Joffre Peak with BCMC Group

During the first week of July I was lucky to join a BCMC group for an ascent up Joffre Peak. On day one we hiked into Keith's Hut. On day two we ascended Joffre Peak. This turned out to be a 15 hour day.

Joffre Peak as seen from the hut.

There was still tons of snow in the alpine.

We scrambles some slopes up to a notch near the summit. We rappelled down into the notch, Ian climbed the sub-summit, and the rest followed on the fixed line. We left both ropes in place for the return.

Rappel and fixed line in the notch.

From the notch, it was a short scramble to the summit. We did not spend any time at the summit and headed back for a lengthy return. We tied both ropes together for some 60 m rappels.

Tomas rappels

Then we descended the same snow-slopes. Moving backwards because they were so steep.

Slow and steady on our way home.

Overall a great day!

Mount Baker via Coleman Deming

During late June I went up Mount Baker with Michal, Harvey, and Graham. We went up the Coleman-Deming route. It's pretty standard so I'll keep this brief with just a couple of thoughts on the subject.

The hike up to the alpine is relatively short and enjoyable. Then we camped on the glacier.

Looking towards summit from camp spot.

We enjoyed a spectacular sunset at camp.

Then we woke at 12:30am, departing camp at 1:30am to catch sunrise from the summit. Heading up in the firm early-morning snow was more pleasant than afternoon slush would  have been.

Summit

Overall a very enjoyable trip. A few notes:

-This would definitely be doable as a day-trip. It was however very pleasant to enjoy both sunset and sunrise.

-We roped up for the glacier and that seems like the most prudent thing to do. I saw a couple of skiers unroped.

-There's some more photos on my Instagram @RaberPhoto