Baker + Wind = :/

By:  Sam
May 26, 2011



Joel drops into the Roman wall. Conditions were highly variable. Rime, sastrugi, and crusts were everywhere. The wind hadn’t lost any strength either.


Joel


It got icy.


Drew watches Will make a turn near the bottom of Heliotrope.


Joel, nearing the end of the alpine. (we had plenty of road skiing left)

As we finished the day with Rainiers by the car. We were all feeling quite tired, much more so than usual on a Baker summit day. A quick look at the GPS revealed that we had hiked 8500 vertical feet, 1400 vert more than usual thanks to all the road skiing. It was a tiring day and even though we didn’t get to ski our intended line I still had a ton of fun.

Continue Reading: «Prev 1 2

Read about the author:   Sam
Enjoy this TR? Read another: TR: The 6000ft. Chute

Related Stuff:

  1. TR: Baker + Wind = :/
  2. TR: Wind River Range, WY
  3. Wind River Range, WY
  4. VII. Baker
  5. Baker Update
  6. Mt. Baker 5500′ of August Corn

Please consider visiting our sponsors.

Leave a Reply

(no login required)

Check for email notifications of new comments (valid email required)        

Stay in touch: Click here to follow us on Twitter. Click here to subscribe for updates to be delivered via RSS. Click here to become a fan on Facebook. Click here to read and share real time weather observations. Learn more over at the account. It's awesome. We promise!