Mt. Baker and Colfax and Sherman, Easton Glacier

Activity Notes

More details and prospectus to come, but basic outline is:

**Crevasse Rescue training is required for this climb. If you do NOT have a Mazamas Crevasse Rescue badge, please email explaining your equivalency training and experience. Thank you!**

**Flexible to extend up to May 28 Wed as weather option.**

OVERVIEW

This combo climb will include Baker, Colfax, and Sherman in a summit massif loop.

https://caltopo.com/m/N0EM6TJ 

We will be tagging multiple highpoints:

• Colfax Peak ( 9,445 ft, WA #8 Top 100 Elevation)
• Mt. Baker (10,779 ft, WA #5 Top 100 Elevation)
• Sherman Peak (10,139 ft, just 4 feet short to qualify as WA #7 Top 100 Elevation)
  • Will skip if short on time

HIGHPOINTS

• Mt. Baker
  • https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=1633
• Colfax Peak
  • https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=1634
• Sherman Peak
  • https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=1638
• WA Top 100 Elevation
  • https://www.peakbagger.com/list.aspx?lid=21303
  • https://www.countryhighpoints.com/the-lidar-dgps-washington-top-100-list/<br>  

LOGISTICS

• Each car must have a NW Forest Pass to park at the trailhead. Must be purchased ahead of time - easiest online but could get from local vendor if necessary.
• https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r6/passes-permits/recreation/?cid=fsbdev2_027010

GEAR LIST AND PROSPECTUS

• Climb-specific gear list (current link is for REFERENCE and NOT updated yet):
  • https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tkMALd5llN3-BoYUTO_9R26mpMYREwes0nGrgc4x5Vw/edit?usp=sharing
• Prospectus
  • TBD

SCHEDULE

• May 24 Sat
  • 12:00 - depart TH to Camp 6200-6400, 3-4 hr
  • Review rope team, crevasse rescue, rest, eat.
• May 25 Sun
  • 01:00 - depart Camp to Summits, 6-8 hr, ~8 mi / 5,700 ft
  • ~09:00 - depart Summits to Camp, 4-5 hr
  • Decide to camp or hike out
• May 26 Mon
  • ~07:00 - depart Camp to TH if camped

**Flexible to extend up to May 28 Wed as weather option.**

**Note to potential applicants**: 

The first priority is ensuring fitness and well-balanced experience for the team. You can make this easier for leaders to evaluate by having a thorough climb resume linked externally, e.g. Google Sheets (see mine as an example, albeit extreme https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HO1FJPx3ro3HRTbe82DN8OhZqFwt7d4a2IVai5kKngY/edit?usp=sharing) with Peak, Route, Date as minimum. The more detailed the better, including attempts without summit! 

Also, describe SPECIFIC details of your CURRENT fitness - excessively slow climbers will be left in camp. (Fitness Assessment Rule of Thumb: on a treadmill, be able to maintain a minimum speed of 2.0mph @ 15% for at least 1 hour with 25+lb pack.)

After experience and fitness, I then give priority to selecting team members who: 

1. actively volunteer with the Mazamas, especially LD/those interested in becoming climb leaders!!
2. have not been accepted on other climbs/been accepted on few climbs for the season. 

These are preferences, NOT requirements, and I always try to include several qualified newbies and people I haven't climbed with yet, amongst other equity-minded choices. Feel free to contact me any time about climbs with questions or additional information!