Mt Shuksan, Sulphide Glacier

Activity Notes

There is a $11 permit fee that must be paid to the climb leader once accepted.

The Sulfide Glacier is one of the outstanding moderate glacier routes on a Cascade peak and the route is a straightforward glacier climb for most of its length with brief stretches of ice and steeper snow. However this mountain still harbors the usual potential for serious problems: rapidly changing weather, poor visibility, route<br> finding, problems and crevasse danger. 

Mt. Shuksan’s claim to topographic fame is that it is the only non-volcanic peak in the Pacific NW whose summit exceeds timberline by over 3,000 feet (Beckey). Avalanches apparently helped name the peak – Shuksan means<br> “roaring mountain” in the dialect of the Nooksack native people. The first peak was first climbed in 1906. See Becky’s Cascade Alpine Guide for a more detailed look at Shuksan’s geologic and climbing history.