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Mount Baker, Washington
Prominence: 8812 ft, 2686 m
Elevation: 10,781 feet, 3286 meters
True Isolation: 131.52 mi, 211.66 km
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)
587099 E 5403322 N, Zone 10 (UTM)
Country
United States
State/Province
Washington
County/Second Level Region
Whatcom (Highest Point)
Links
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Other Web Sites
Mount Baker at SummitPost.org
Mount Baker at ListsOfJohn.com
Weather for Mount Baker at Mountain-Forecast.com
CoHP.org Trip Report for Whatcom, WA by John Roper
CoHP.org Trip Report for Whatcom, WA by Edward Earl
Weather and Snow
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NOAA Snow Depth Map
Lists that contain Mount Baker:
USA Lower 48 Top 400 Peaks by Prominence
(Rank #5)
USA Lower 48 Range5 High Points
(Rank #130)
USA/Canada Range4 High Points
(Rank #62)
USA Lower 48 Peaks with 4000 feet of Prominence
(Rank #5)
USA Lower 48 Peaks with 100 miles of Isolation
(Rank #29)
Western USA Peaks with 25 miles of Isolation
(Rank #16)
Western Contiguous USA CoHPs
(Rank #121)
Western USA CoHPs
(Rank #129)
USA Lower 48 Drainage Basin High Points
(Rank #13)
Washington State Drainage Basin High Points
(Rank #4)
USA Lower 48 Range4 High Points
(Rank #44)
Washington State Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence
(Rank #2)
North America Peaks with 2000 meters of Prominence
(Rank #28)
2000-foot Prominence CoHPs - 48 States
(Rank #5)
Triple Crown CoHPs
(Rank #6)
Mountaineers 6-Peak Pin
(Rank #3)
Mountaineers 5-Peak Pin
(Rank #3)
Mazamas Sixteen Northwest Peaks Award
(Rank #5)
Mountaineers Baker's Dozen
(Rank #1)
Canadian Border CoHPs
(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)
Selected Trip Reports from this site:
2009-07-12 by Brandon Boulier (GPS Track)
2012-06-25 by Mike Wright (Unsuccessful)
2012-08-05 by Noel Howe
2013-07-24 by Rob Woodall (GPS Track)
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 George Burgess (GPS Track)
2015-03-01 by Aaron Nash (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)
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 Jake Robinson
2018-11-12 by Eric Gilbertson
View ascents of peak by registered Peakbagger.com members (1034 total)
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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
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
Data Source
1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
Dynamic Map
Mount Baker
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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).
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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
.
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Middle of the ice pitch(es) (2015-03-08). Photo by
Priti Wright
.
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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
.
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Mount Baker (2014-07-04). Photo by
Weiwei Yin
.
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At the summit of Mt Baker. From Font, Scott, Ken and me(Tomoko) (2016-08-01). Photo by
Tomoko Nakajima
.
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Nice view of North Cascade (2017-05-21). Photo by
Da Chen
.
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Approaching the Roman Wall. Epic sunrise with Baker's shadow. Photo by Josh Lewis (2015-06-27). Photo by
Austin D. Smith
.
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ascending the Roman Wall on a bluebird spring day (2018-04-26). Photo by
JT Newgard
.
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