I've wanted to climb Mt. Shuksan since we first moved to Washington. I saw it the first winter we were here when we were skiing at the Mt. Baker ski area. It's pretty amazing looking in the winter, all frosty with glaciers hanging off it everywhere. It was partially what motivated me to take the climbing class to begin with, but one thing came up and then another, and I just never got around to climbing it. So last weekend we finally decided to climb it. Diana came along with us. Trying to track down all the gear for her was an adventure in itself.
Diana's never been backpacking, we really threw her off the deep end, but she looks pretty comfortable here!
This is the view from the top of the pass right before we got on the snow. The climb up to this point is an unmaintained climbers trail off an old logging road. If felt like it was nearly straight up. On top of that the (bitting) flies in the forest were terrible. I'm not sure Diana was convinced that this was something to do for fun. She looks like a pro here, so I guess she decided it was fun.
After a couple hours on the glacier and then an hour scrambling up the summit pyramid, we made it to the top.
I'm working on fully getting my web albums set up, but I have one set up for this climb. To see more pictures check out my Picassa album.
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| Mt. Shuksan |
Diego also put together a great album on yahoo:
http://new.photos.yahoo.com/album?c=4gabrieli@verizon.net&aid=576460762405183247&pid=&wtok=mOwdNZb1gNo14PA5OC8eWw--&ts=1187574946&.src=phhttp://new.photos.yahoo.com/album?c=4gabrieli@verizon.net&aid=576460762405183247&pid=&wtok=mOwdNZb1gNo14PA5OC8eWw--&ts=1187574946&.src=ph
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