Entries from North Cascades
Posted by: Jess Matthews, Jessie Poquerusse, Dustin Wittmier
Categories: Expedition Dispatches North Cascades
Elevation: 5,900'
Today was another beautiful day on the lower slopes of Mt. Baker. We started with a leisurely breakfast and then packed our gear for a short walk above camp to reach the snow and our training site. After a good day of training, we’re relaxing in our tents before dinner and then off to bed before we gear up again early in the morning for the real thing. The team is looking forward to heading uphill to put our new skills to use with the summit in our sights!
RMI Guides Jess Matthews, Jessie Poquerusse, Dustin Wittmier and Team.
Posted by: Jess Matthews, Jessie Poquerusse, Dustin Wittmier
Categories: Expedition Dispatches North Cascades
Elevation: 5,900'
We had a beautiful walk into camp today. Temps were cool, the bugs left us alone, and we made smooth work with heavy packs. We were greeted by a blanket of wildflowers and the sound of waterfalls as we made our way above the tree line into camp at the edge of the Coleman Glacier. Everyone is feeling good and settling in to camp life here at 5,900’. We’ll take advantage of a full night of sleep before beginning our training tomorrow on the slopes around camp in preparation for our summit climb.
RMI Guides Jess Matthews, Jessie Poquerusse, Dustin Wittmier and Team.
RMI Guide Pete Van Deventer and the Mt. Baker Easton Glacier August 1 - 3 team reached the summit this morning around 6:30 AM PT with 100% of their team members.
The team will make a complete descent today and conclude their program this afternoon.
Congratulations to the team!
Posted by: Pete Van Deventer, Hannah Smith, Dustin Wittmier
Categories: Expedition Dispatches North Cascades
Elevation: 6,400'
Thursday, August 2 - 5:36 PM PT
We had a great day of training on the lower slopes of the Easton Glacier today. Some clouds moved over at times, shading us from the sun, which was a blessing. We used our type travel segment to move up the glacier and get a view of the whole route. Things look great and we are set for our summit push tonight!
RMI Guide Pete Van Deventer
We had a gorgeous walk into the Easton on Mt. Baker today. Perfect weather, incredible views, wildflowers, and great company. We're at camp at 6400' at the toe of the Easton glacier, getting ready to enjoy dinner. After a good size day and heavy packs, we are looking forward to our sleeping bags!
RMI Guide Pete Van Deventer
Today we started early and climbed fast to the summit of Mt. Baker. We are back in Glacier enjoying some food and celebrating. What a great day in the mountains!
RMI Guide Zeb Blais
RMI Guide Mike Walter and team are standing on top of Mt. Baker! They had beautiful weather and a great route for climbing via the classic and technical North Ridge. They will descend on the Coleman-Deming Route and spend one more night on the mountain before descending back to the trailhead tomorrow.
Congratulations to Mike and team!
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go. T.S. Eliot
Keep on trekking!
Lynn
Posted by: Lynn Adams on 8/1/2018 at 4:46 am
The Mt. Baker North Ridge team led by RMI Guide Mike Walter just checked in from the summit of Mt Baker!. This team of experienced climbers ascended Mt. Baker via the challenging North Ridge route. Mike reported that the team is doing well, and will be starting their descent after enjoying the views from the summit.
Congratulations Team!
Congratulations to Barry Jones and his team!! Way to go!
Nice pic BJ!
-Kathryn
Posted by: Kathryn McRitchie on 7/30/2018 at 11:25 am
Justin and I had a great trip in Boston Basin. We summited shark fin tower via se ridge then traversed the Boston Glacier to the North Ridge of Forbidden, camped there and ascended forbidden via North West face. We descended the West Ridge, camped at the high bivy, then climbed the South Ridge of Aguille De. Awesome adventure!
RMI Guide Zeb Blais
Posted by: Steve Gately, Gloria Roe, Taylor Bickford
Categories: Expedition Dispatches North Cascades
Elevation: 9,127'
RMI Guide Steve Gately called in from the Summit of Mt. Shuksan. The team reached the summit via the Fisher Chimneys route. The team climb strong and efficiently making it possible climb the summit pyramid in 45 minutes. The weather was clear, but smoke from wildfires did fill the air. The team is on their descent and headed back to their high camp where they will spend the evening, tomorrow they will trek out returning to Glacier, WA.
Congratulations to today's team!
Sounds like a dream climb. Hi Glo of my life!
Mom
Posted by: Michelle on 7/29/2018 at 10:57 am
Woohoo! Way to go team! Thank you so much for all your amazing support of the American Lung Association and Climb for Clean Air! See you at the trailhead!
Posted by: Evan Lepine on 8/3/2018 at 10:09 am
Congratulations! Can’t wait to see pictures!
Posted by: Jane on 8/3/2018 at 9:06 am
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