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Summary
he first light hits the remnants of the old crater rim of Mt. Baker. View from Easton Glacier (June 19, 2004)
In June of 2004, our friend Bruce H. from the Mazamas invited us to come along on his Easton Glacier outing on Mount Baker. We took Friday off, drove up and did our approach to the base of the glacier. A quick bivy and nice group climb up the gentle glacier route put us on the scenic summit. We hiked out that day, drove to Leavenworth and climbed the Saints (2-3 pitches, 5.8+) route on Castle Rock the following day. A nice weekend of snow and a bit of rock.
Photos
Easton Glacier
Brandon in a dust storm on the Railroad Grade (June 18, 2004).
Bruce versus the volcano - scouting the Easton Glacier route from the Railroad Grade on June 18, 2004
Bruce with the Easton Glacier the evening before our climb (June 2004).
Shirley settled in for the brief night before the climb (June 2004).
The weather begining to clear up on Mount Baker (June 2004).
Bruce and Brandon starting out from our bivy n the early hours of the morning (June 2004).
Brandon & Shirley somewhere on the snowfields below the Easton Glacier (June 2004).
The group slogging up the Easton Glacier early in the morning (June 2004).
he first light hits the remnants of the old crater rim of Mt. Baker. View from Easton Glacier (June 19, 2004)
The group slogging up the Easton Glacier on Mount Baker (June 2004).
Shirley and Bruce somewhere on the Easton Glacier of Mount Baker (June 2004).
Getting artsy with an ice ax and a camera on the summit (?) of Mount Baker (June 2004).
The final 1200 feet of the Easton Glacier route (June 19, 2004).
Shirley slogging up the Easton Glacier (June 2004).
The nice hike along the subsummit plateau after our climb of Easton Glacier (June 19, 2004).
Shirley on the (crowded) summit of Mount Baker (June 2004).
Shirley & our friend Bruce on the summit of Mount Baker (June 2004).
Daddy on Baker's summit (June 2004).
Shirley on the summit of Mount Baker (June 2004).
Views from the Easton Glacier route on Mount Baker (June 2004).
Seracs visible during our hike down the Easton Glacier route on Baker (June 2004).
Shirley and Steven hiking down the Railroad Grade after our climb of Easton Glacier (background, right) route on Baker (June 19, 2004).
Saints
Beginning the lead of P1 of Saints. This is the first (of two roughly equally difficult) crux of the route (June 20, 2004).
Comfy belay ledge atop P1 of Saints (June 20, 2004).
Shirley arriving at pitch 1 belay on the Saints (& sporting her Mountie look that was all the rage in June of 2004).
Leading the nice pitch 2 of the Saints...a nice route that did not see much traffic when we did it in June 2004.
Leading P2 of Saints just above the crux headwall - not really visible in photo (June 20, 2004)
Shirley topping out on pitch 3 of Saints (June 20, 2004).
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