Mount Baker, Washington

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 10,786 ft / 3287 m
Local or Alternate Name(s)	Indigenous Name: 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) 587099 E 5403322 N, 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      Mount Baker at SummitPost.org      Mount Baker at ListsOfJohn.com      Weather for Mount Baker at Mountain-Forecast.com      Mount Baker at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio)      CoHP.org Trip Report for Whatcom, WA by John Roper      CoHP.org Trip Report for Whatcom, WA by Edward Earl Weather and Snow      National Weather Service Forecast      NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Mount Baker:      Mountaineers 6-Peak Pin - New Version (Rank #3)      Mountaineers 5-Peak Pin (Rank #3)      Mountaineers 6-Peak Pin [Historic] (Rank #3)      Mazamas Sixteen Northwest Peaks Award (Rank #5)      USA Lower 48 Peaks with 100 miles of Isolation (Rank #29)      Triple Crown CoHPs (Rank #6)      Chemeketan Eighteen Northwest Peaks Award (Rank #5)      5000 foot Prominence CoHPs - 48 States (Rank #28)      Cascade Volcanoes Peak Pin (Rank #6)      USA Lower 48 Peaks with 5000 feet of Prominence (Rank #5)      USA Lower 48 Drainage Basin High Points (Rank #16)      High Points of Counties Crossed by the Pacific Crest Trail (Rank #16)      5000 foot Prominence CoHPs (Rank #35)      Washington State Peaks with 25 Miles of Isolation (Rank #2)      USA Lower 48 Top 100 Peaks by Prominence (Rank #5)      Cascade Range 9000-foot Peaks (Rank #8)      United States Peaks with 100 miles of Isolation (Rank #50)      USA Peaks with 6000 feet of Prominence (Rank #15)      Apex (Toughest) CoHPs (Rank #11)      5000 foot gain CoHPs - 48 States (Rank #25)      Canadian Border CoHPs (Rank #1)      Mountaineers Baker's Dozen (Rank #1) (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)
Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 1721      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 1656) Selected Trip Reports:      2012-06-25 by Mike Wright (Unsuccessful)      2012-07-22 by Chris Gemmill (Unsuccessful)      2012-08-05 by Noel Howe      2013-07-24 by Rob Woodall (GPS Track)      2013-08-24 by Emily Wheeler      2014-06-08 by Daniel Engle (GPS Track)      2014-07-04 by Serguei Okountsev (GPS Track)      2014-07-10 by Marlin Thorman (GPS Track)      2014-08-16 by Marlin Thorman (GPS Track)      2015-02-22 by Eric Gilbertson      2015-03-01 by Aaron Nash (GPS Track)      2015-03-01 by George Burgess (GPS Track)      2015-05-31 by Aharon Elston (GPS Track)      2015-06-07 by Petro Ksondzyk (GPS Track)      2015-06-21 by Chris Gemmill      2015-06-27 by Brian Ackerman (GPS Track)      2015-07-04 by John Murphy (GPS Track)      2016-04-16 by Greg Slayden (Unsuccessful) (GPS Track)      2016-06-04 by KD (Krishna Dase) (GPS Track)      2016-06-05 by Dhruv Garg (GPS Track)      2016-06-26 by Anji Cerney (GPS Track)      2016-07-31 by Tobias Flach      2016-08-01 by Tomoko Nakajima (GPS Track)      2017-05-21 by Karthik Krish (GPS Track)      2017-05-21 by Nick R (GPS Track)      2017-05-28 by Sam Wilson (GPS Track)      2017-06-24 by Caycee Holt (GPS Track)      2017-06-25 by Darin Wilson      2017-07-30 by Yiqiu Wang (GPS Track)      2017-08-27 by Harvest Mondello      2018-04-24 by Eric Gilbertson      2018-07-07 by Michael Fassbind      2018-07-15 by Mathias Ricken (GPS Track)      2018-07-15 by Mihai Giurgiulescu (GPS Track)      2018-07-21 by Caleb Morris      2018-09-04 by Mark Hadland (Unsuccessful) (GPS Track)      2018-11-12 by Eric Gilbertson      2018-11-12 by Jake Robinson      2019-06-02 by Mike Black (GPS Track)      2019-06-12 by Jeremy Martin (GPS Track)      2019-06-14 by BMS 914 (GPS Track)      2019-06-16 by Ryan Cairnes (GPS Track)      2019-06-30 by Dustin Erickson      2019-07-04 by chris hooper      2020-07-08 by Brad Hefta-Gaub      2020-07-13 by chris hooper      2020-07-28 by Samuel Chaneles      2020-07-31 by Colin Bixby      2021-05-22 by Ian Culhane      2021-06-26 by Brett Murrey
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 (1995-07-15). Photo by Glenn Slayden.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 8812 ft/2686 m   Optimistic Prominence: 8877 ft/2706 m   Line Parent: Little Tahoma   Key Col: Silverhope-Klesilkwa, BC    1969 ft/600 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 131.52 mi/211.66 km    Isolation Limit Point: 46.873331, -121.77496 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Liberty Cap  (S)
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 Strait of Juan de Fuca 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	August 17, 1868     Coleman, Edmund     Ogilvy, David     Stratton, Thomas     Tennant, John
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
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

Approaching the final summit pyramid of Mount Baker (1995-07-15). Photo by Glenn Slayden.

Someday, this little girl may grow up and climb Mount Baker. Photo by Dave Erickson (2008-02-17). Click here for larger-size photo.

At the top. We were running just past our turnaround time so we chose not to go across to Grant Peak. (2014-08-16). Photo by Ron Benfield. Click here for larger-size photo.

Middle of the ice pitch(es) (2015-03-08). Photo by Priti Wright. Click here for larger-size photo.

My dad (left) and I (right) on the summit! This was our 17th summit on our quest to climb the 20 major Cascade Volcanoes! Photo Credit: Josh Lewis (2015-06-27). Photo by Austin D. Smith. Click here for larger-size photo.

Mount Baker (2014-07-04). Photo by Weiwei Yin. Click here for larger-size photo.

At the summit of Mt Baker. From Font, Scott, Ken and me(Tomoko) (2016-08-01). Photo by Tomoko Nakajima. Click here for larger-size photo.

Nice view of North Cascade (2017-05-21). Photo by Da Chen. Click here for larger-size photo.

Approaching the Roman Wall. Epic sunrise with Baker's shadow. Photo by Josh Lewis (2015-06-27). Photo by Austin D. Smith. Click here for larger-size photo.

ascending the Roman Wall on a bluebird spring day (2018-04-26). Photo by JT Newgard. Click here for larger-size photo.

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