Freshies - Mt. Baker North Ridge

A couple of weekends ago, fresh off of a successful ski descent of the Mowich Face on Mt. Rainier, my friends Brian Fletcher, Jesse Thompson and I decided to have a go at climbing and possibly skiing the North Ridge of Mt. Baker. Everything went just superduper between the 2:30 am alarm at the trailhead and the 2:30 pm crux pitch of near vertical glacial ice, but alas we were turned back shortly thereafter by a dramatic thunderstorm threatening to make lightning rods of our pickets, skis and poles rising vertically above our exposed selves. The summit would have to wait, as would an exciting ski descent of this classic alpine snow and ice route. Regardless of the success, or lack thereof, it was a wonderful day out. Here are some of the photos (all shot on the OM-D E-M5 which I reviewed here last week).

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