Mount Shuksan North Face

2022-04-29

In retrospect this was probably a lot for me to handle at the time, but I’m super thankful for the receptive partners and the proper conditions for skiing a line this burly with no drama (although I was pretty tired). Would love to pay something like this forward one day.

shuksan-north-face-1.jpg The core theme for today: the upper mountain is always socked in

shuksan-north-face-2.jpg Getting up looker’s right on Shuksan up the White Salmon Glacier

shuksan-north-face-3.jpg Sefrit to Nooksack Ridge - not the greatest views today

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shuksan-north-face-6.jpg Surprised we can even see Baker in these conditions

shuksan-north-face-7.jpg The pointy summit of Mount Shuksan

shuksan-north-face-8.jpg Edge of the world feeling as we start assessing and descending the north face

shuksan-north-face-9.jpg Photo credit to Tim of me skiing. Only posting to show how surreal the sluffing was going down - definitely one of the core memories imprinted on my mind from this outing.

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shuksan-north-face-12.jpg Looking back up the Hanging Glacier

shuksan-north-face-13.jpg Looking back at the mountain with the summit still shrouded

Notes

  • This was probably ~11 miles and ~6600 feet of vertical gain in 8 ½ hours.