Mt. Baker 8-4-07

The other guys had to head home after Shuksan, but Dave and Doug stayed to climb Baker the next day. As the forest thinned out, we came to a staircase of flat rocks.





We see a lot of awesome flowers on our climbs.





Sulfur gas and clouds high on Baker. We climbed the Easton Glacier.





An icefall area low on the Easton.




Baker is known for it's numerous huge crevasses!

Dave taking in the view.

Climbers on the edge of Sherman Crater. Sulfur gas is rising behind them.

Sherman Crater as seen from the summit.

Sulfur gas is constantly hissing out of fumaroles in Sherman Crater.

Dave and Doug on the summit.

Doug looking down at the Easton and Deming Glaciers.

Mt. Shuksan 8-3-07

Mt. Shuksan had been on our list of mountains to climb for quite a while. It would be a new climb for most of us. So we made plans and headed north. We got off to an early start so we could make this a day trip. Here we are above the treeline heading for the glacier.

We were in and out of the fog and clouds for most of the morning.

This is one of the steeper sections of the Sulfide Glacier.

A climber approaching the 500' high summit pyramid.

Flowers at 9,000'

The easy rock climb up the summit pyramid makes for a great finish on this climb.

Dave picking a route to the summit.

Dennis, Dave, Jim, Doug and Mark on the top at 9,127'. Mt. Baker, our objective for the next day, in the background.

Dave looking down on the Mt. Baker Ski Area.

Some Foxglove growing by the road.