Entries from North Cascades
July 31, 2018
Posted by: Mike Walter
Categories: Expedition Dispatches North Cascades
Elevation: 10,781'
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!
July 28, 2018
Posted by: Mike Walter
Categories: Expedition Dispatches North Cascades
Elevation: 10,781'
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!
July 28, 2018
Posted by: Zeb Blais
Categories: Expedition Dispatches North Cascades
Elevation: 8,600'
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
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!
RMI Guide Mike Walter and team climbed both Sahale and Sharkfin Tower yesterday. The team reported great climbing and 100% to the top for the two peaks! Today, the team climbed Forbidden Peak by its iconic and classic West Ridge and were standing on the summit at 10:20 this morning.
Way to go team!
Saturday, July 20, 2018 - 1:50PM PT
RMI Guide Zeb Blais checked in from the
Fisher Chimney's route of Mt. Shuksan today. The team had just made it back to high camp after a summit day with 100% success! They reported beautiful conditions and good climbing. They will spend tonight at high camp and descend back to the trail-head tomorrow.
Congratulations Climbers!
Friday, July 20, 2018
We made it to High Camp on
Mt. Shuksan Fisher Chimneys route and the crew is feeling great. There is more snow up here than I've ever seen!
We've settled in and are going to have dinner and get to bed as early as we can.
We'll check in again after our climb.
RMI Guide Zeb Blais and team
July 18, 2018
Posted by: Mike Walter
Categories: Expedition Dispatches North Cascades
Elevation: 10,781'
We are standing on top of
Mt. Baker after ascending the North Ridge. 100% of our team summited! The weather is beautiful with light winds and clear skies. We will begin our descent back to camp shortly.
RMI Guide Mike Walter
July 15, 2018
Posted by: Zeb Blais, Taylor Bickford
Categories: Expedition Dispatches North Cascades
Elevation: 8,816'
Sunday, July 15, 2018 - 12:56 PM PT
This afternoon we received a dispatch from
RMI Guide Zeb Blais on
Forbidden Peak in Washington State's Cascade Pass. The team reported beautiful weather and a successful climb. They will spend some time on top before beginning their descent of the technical West Ridge.
Congratulations climbers!
July 1, 2018
Posted by: Christina Dale
Categories: Expedition Dispatches North Cascades
Elevation: 6,800'
We had a full value experience on Mt. Baker this weekend. With positive enthusiasm, 12 women met early in the morning in Sedro-Wolley with coffee and gear to hit the trail. We carpooled up to the Park Butte Trail Head on the
Easton Glacier of Baker and started up the trail. The heavy packs didn't phase anyone and soon the trail conversations were running full speed ahead. After a five-hour hike into Sandy Camp at the toe of the glacier we set up camp in the rain. On the flanks of Mount Baker without any view of anything more than six feet away we had a nice dinner and early to bed to stay dry. Unfortunately, we woke to the pitter-patter of rain in the morning but managed a nice cup of coffee and some training in the rain on the snow slopes around us. Sunday morning was our anticipated summit bid but the mountain had other plans for our team. With a deluge of rain and strong winds, we decided the summit wasn't in the cards for us this time. We had the opportunity to be in a storm! Nothing beats this group of climbers. Even after naming the lakes forming in the bottom of the tents, everyone kept smiling. Never a complaint about the sopping wet boots just a choice to put our feet in plastic bags then in our boots. To the best storm fairing team ever, your guides
Jessie,
Lydia, and
Christina thank you for making the trip a great experience.
RMI Guide Christina Dale
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
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