Mt. Baker, Easton Glacier

Activity Notes

Please be aware that you must be a Mazamas member to apply for climbs. The team will be selected as soon as possible after the registration closing date. Mount Baker is known as "Koma Kulshan" to the Lummi Tribe of Puget Sound, meaning "broken or damaged." The marine warm air from Puget Sound brings a great deal of snowfall to Mount Baker. Next to Mount Rainier, Mount Baker is the most glaciated peak in the lower 48 states.  Due to the glaciation and possible crevasses, all climb members must be familiar with crevasse rescue.  Applicants with glacier experience and/or crevasse rescue training will be considered for the climb. Approach, climb, and descent:   We will meet at the Park Butte Trailhead at 9:00a on Day 1. From there we will hike to our campsite at approximately 6,000 ft, depending on conditions. In the afternoon we will review crevasse rescue skills.  On Summit Day (Day 2), we?ll get up early for an alpine start. We?ll rope up and begin our climb on the glacier at approximately 7,000 ft, heading toward Sherman Peak. We?ll then ascend snow slopes or a rocky ridge to the right of the Roman Wall, and then ascend steep snow to a large summit plateau and the summit (10,778 ft). We will descend the same route and spend a second night in camp. On Day 3 we will hike out to the trailhead and drive home. The total ascent from the trailhead is approx. 7,500 feet.