Boisterous Baker in Mount Baker, WA, USA - Travel photography by Rohan Goel
End of summer season also leads to a lots of forest fires but lucky for us that Mt Baker was completely clear of any smoke!
Boisterous Baker in Mount Baker, WA, USA - Travel photography by Rohan Goel
We started our journey at Heather Meadows - a fantastic subalpine wildflower displays with heather and huckleberry meadows that roll for miles
Boisterous Baker in Mount Baker, WA, USA - Travel photography by Rohan Goel
Lava flows from Mount Baker have resisted glacial carving and columns of andesite stand like black anvils against the sky
Boisterous Baker in Mount Baker, WA, USA - Travel photography by Rohan Goel
Posing in the Heather Meadows
Boisterous Baker in Mount Baker, WA, USA - Travel photography by Rohan Goel
Winding Mount Baker Highway and State route 542 still yet to open after the snow-melt!
Boisterous Baker in Mount Baker, WA, USA - Travel photography by Rohan Goel
It's spring in Mt Baker Wilderness, with backdrop of Mt Shukshan
Boisterous Baker in Mount Baker, WA, USA - Travel photography by Rohan Goel
Finally gaining some height ...
Boisterous Baker in Mount Baker, WA, USA - Travel photography by Rohan Goel
... to reach artists point and get first views of Mt. Baker.
Boisterous Baker in Mount Baker, WA, USA - Travel photography by Rohan Goel
Posing for a fake candid with Baker which has just been a tease so far.
Boisterous Baker in Mount Baker, WA, USA - Travel photography by Rohan Goel
Hence we decided to flex some muscles and go all the way to Table Mountain which is not for the faint-hearted!
Boisterous Baker in Mount Baker, WA, USA - Travel photography by Rohan Goel
Part of the way up the trail you are literally doing a catwalk on the side of a cliff
Boisterous Baker in Mount Baker, WA, USA - Travel photography by Rohan Goel
But reaching the top is highly rewarding and the plateau offers awesome view of Shuksan and Baker.
Boisterous Baker in Mount Baker, WA, USA - Travel photography by Rohan Goel
Finally reaching a good vantage point to get clear views of the glorious Mt Baker - the MVP of the hike!
Boisterous Baker in Mount Baker, WA, USA - Travel photography by Rohan Goel
And not to be taken lightly and infact a grand sight to behold is one of the worlds most photographed mountains - Shukshan.
Boisterous Baker in Mount Baker, WA, USA - Travel photography by Rohan Goel
Random Ice Sheet?!
Boisterous Baker in Mount Baker, WA, USA - Travel photography by Rohan Goel
Ugh! Shorts + No Sunscreen + Rare PNW Sunny Day = Recipe for disaster :)
Boisterous Baker in Mount Baker, WA, USA - Travel photography by Rohan Goel
Pitstop to relax for a while and probably clear off some tan?
Boisterous Baker in Mount Baker, WA, USA - Travel photography by Rohan Goel
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