Baker July 08 Date(s): july 21 08. 1 - 24 of 24 Total.
enlarge 152KB, 600x800 1 Trailhead elev 3400' (click on pics to enlarge)
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enlarge 148KB, 800x600 3 First peak
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enlarge 110KB, 800x600 5 Morovitz Meadow was Morovitz snow field
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enlarge 133KB, 600x800 7 Breaktime looking back south.. just before heading up Railroad Grade.. 10k ft Glacier Peak rising above the horizon
enlarge 67KB, 800x329 8 Railroad Grade trail traverses along the green ridge up to Baker's summit base camps.. L to R: Seward, Lincoln & Colfax Peaks comprising the Black Butes, & Baker
enlarge 83KB, 800x568 9 Glacier Peak
enlarge 155KB, 800x600 10 The ridge trail that is the Railroad Grade
enlarge 146KB, 800x600 11 The Easton glacier formed this gigantic moraine as it pushed downward.. it has since melted back in the last 100 yrs or so... leaving this 'trough'.. I'd estimate it 1/2 mi across
enlarge 88KB, 800x321 12 The lateral moraine left by the glacial forces..
It must have been an extraordinary glacier (as was the Roosevelt & Coleman glaciers on the north side, as seen in the Heliotrope Ridge hike). In fact the Black Butes are what is left from the 'original' volcano which was gigantic.. Mt Baker is a secondary and much younger volcano
enlarge 138KB, 800x600 13 The back of the Twin Sisters
enlarge 172KB, 800x600 14 Mr Marmot
enlarge 181KB, 800x600 15 From the top of the trail proper elev ~6200'.. looking down the 1/2 mile across 'half-pipe' Metcalf Moraine, ground out by the Easton Glacier before its melting retreat..
enlarge 107KB, 800x600 16 Seward & Lincoln.. directly across from my 'picnic' area at High Camp
enlarge 97KB, 800x600 19 Sherman Peak on right.. Summit Crater.. Grant Peak (true peak) on left... 10,778'
enlarge 99KB, 800x600 20 Look closely on the left side (enlarge to original).. there are 7 'dots' heading up the 'Roman Wall' to the summit. I watched them for a while with some binos.. slow go
enlarge 123KB, 800x600 21 Getting ready to make camp
