Baker still "skiiable"?

[salbrecher]

Just wondering if it would be worth it to bring skiis to the top of Baker via Coleman Demming? Anybody done any skiing up their lately? Is it still "skiiable"?

[philfort]

Skied up to Heliotrope ridge (7200ft) last saturday. Don't know what it's like higher up, but the snow where we were was great. It was about 1 hour hike to snow.

Looked like some big crevasses opening up on the Coleman, but probably still skiable with some weaving around... Looked like the "bergscrhund" below the col went all the way across, but hard to tell for sure from far away.

[TimL]

I don't ski but the conditions on the CD route last weekend were pretty straight forward. Might have to weave a couple times and take your sticks of to cross huge avy debris from the ice cliff before the CD saddle. It should go just fine. Have fun.

[chilly]

I climbed the Easton Route 7/24-25 and at the short traverse at the crater we followed ski tracks to the summit. It appears that the person skied off the summit and crossed the Easton and Swauk and then skied down the very smooth slopes of the Boulder glacier.

[salbrecher]

OH YA ! Thanks for the info.

[Ned_Flanders]

Skied off the summit about 2 weeks ago. It was great. We got to the top pretty late, around 3pm and found skiable slush down the roman wall and deming glacier. The parties we were passing on our way up reported icy conditions on the roman wall. We didnt have to take off our skiis once.