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PostMon Jun 13, 2011 11:54 am 
Terrific photos. r3h and I did a similar trek this past weekend; Baker is such a great area.

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PostMon Jun 13, 2011 12:16 pm 
Matt, thanks for the great tr. Nice memories of 2dd and I skiing it last year. For me the highlight was walking to Sherman the inside route of the crater and that bubbling steam vent.

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PostMon Jun 13, 2011 7:52 pm 
Great report. Great pics. ....... And fabulous luck hitting such perfect weather. I can feel you grinning, Matt, even when you're behind the camera.

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PostMon Jun 13, 2011 8:27 pm 
Thank you, Janet! I was wondering if anyone would notice the Poe reference. (Just noticed the typo, it's supposed to be "cask of Amontillado" not "cast")

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PostMon Jun 13, 2011 9:00 pm 
LOL, and I was just laughing... like our wall on Fury, but then I was trying to stay warm and kill time.. those summer blizzards... As usual Matt, great tr and some very striking images.

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PostTue Jun 14, 2011 1:12 am 
Awesome video. Mike next to the fang puts it over the top! eek.gif Too bad your mic overloaded on wind noise as these cheap built-in ones usually do, but if you could find a suitable wind sound track as a replacement, you'd have a killer clip.

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PostTue Jun 14, 2011 1:15 pm 
Stunning pictures, video & TR! up.gif up.gif up.gif

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PostWed Jun 15, 2011 7:49 am 
up.gif Awesome !

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PostWed Nov 11, 2015 11:09 am 
It might have been too early in the melt season when you climbed Colfax, Matt, but when I climbed it later in the summer of 1967 there was a "hot tub" sized pond wedged between the ice and rock at the summit. You would have HAD to have taken an icy dip in it. lol.gif The Fang (aka "Rottenspitz Pinnacle") is an impossibly unstable mass of chemically weathered junk. Once a part of it collapsed on our tracks between the time we went to Sherman Peak and returned half an hour later. We would have been squished. eek.gif After thermal activity increased in Sherman Crater in 1975, the USGS installed a seismometer at the pinnacle's base ( the instrument has long since been removed). Baker has been very quiet, seismically speaking, based on other seismometers, but thermally is the second hottest volcano in the Cascades ( after MSH).

Passing rocks and trees like they were standing still
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PostWed Nov 11, 2015 11:18 am 
Another comment is that we in the Mount Baker Volcano Research Center call that group of fumaroles the Smiley Vents. Altogether there are literally hundreds of vents in Sherman Crater. As mentioned, Baker is overall the second hottest volcano in the range after MSH. We annually venture into Sherman Crater to take gas samples for chemical analysis, measure soil temperatures, take steam vent temperatures ( as high as 190° F), and do other research. We are always looking for climbers willing to help. In 2016 we will probably be going up in late June for two-three days. Get in touch if interested. More information about MBVRC is available online.

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