"This mountain would be illegal in most states. :) An @ss kicker for sure. You have to want this one badly and it tests you to the end with the relentless distance. Our total moving time was about 22 hours, 31 hours car-to-car, with 50lb packs. Day 1, started late @ 2pm (work), made it to an initial high camp area by 8:30pm, camped and in bed by 9:30. Woke up the next morning @ 3:30am and was on the road again by 4. Took the Cool Glacier route up and down. Snow was getting pretty mushy on our way down and the snow bridges were a concern (85F on the ground) . Wouldn't expect them to be intact in a few weeks. The group after us set pickets before crossing a few. Glacier travel gear (ice axe, rope, crampons) would be an absolute must for this route. Some people did the scramble which looks tedious and overly risky for too long a time interval in my opinion. This ended up being AK's 5/5 for completing his Washington volcano list, he did it in 2 seasons." — zachmitch • Aug 16, 2024

"Nice and comfortable 3 day adventure up and down Mount Baker. This one was a RMI guided tour up. I'd never used a paid guided mountain service before, but I thought they provided an excellent experience. The guides are top notch. Met some great people and made some new friends." — zachmitch • Jul 18, 2024

"June 21-22, 2024. This was a guided climb by RMI. June 21: Paradise to Camp Muir. Summit attempt started at 11pm. A route was reestablished up to 13,200 feet, after ~3 feet of new snow fell over the previous weekend. The four guides that accompanied the some 12 climbers to this point did not feel comfortable climbing higher. Ice conditions were still firm when we turned around before sunrise." — runningvegan • Jun 22, 2024

"Came within 200’ vertical of the summit of Shuksan. Punched through the soft ice layer to a hole 20’ deep and who knows how far from there. Bailed. But at least climbed Mt Shuksan - Sulfide Peak but even the snow was horrible on that sinking up to our hips. Fantastic ski out! Definitely a two ice-tool summit and rap off tho. " — castrode • Jun 18, 2024

"Attempt, didn't summit. Went with JC on what probably was the last cold snap of the year. The days after today temps were supposed to be in the 50's F, but we only had our passes for today, so we went! Started at midnight from Seattle, on the trail by about 3:45am on Worm Flows. Conditions weren't great. Raining at the bottom. Temps in the high 30's. Temps at the top were forecast at a HIGH of 7 degrees F with wind chill. Winds up there were easily 20-25mph constant. At various times it was snowing, raining, and almost always cloudy (we were in the clouds). We essentially experienced a whiteout from above the weather station up, so we turned around at the last rock outcropping as we no longer had a visual point of reference and couldn't see the top let alone the edge of the volcano. Still made for an epic experience and I am glad to have done it. MSH is still my favorite mountain. " — zachmitch • Jun 17, 2024