RikkD Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 A couple weeks ago I went up to Baker with a couple of friends for my first day of skiing for the season!!! The plan was to climb to the top via the coleman-demming, ski down and be back in bellingham by 3 for class and work. We got to the trailhead at 3:30 in the morning and were hiking by 4. We reached the top of pumice ridge by 11 and had to turn around so that I wouldn't be late for a midterm. It was a great ski down and we made it back to b'ham just in time for the test.... but the test was canceled !!!! oh well. It was a beautiful bluebird day in the mountains and I'm super stoked for the adventures this season will bring!! here are some pictures from the trip! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spionin Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 sweet photos! and cool to run into to you guys up there. that's you three: cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankazoid Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Cool! Is the Oregon Mt. Baker near the Oregon Olympic National Forest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderhound Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 haha, that is the Mt. Baker in WA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 meow. why can't this be closer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RikkD Posted November 3, 2011 Author Share Posted November 3, 2011 haha Thanks, It was an awesome day. I meant to post this under the trip report section but it didn't work, haha, I'm hopeless on computers. were you the two climbers on colfax or the other group going to the summit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spionin Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 we were the ones going for colfax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurthicks Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 how'd it go on Colfax? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spionin Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 [sorry to hijack your thread, RikkD] how'd it go on Colfax? it went ok. it was a nice trip with a little camping, a little hiking, and a little climbing. no complaints i posted a bunch of photos on the ice thread right after that trip. the weather was awesome, approach was very forgiving still. but the conditions on the ice were a little thin, i wasn't really up to the ice roof 1st thing this season, and there was a lot of debris raining down the route, which only got worse as the day progressed. we climbed a part of it, but ended up retreating this time. interestingly, i saw some recent photos of the upper part of the route (from the last few days), and it doesn't look like the top ice pitch has gotten much fatter. i wonder if the lack of melt-freeze cycles contributed to that. it's been pretty consistently cold for the past few weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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