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Sunday, February 22, 2009

Mt Baker, (Koma Kolshan) revisited

A few more shots of Mt Baker area. I was walking yesterday, and from the hill above my house I had a sunshiny view of the white mountain, but ,,,alas, no camera, so I will attempt to get a shot for all to view this spectacle..when the climate permits...



Daphne and Jeremy at Baker, on a trail to Chain Lakes.. interesting rock formation diue to volcanic activity ...
until then, here are some cool links....
http://mtbaker.us/gallery/main.php
snowboaders, and snow at ski area. is famous for snow boarding..

and from wikipedia
is an active[6] glaciated andesitic stratovolcano [5] in the Cascade Volcanic Arc and the North Cascades of Washington State in the United States. It is about 31 miles (50 km) [10] due east of the city of Bellingham, Whatcom County, making it the northernmost volcano in the Cascade Range but not the northernmost of the Cascade Volcanic Arc, which extends north into the Coast Mountains. Mount Baker is 15,000 years old, dating back to the end of the ice age: previous volcanic edifices have mostly eroded away due to glaciation.
After Mount Rainier, Baker is the most heavily glaciated of the Cascade volcanoes; the volume of snow and ice on Mount Baker (0.43 cubic miles or 1.8 cubic kilometers) is greater than that of all the other Cascades volcanoes (except Rainier) combined. It is also one of the snowiest places in the world; in 1999, Mount Baker Ski Area, located on a subsidiary peak, set the world record for snowfall in a single season—1,140 inches (95 feet or 2,896 cm).[11]
At 10,778 feet (3,285 m), it is the fourth-highest mountain in Washington State and the sixth-highest in the Cascade Range.[5][12] Located in the Mount Baker Wilderness, it is visible from much of Greater Victoria, Greater Vancouver and south to Seattle in Washington.
Indigenous natives saw the mountain first, but the Spanish were the first to record Mount Baker's existence. Spanish explorer Gonzalo Lopez de Haro mapped it in 1790 as the Gran MontaƱa del Carmelo, "Great Mount Carmel".[13] The explorer George Vancouver renamed the mountain for 3rd Lieutenant Joseph Baker of HMS Discovery, who discovered it on April 30, 1792.[14]

more at here

Elevation 10,778 ft (3,285 m)[1]
Location Washington State, USA
Range Cascade Range[2]
Prominence 8,812 ft (2,686 m)[3]
Coordinates 48°46′36″N 121°48′52″WCoordinates: 48°46′36″N 121°48′52″W[4]
Topo map USGS Mount Baker
Type Stratovolcano[5]
Volcanic arc/belt Cascade Volcanic Arc[2]
Age of rock < 30,000 yr[6]
Last eruption 1880[7]
First ascent 1868 by Edmund T. Coleman and party[8][9]
Easiest route rock (ice) climb
Listing Ultra
List of Cascade volcanoes

At this link, see photos of Baker, and northern lights, etc...
click here