Mount Baker, Washington

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 10,786 ft / 3287 m
Alternate Name(s)	Koma-Kulshan
Highest Summit	Grant Peak
Subpeaks	Sherman Peak (10,160 ft/3097 m) Colfax Peak (9440 ft/2877 m) Colfax Peak East (9355 ft/2851 m) Lincoln Peak (9080 ft/2768 m) Colfax Peak West (8704 ft/2653 m) Seward Peak (8000 ft/2438 m)
Peak Type	Volcano
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	48° 46' 36'' N; 121° 48' 52'' W 48.776797, -121.814467 (Dec Deg) 587099E 5403322N Zone 10 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	Washington
County/Second Level Region	Whatcom (Highest Point)
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Mount Baker":      Wikipedia Search      Microsoft Bing Search      Google Search      Yahoo Search Other Web Sites      SummitPost.org Page for Mount Baker      CoHP.org Trip Report for Whatcom, WA by John Roper      CoHP.org Trip Report for Whatcom, WA by Edward Earl Lists that contain Mount Baker:      Mountaineers Baker's Dozen (Rank #1)      Canadian Border CoHPs (Rank #1)      Washington State Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence (Rank #2)      Mountaineers 6-Peak Pin (Rank #3)      Mountaineers 5-Peak Pin (Rank #3)      Washington State Wilderness High Points (Rank #3)      Washington State Drainage Basin High Points (Rank #4)      Mazamas Sixteen Northwest Peaks Award (Rank #5)      USA Lower 48 Top 100 Peaks by Prominence (Rank #5)      USA Lower 48 Peaks with 4000 feet of Prominence (Rank #5)      USA Lower 48 Peaks with 5000 feet of Prominence (Rank #5)      Washington State 8200-foot Peaks (Rank #5)      Triple Crown CoHPs (Rank #6)      Cascade Volcanoes Peak Pin (Rank #6)      Cascade Range 9000-foot Peaks (Rank #8)      Apex (Toughest) CoHPs (Rank #11)      USA Peaks with 6000 feet of Prominence (Rank #15)      USA Lower 48 Peaks with 100 miles of Isolation (Rank #29)      USA/Canada Range4 High Points (Rank #62)      USA Lower 48 Range5 High Points (Rank #130) (Peak is on over 20 lists; Not all shown here.) Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak:        Climbing Washingtons Mountains (Smoot)        Summit Routes: Washington's 100 Highest Peaks (Stephenson, Bongiovanni)        Cascade Alpine Guide, Vol. 3 (Beckey)        Climbing the Cascade Volcanoes (Smoot)        Washington's Highest Mountains: Basic Alpine and Glacier Routes (Goldman) Selected Trip Reports from this site:      1984-07-11 by Andy Brintnell      1989-09-14 by David J. Rhude      1994-08-26 by Brian Friedrich      1995-07-15 by Greg Slayden (GPS Track)      1995-09-16 by Stephen Wark (Unsuccessful)      2000-06-24 by Eric Johnson      2005-08-26 by Stephen Wheeler      2006 by Darren Keegan      2006-07-06 by Erik Landahl      2007-05-27 by Quinn McKee (Unsuccessful)      2007-07-15 by Denver Lafferry      2008-09-26 by Les Zollbrecht (Unsuccessful)      2009-05-27 by Rob Carter      2009-08-15 by Les Zollbrecht      2010-06-26 by Debra La Caze (Unsuccessful)      2010-07-16 by Dennis Poulin (GPS Track)      2011-06-12 by Sean Albert      2011-07-23 by Mark Goodro      2012-06-25 by Mike Wright (Unsuccessful)      2012-07-22 by Chris Gemmill (Unsuccessful)      2012-08-05 by Noel Howe View ascents of peak by registered Peakbagger.com members. Nearby Peak Searches:      Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Mount Baker      Elevation Ladder from Mount Baker      Prominence Ladder from Mount Baker

Mount Baker at 11 P.M. on a clear summer night from the Railroad Grade moraine. Photo courtesy of Glenn Slayden.
Web Map Links	Acme Mapper   MyTopo   Gmap4   MS-Research TopoQuest   Bing Maps   MSN/Encarta   Google Maps
Prominence	Clean Prominence: 8812 ft/2686 m Optimistic Prominence: 8877 ft/2706 m Key Col: Silverhope-Klesilkwa, BC 1969 ft/600 m  (20 meter contour) Col elevation in range between 580 and 600 meters.     Topo Map: Skagit River 92 H/3 1:50,000     Key Col Lat/Long: 49° 9' 7'' N; 121° 18' 57'' W     Key Col Map Links: Bing Maps   MSN/Encarta   Google Maps
Isolation	131.52 mi/211.66 km Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Liberty Cap  (S) Isolation Limit Point: 46° 52' 24'' N; 121° 46' 30'' W     ILP Map Links: Bing Maps   MSN/Encarta   Google Maps
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Pacific Ranges Range3: Cascade Range Range4: North Cascades (Highest Point) Range5: Skagit Range (Highest Point) Range6: Baker-Shuksan Massif (Highest Point)
Drainage Basins	Nooksack (HP) Strait of Georgia Pacific Ocean Skagit (HP) Puget Sound Pacific Ocean
Ownership	Land: Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest (Highest Point) Wilderness/Special Area: Mount Baker Wilderness Area (Highest Point)
Topo Map	Mount Baker O48121g7 1:24,000
First Ascent	1868 Coleman Ogilvy Stratton Tennant
Route #1	Glacier Climb: Easton Glacier Trailhead: Schreiber Meadow (Dirt Road) 3364 ft/1025 m Vertical Gain: 7417 ft/2261 m Distance (one way): 7.1 mi/11.43 km
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Other Photos

Approaching the final summit pyramid of Mount Baker. Photo courtesy of Glenn Slayden.

Someday, this little girl may grow up and climb Mount Baker. Photo by Dave Erickson. Click here for original larger-size photo.

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