[TR] Mt Baker - Coleman Demming 9/8/2012

[ddday]

Trip: Mt Baker - Coleman Demming

 

Date: 9/8/2012

 

Trip Report:

After not finding any late season trip reports we took a chance and headed up the CD last weekend. The snow was very consolidated making glacier travel very quick. We crossed a few dozen crevasses, but the worse was a 1 foot step over and no big diversions to get around them. Gaining the pumice ridge was a bit tricky - actually turning around one party, but us and several other teams managed to negotiated it.

 

For the TAY crowd the upper Roman is heavily suncupped which would take the joy out of it for most of us then you'd have to boot the pumice ridge. From the base of the ridge down would be okay if you stay alert.

 

We ran into a guided party in the parking lot who had bailed off the N ridge low on the route so the season might be finally over for it.

 

 

 

 

 

btw - one low point: it's hard to express the disdain for the scumbags who leave their giant human waste bag in plain view at the Heliotrope ridge, and the other's who left their big pile of crap and TP 25' from the only water supply in the camp. If you want to make sainthood bring a few garbage bags to haul this crap out on your next trip.

 

Gear Notes:

Crampons, ice axe, rope

 

Approach Notes:

I'd rope up from the 6k Camps

Edited September 12, 2012 by ddday