(Ski-)Mountaineering (overnight)

Touring Objective

Mt Baker

Route

Coleman-Deming Glacier

If you want to do another route, please let me know.

Required Skill Level: Ski-Mountaineering

Fitness level: strenuous, i.e. you need to be fit to ascend and ski about 1,500 - 2,000 meters (elevation gain / day)

Glacier rescue skills required

Dates / Time Schedule

Thursday, April 18, 2024

Leaving North Vancouver at 11:00 am driving towards Glacier, WA.

Trailhead

Forest Service Road 39

Heliotrope Ridge trailhead

Overnight camp

Harrison camp or Hogsback camp

Summit day

Friday, April 19

Return to Vancouver

Friday, April 19

Trailhead

Heliotrope Ridge trailhead

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Heliotrope+Ridge+Trailhead/@48.8053869,-121.8956293,14.86z/data=!4m15!1m8!3m7!1s0x5484539d7cf57d6b:0x49957cf73fd0078!2sGlacier,+Washington+98244,+USA!3b1!8m2!3d48.8901226!4d-121.9457016!16zL20vMDEwdnJt!3m5!1s0x5484ff2255caf513:0x7f8c1f6aa3a902d4!8m2!3d48.8021486!4d-121.8955926!16s%2Fg%2F11n92r3x26?entry=ttu

The trailhead cannot be reached at this time of the year with a vehicle. According to NFS, we will need to skin up about 3 miles to the trailhead.

Carpool

I can give 3 people a ride, including equipment.

Book

Volken, Martin: Washington Backcountry Ski and Snowboard Routes, Tour 6

Map and Book

Fatmap

Caltopo Mt Baker (see Heliotrope Ridge)

Paper map: Green Trails Maps: Mount Baker Wilderness

Equipment (details to be discussed)

Backcountry skiing equipment

Ski crampons

Glacier equipment, including

• Ice axe
• Crampons
• Harness

Additional safety equipment, including 

InReach or SatPhone

GPS

Basic first aid kit

Headlamp

Radios

Camping equipment, including

• Tent
• Sleeping bag (winter camping)
• Stove

Questions

• How many years ski mountaineering experience do you have?
• • Advanced skiing
  • Glacier rescue training
• Are you capable of making your own decisions (tour planning, route finding, orientation in difficult conditions)?

If you are available, we could meet up on Wednesday to review glacier rescue essentials.