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Boisterous Baker

Mount Baker, WA, USA - August 15, 2021
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Another active glacier-covered volcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc, Mount Baker is one of the snowiest places in the world. And now that summer if almost ending and with all the snow melted, we felt safe to go and do a hike in the area.

Boisterous Baker. MemExp Blog. 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. MemExp Blog. 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. MemExp Blog. Rohan Goel Lava flows from Mount Baker have resisted glacial carving and columns of andesite stand like black anvils against the sky

Boisterous Baker. MemExp Blog. Rohan Goel Posing in the Heather Meadows

Boisterous Baker. MemExp Blog. Rohan Goel Winding Mount Baker Highway and State route 542 still yet to open after the snow-melt!

Boisterous Baker. MemExp Blog. Rohan Goel It's spring in Mt Baker Wilderness, with backdrop of Mt Shukshan

Boisterous Baker. MemExp Blog. Rohan Goel Finally gaining some height ...

Boisterous Baker. MemExp Blog. Rohan Goel ... to reach artists point and get first views of Mt. Baker.

Boisterous Baker. MemExp Blog. Rohan Goel Posing for a fake candid with Baker which has just been a tease so far.

Boisterous Baker. MemExp Blog. 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. MemExp Blog. Rohan Goel Part of the way up the trail you are literally doing a catwalk on the side of a cliff

Boisterous Baker. MemExp Blog. Rohan Goel But reaching the top is highly rewarding and the plateau offers awesome view of Shuksan and Baker.

Boisterous Baker. MemExp Blog. Rohan Goel Finally reaching a good vantage point to get clear views of the glorious Mt Baker - the MVP of the hike!

Boisterous Baker. MemExp Blog. 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. MemExp Blog. Rohan Goel Random Ice Sheet?!

Boisterous Baker. MemExp Blog. Rohan Goel Ugh! Shorts + No Sunscreen + Rare PNW Sunny Day = Recipe for disaster :)

Boisterous Baker. MemExp Blog. Rohan Goel Pitstop to relax for a while and probably clear off some tan?

Boisterous Baker. MemExp Blog. Rohan Goel Memories shared with @AnishGupta @NanditaGupta
Call out as the first hike with `Hiking Trio`

 
 
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