Mt. Baker conditions

[StreetBoss]

I have some friends looking to slog the Colmen-Deming Route. Any idea about the road or approach conditions? I can only imagine that some of you have skied the mountain a few times already!!

 

Thanks in advance

[Bigtree]

The latest from a TAY post:

 

"Still cant get to the trail head. We skinned 2 miles-ish after parking and walking for about a mile. there's just enough snow to detour most from driving the mile we walked."

 

More here...http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=24712.0

[Al filo]

We did last weekend the North Ridge in the Baker.

Road conditions: The access road to Heliotrope is block 2.5 miles before the parking (be prepare to walk 1h15´ more).

Approach conditions, we crossed all the Coleman glacier without floation, with snow almost to our knees, very hard job, with hiden crevasses to watch out.

[Riley81]

How was the ice bulge on the upper part of the North Ridge?

[Al filo]

If you mean the two ice pitches of the route, they are the only good we found, a bit brittle, but good. We climbed through the ridge and it was great in that part, all the rest, deep snow almost to the knees. I do not know how to upload pics...sorry

[KaskadskyjKozak]

I do not know how to upload pics...sorry

 

Click on "Gallery" in the menu bar at the top of the page (between Trip Reports and Search)

 

Then click on Upload Photos

 

Fill in the form, then click on the button "Select Files for Upload" which lets you browse your folders on your computer and select photos to upload. When done selecting click the upload/submit button and you are done.

 

[G-spotter]

http://www.nwac.us/forecast/avalanche/current/zone/5/

 

Key points:

 

As a result of this hopefully final spring avalanche cycle, back country travel is not recommended this weekend into early next week. With the magnitude of anticipated warming, greatly increased avalanche danger should reach to high elevations and a majority of avalanche terrain, likely reaching up to 10-12,000 feet or higher on the volcanoes and significantly impacting climbing routes and conditions. In order to ensure their safety during this period of increased frequency and severity of spring avalanches, back country travelers will need to:

 

be very observant of changing snowpack conditions

manage terrain choices very wisely

be very conservative in decision making

 

Concern #1: Increasingly large and dangerous wet loose or wet slab avalanches with some climax slides releasing to the ground.

 

Concern #2: Increasing likelihood of cornice failures, which may entrain large amounts of wet snow on the slopes below and trigger both large wet loose and wet slabs slides.

 

Concern #3: Glide cracks where full snow pack releases to smooth underlying surface such as rock faces are probable.

[Al filo]

Thank you for helping to upload pics, done, however still learning.

I just created my first TR and something I did wrong, I copied the links to enter image but not appearing the image in the TR, only the link...