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Oct 18, 11, Baker, Summertime

10/18/11
WA Cascades West Slopes North (Mt Baker)
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Posted by Atraslin on 10/21/11 11:51am

I don't know when the obsession started with skiing Baker. I guess what helps is that it's less than a two hour drive from North Vancouver, there's always snow, you can see it from anywhere in the lower mainland, and it's the only peak around,over 10000 feet.It's like your favorite rock climb or mountain bike ride, when the conditions are right you gotta hit it. 

It also helped that there was a skin track and the weather was perfect bluebird.We wore short sleeve t-shirts on the headwall and the snow was velvet corn all the way to the moraine.

Andy skiing the headwall


Andy lower headwall


Mike skiing Coleman-Demming


Mike stoked


Photos: Andy Traslin, Mike Trasllin



Thanks!

Thanks for sharing!  And thanks for showing up that day, even though your motivation was low...

It is always worth it....Right?

Damn son, you cranked up the saturation on these pics!  Eaaaasssssssyyyyyyy.....

Thanks for the report though.

I should have recommended sunglasses! Have fun out there :D

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