Entries from North Cascades
August 11, 2024
Posted by: Seth Burns, Leif Bergstrom
Categories: Expedition Dispatches North Cascades
Elevation: 10,781
RMI Guides Seth Burns & Leif Bergstrom led their team of Mt. Baker - North Ridge climbers to the summit yesterday. They enjoyed a nice day on the mountain and returned to camp after their summit. They spent last night on the mountain and will be returning to the trailhead later today to conclude their program.
Nice work team!
August 7, 2024
Posted by: Tatum Whatford, Bailey Servais
Categories: Expedition Dispatches North Cascades
Elevation: 10,741'
RMI Guide Tatum Whatford and the Mt. Baker Leave No Trace (LNT) team were on the summit of Mt. Baker at 6:41 am today. The team climbed via the Coleman Demming Route.
This program equips participants with the skills and knowledge needed to achieve an LNT Level 2 Instructor certification, and empowers them to effectively teach and certify individuals in Leave No Trace Level 1 Instructor courses and Awareness Workshops. The terrain covered on Mt. Baker serves as an ideal classroom, offering diverse environments such as old-growth forests, heather meadows, and immense glaciers, allowing us to focus specifically on LNT techniques relevant to alpine environments.
Reaching the summit of Mt. Baker is a great way to end the week! Congrats Team!
Way to go Benjamin! We are so happy for you and proud of you!
Posted by: Julie Andrews on 8/7/2024 at 12:44 pm
August 6, 2024
Posted by: Seth Burns
Categories: Expedition Dispatches North Cascades
Elevation: 9,131'
RMI Guide Seth Burns and team checked in from the summit of Mt. Shuksan this morning. It looks like they had a beautiful blue bird sky and excellent conditions for their climb of Fisher Chimneys. They will descend back to camp and continue to the trail head later today to complete their adventure.
Nice work team!
August 4, 2024
Posted by: Sam Hoffman, Will Ambler, Hannah Billings
Categories: Expedition Dispatches North Cascades
Elevation: 10,781'
RMI guides Sam Hoffman, Will Ambler, and Hannah Billings led the team to a successful summit of Mount Baker yesterday evening for the sunset. The team enjoyed smooth route conditions, pleasant weather as well as solitude on the beautiful Easton glacier.
August 2, 2024
Posted by: Lacie Smith, Arianna Drechsler
Categories: Expedition Dispatches North Cascades
Elevation: 10,781'
Good morning ,
We reached the summit of Mt. Baker at 9:15pm last night!
Our team is enjoying coffee and views at the moment, while also reminiscing on the shooting stars we saw last night on the descent. We will be packing up camp and descending later this afternoon.
RMI Guide Lacie Smith & Team
July 27, 2024
Posted by: Roland Scott, Mitch Valaitis, Margo Kerr
Categories: Expedition Dispatches North Cascades
Elevation: 10,781'
Roland Scott an Team reached the Summit of Mt. Baker!
The team decided to take advantage of a beautiful day on the Easton Glacier and climb reaching the top in time to watch a beautiful sunset at the top of Mt. Baker!
Congratulations Team
July 24, 2024
Posted by: Roland Scott
Categories: Expedition Dispatches North Cascades
Elevation: 10,781'
RMI Guide Roland Scott checked in this afternoon to let us know that he and his team reached the summit of Mt. Baker. The team is back at Sandy Camp where they will rest up before descending to the trailhead tomorrow.
Way to go team!
Great job, you always totally amaze me! You are awesome.
Posted by: Kathy on 7/27/2024 at 6:07 pm
July 24, 2024
Posted by: Walter Hailes, Robert Whyte
Categories: Expedition Dispatches North Cascades
Elevation: 10,781'
The Mt. Baker - Easton Glacier Team with Walt Hailes reached 10,781' summit via the Easton Glacier. The team had perfect weather and route conditions for the climb.
Congratulations Team!
July 23, 2024
Posted by: Ben Luedtke, Erika Birkeland
Categories: Expedition Dispatches North Cascades
Elevation: 10,541'
Today, we achieved what we sought after and more. Waking up to a pool of mist, we were happy to be carrying feather light packs, compared to the last 2 days. With a break in the clouds and the moon to help light the way, we set off. It was everything we could do to catch a view, but we finally caught a glimpse and climbed high above the clouds just past Glacier Gap. The morning brought views our eyes couldn't believe. Passing onto the Cool Glacier, we new we were close. We pushed on through the switchbacks and snow on the final ridge until 100% of our team stood on top. It was 5 for 5 volcanoes in WA for some, and a first for others. Huge congratulations to our team for pushing through! We are now back at camp resting before we load up our heavy packs again and descend back to White Pass for the evening.
RMI Guides Ben Luedtke, Erika Birkeland, and team.
Congratulations to you all! You did it Bubba! We miss you!
Posted by: Tanya Benavidez on 7/24/2024 at 11:07 am
Great Job Miranda!!
(And everyone else)
Posted by: Jim Chisholm on 7/23/2024 at 2:06 pm
July 23, 2024
Posted by: Ben Luedtke, Erika Birkeland
Categories: Expedition Dispatches North Cascades
Elevation: 7,300'
July 22, 2024 - 5:48 pm PT
We started the morning with riddles from Ben. We continued to make our way up steep terrain and sandy trails, seeing our first patches of snow. We shooed a brave marmot (Jerry) away at snack time. Rock hopping, we made our way to high camp. Setting up camp in a beautiful snowy basin, we spent the afternoon honing our snow travel skills.
-RMI Climber, Miranda Chisholm
PC: Ben Luedtke
I just want to take this time to thanks the guides and to share my appreciation for all participants that contributed to such a lovely experience throughout the journey to the top of baker and back at camp. It was such a pleasant experience and wish everyone all the best on their adventures to come!
regards,
Tony C Leon
Keep climbing!
Posted by: Tony Leon on 8/13/2024 at 1:02 pm
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