"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

"After 3 days on Mount Baker attempting a summit attempt and doing glacier travel training, we headed over to Mt. Shuksan, hoping for a break from the snow and rain we got hit with on Baker. The break in the weather lasted until we started on the Shannon Ridge Trail - as soon as we started hiking with full packs, the rains started. The trail starts mild along an old logging road, and ripening salmonberries are abundant right now. After the long straight stretch ended and the switchbacks began, the rains really picked up, and the trail turned into a creek, with constant mud and water running down. The trail here is similar to Snoqualmie Mountain, and we were thankful for our experience on that mountain to prepare us for this. Snow starts at about 4,700 feet, but as with everywhere now, it's melting fast down low. As we made our way past the sign marking entry into North Cascades National Park and up and over the ridge where the first amazing views are to be had (or would be if visibility wasn't so poor), the wind and rain really picked up. Our goal was to make it to the Sulphide Glacier and camp there, but visibility dropped to next to nothing, and so we found an area to camp jus..." — BryHong8 • Jun 26, 2016

"After grabbing a permit at the ranger station, we arrived at the trailhead and began our long, but not too strenuous hike up to base camp for our summit day of Mount Shuksan. Our plan was to camp at 6500 feet, just above the start of the glacier where a few established campsites lied. As it turned out, we were the only people on the mountain that day. And what a day to be on it. The first part of the trail sucked. There’s no better way to categorize it. Initially, we found ourselves on an easy gravel trail, but it soon transitioned into an eroded trail akin to the White Mountains. But that wasn’t the bad part. It quickly got narrower and narrower and because it had rained the night before, all of the vegetation was soaked, and in turn, we became soaked. We pushed our way through dense leaves and up the slopes until we finally made it to a clearing where we should have seen Mount Baker, but were only given clouds. At the four mile mark, we rested and dried off a little before proceeding up an unmaintained hill that led to a mountain pass. This was where we got our first view of Shuksan, but it was short lived, because we decided to take the trail that veered off to the left ev..." — justinraphaelson • Aug 7, 2015

"This was a NOLS mountaineering reunion trip. After gazing longingly at Mount Shuksan from the slopes of Mount Baker the summer before, a few of us decided to attempt the Southeast Rib route. We departed under moonlight up Sulphide Glacier and arrived at the base of the rock portion in the early morning. The climbing was fun and well-led by our guy Greg Hughes. After summitting, we rappelled using the standard route. There were many parties on the route and at times things got sketchy. While descending in the early afternoon, one of our teammates ended up with a foot in a shallow crevasse. A creepy, but ultimately harmless, moment. " — jameslkennedy • Jun 28, 2008

"Hike in to Lake Ann part of a Mountaineers climbing group and camp on July 13. Leave camp next morning at 5:10 a.m. and reach Fisher chimneys at 6:00 a.m., and Winnie's slide at 8:20 a.m. Winnie's slide is a 40 degree permanent snowfield in which we kick-steps to the top. Our route continues onto Upper Curtis glacier and through Hell's highway. We then traverse Sulphide glacier which leads to the summit pyramid. We reach the summit at 12:05 p.m. Views from the summit are awesome with Mt. Baker to the southwest, Mt. Rainier to the south, and Glacier peak to the southeast. After about ten minutes on top, we head down. We first rappel down two sections off the summit pyramid. We reach camp at 8:15 p.m. This was an exciting but extremely tiring climb. " — mtngoat • Jul 14, 2001

"Did this climb during the summer after my freshman year of college. We hiked up White Salmon creek and camped on moraines not exposed to Hanging Glacier ice fall. The route climbed easy rock to below hanging glacier which we got on via the left side (East of Winnies Slide). We crossed the hanging glacier to the summit pyramid. After a difficult crossing of the Bergschrund and a couple loose rock pitches, we had 3 nice leads on moderate rock to the summit. We descended the White Salmon Glacier route." — mark.r.johnston • Aug 14, 1982