Mountaineering

Mt. Baker North Ridge

Dan Kay
3 min readJun 3, 2023
Glaciated mountain at golden hour, shot from near the summit looking down. A boot track is visible in the snow, descending down and out of sight in a long curving fashion. The sky is clear and the sun is approaching the horizon, casting all in a golden light

Mount Baker is the third-highest mountain in Washington, with an elevation of 10,781 feet (3,287 meters). It’s also a stratovolacano and the second most-glaciated peak in the lower 48 US states (behind nearby Mount Rainier).

These photos were taken during an ascent of the North Ridge route on Mount Baker this past Memorial Day weekend (May 27–29, 2023).

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Dan Kay

Always adventurous. Occasionally political. I write creative stories about life, love, climbing and travel. thisisyouth.org