Mt Baker

Route Description

General Information

Mt Baker from the snout
of the Easton Glacier. This
picture was taken on the
Railroad Grade trail.

Click any image
to enlarge it.

Expedition Members

Doug - Lane - Chris - Mark

The Railroad Grade trail
runs along the Easton Glacier
Moraine for about one mile.
Good camping can be found
at the end on the north side.

Location

Mt Baker is located in the Baker
Snoqualmie National Forest.

The Easton Glacier is a
straight forward glacier climb.
Stay to the north of the ice fall,
on the Deming glacier side.
Bring wands, about 150.

Getting There

From I-5 take highway 20
to Baker Lake road. Turn Right
and continue up the road to
Schriebers Meadow turn off
road # 13.

Lane poses for a great shot
of Sherman Crater steaming
on a cold June morning.

Permits

No permits are required to climb
Mt Baker, although self registration
recommended and available at the
trail head. A parking pass is
required to park at the trail head.

The first picture is looking
East from the West side of the
crater. The summit is to the left
in this picture ( Grant Peak ),
Sherman Peak is the peak on
the right.
The crater on Mt Baker does
release steam.Do not venture
into the steam vents!