Climb of Mount Baker via the Coleman-Deming route 

Glad it was helpful! Have fun on your climb.

Hi Alex, Mount Saint Helens is the easiest of our volcanoes. Adams is second easiest. You don't need a guide for either one as there's no crevasse risk on the main routes, but you do need to know how to use an ice axe to arrest a fall. If you're interested in learning the skills to get out in the mountains check out the Mountaineers organization based in Seattle. You can take courses to learn the skills to climb our mountains without a guide. Specifically check out the scrambling course and the basic alpine course. After taking the scrambling course you'll be able to climb Adams and Helens with the club. As part of the basic alpine climbing course you'll likely get the opportunity to climb Baker and/or Rainier with your class. I can't recommend the Mountaineers enough if your goal is to learn how to get out in the mountains safely without guides. In the interest of full disclosure, I'm an active member of the Mountaineers and I lead scrambles for the club. Since joining The Mountaineers I've climbed over 100 separate peaks in the PNW. If you love the mountains you're going to love it here. Congrats on the upcoming move!

That we had the whole mountain in the sea of clouds to ourselves was surreal; I've heard it can get very crowded.

Hey, thanks for the question. Not sure why it doesn't show through in the video but any time we're roped up we also have an ice axe in hand (and often a trekking pole too).

And don't let one see you pee. They want the salt in your urine and will aggressively stake their claim to it.

Glacier Peak is definitely on my to do list. Helens is next for me though.

I heard the CD route gets rough late season. You doing the Easton route?

@@BHarker75 I think it will depend on the conditions. I am going on a guided trip with Alpine Ascents. Hopefully after this trip I'll have the necessary skills to be able to climb without a guide service. I don't want to be a liability to other experienced climbers.

Thanks

Have fun! It's a beautiful mountain.

Good luck!!

It's a blast up there! Best of luck. I'll be heading back up in the next few days myself.

Checkin back in, how’d the climb go?

@@KCCgoKartMAN it was great man! I was a little out of shape for sure. I was hurting pretty good by the time we reached summit. On the way down I was "never again, never again" a couple days later I was ready to get back out there!

@@Jordan509PNW that’s so awesome to hear. Covid managed to make me realize I belong out in the outdoors, I started hiking and realized I want to climb lol. It’s encouraging hearing about local climbs like this. Cheers!

Thanks!

Yes it was. And having the mountain completely to ourselves didn't hurt either!