Mts. Baker and Shuksan in 24 hours?

[scottgg]

Has anyone tried this link-up, or have any suggestions on how they would go about it? I think the biggest problem would be timeing it so you where on the steep parts while it was cool out.

I was thinking the North Ridge of Baker, and the North Face of Shuksan.

Thanks!

[tyree]

Are you going to do this w/o getting into a car and driving from one to the other? I have thought that this would be sick, but a huge undertaking. As far as I know nobody has done it yet. I think that the way to go would be to ski the Park to swift creek and climb F chimeny's then descend the W salmon. Good luck, I will be very jealous b/c I have wanted to do this for years. The biggest problem would be to maintain while linking the 20+ miles b/t the two w/o driving. But if you drive to the two of them it wont be that bad.

[Choada_Boy]

Leave the heliotrope TH at 11pm, take C-D to summit by 6:30am, back to car by 11am. Leave lower lodge for NF Shuksan by 1pm. Get obliterated by avalanche by 2pm. Remain entombed in snow for 2 months.

 

I'm thinking you're high on crack.

[AJScott]

choadaboy is just hating...dont let other people shoot your dreams down, youll never know unless you try right? id go for the suggested route by tyree...sans car under 24 hours would be sick.

[skykilo]

North Ridge -> Ski Park -> Ski Traverse to Artist's Point -> NF Shuksan?

 

That's very close to doable in 24. Two very fun routes and I know the way... better get on that.

 

Edit: The proper finish is obviously to ski NF Shuksan. Then hibernate in the avalanche debris until the powpow returns.

Edited June 5, 2007 by skykilo

[AllYouCanEat]

I have thought of this before (different variations). I think that it would be very cool, but only on skis. If you did it on foot, it'd just be stupid . Okay, maybe not stupid, but you'd definitely be high on crack. I'd rather be high on corn snow with skis.

[skykilo]

That's your response to pretty much everything,

 

"I thought about that once."

 

[G-spotter]

All REAL enchainment superstars use helicopters, teleferiques or parapentes. The parapente is obviously the key here. Climb NR Baker, launch off Baker, fly to Shuksan. If you do it right you can land on the upper Sulphide, climb 300 feet to the summit and still claim the double tick

[skykilo]

Maybe I can make a pre-trip press release, hype the shit out of it, and talk Mt Baker Ski Area into opening the C-3 chair for one ride to claim the lift-assist like a true enchainment badass, then.

 

Thanks for your enlightened e-guidance, Dru.

[Bill_Simpkins]

NF Shuksan, ski White Salmon, hitch hike to Heather Meadows, ski to Ptarmigan Ridge, climb Park Glacier, ski back to Heather Meadows.

Edited June 6, 2007 by Bill_Simpkins

[scottgg]

Every winter I tell myself that this will be the winter my ski skillz improve, but it hasn't happened yet:(

I was actually thinking of driving between the two. Anyone have helpful split times for these two routes for a moderatly fast party?

[Choada_Boy]

C2C on the NR Baker would be like 14 or 15 hours unless you had the glacier dialed, IMHO. C2C on the CD is about 11 on foot.

[Sol]

C2C on the NR Baker would be like 14 or 15 hours unless you had the glacier dialed, IMHO. C2C on the CD is about 11 on foot.

 

 

I think you could go a bit faster. A few years ago, tyree and I climbed the NR car to car for our first time, we clocked in at just under 12 hours (with a number of safety meetings). this was in late july and the roosevelt was a mess, early season you can bypass most of the roosevelt which would speed things up considerably. first time i climbed baker we did CD car to car in 9.

 

I like the CD to Park Glacier, to Fisher chimneys to white salmon.

PROS: longest ski descent via park, with good skate skiing to lake ann, easy leg to begin with.

CONS: more technical climbing later in to the 24 hours.

 

Do you guys really think some hardpeople of the 70's and 80's or 90's haven't already done this?

 

I'm much more interested in the Nooksack Tower and Mt. Shuksan link-up in 24. Seems manageable time wise, but the logistics and the choss of the tower and ragged ridge seem like the crux. what about nooksack tower, shuksan, and baker in a HWY 542 48hour alpine extravaganza.

Edited June 6, 2007 by frosty_the_tradman

[dberdinka]

I'm much more interested in the Nooksack Tower and Mt. Shuksan link-up in 24.

 

That be a lot of shit-talking Sol, better get on it Beotch! I can't wait to see the TR.

Edited June 6, 2007 by dberdinka

[Sol]

I'm much more interested in the Nooksack Tower and Mt. Shuksan link-up in 24.

 

That be a lot of shit-talking Sol, better get on it Beotch! I can't wait to see the TR.

 

Yeah, I geuss i always imagined it with a bivy below the tower and then a bivy on the summit of shuksan. Most importantly the 2 summits in 24-hrs. With this approach, it seems reasonable: robertm and a partner did the tower and the ridge a few years ago in a day, but i think they opted out of the shuksan summit, or not, i can't remember. Isn't it shit-talking summer-hype build-up season?

[G-spotter]

The thing about shit talking is that while you are talking someone else might be doing.

[JensHolsten]

Of course...this link up has been done. The person I know who managed the feat did use a car, but I don't think their link was planned or anything. They got down from baker and said "why not" and drove over and climbed shuksan.

[Sol]

The thing about shit talking is that while you are talking someone else might be doing.

get some

[tyree]

The thing about shit talking is that while you are talking someone else might be doing.

You should know Dru (sorry, I coulnt help myself... just jokin)

[G-spotter]

That's why I never talk about the things I want to do!

[joblo7]

need partners?

[Jason_Martin]

An AAI guide almost did this link-up last year. He climbed Shuksan in the morning and then climbed up to the saddle on the North Side of Baker then bonked. I think he was planning on trying again this year...

 

Jason

[Lowell_Skoog]

I think the cool way to do this would be as a long day traverse on skis:

 

* Coleman glacier to summit Baker

* Park glacier descent to ski area

* White Salmon or Fisher Chimney ascent to summit Shuksan

* Sulphide glacier descent to Shannon creek

 

The trick would be snow conditions. Afternoon conditions might be spooky on Mt Shuksan. Doing it as a lightweight overnight, with a bivi between the two peaks, would be better for catching ideal snow conditions.

[skykilo]

Your way sounds sweet too, Lowell. Maybe we could plan it in tandem and do the first half together.

[ivan]

i'll go when i learn to ski - sky, you noticed how your avatar image looks like you've decapitated your poor-puppy? creepy...