always count on @BrettS for a photo worthy dive into an alpine lake: Not a bad spot for the dogs to base: Rexford on the hike out: Well hey there, someone was thinking ahead! Gear Notes: ice axe, helmet, crampons Approach Notes: Centre Creek to Upper Hanging Lake

So beautiful! I need to get back in there....never been. Thanks @rat and @lunger for surviving to tell the tale!