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 1 Skinning up the freshly groomed Blueberry cat track (the road to Artist Point in summer). |
 2 Blueberry backcountry gate. I have my beacon and shovel, but I will stay away from high aspects, being solo. |
 3 Across the Nooksack drainage, looking at some of my favorite hiking areas. This is right at the Canadian / US border. |
 4 Crossed the Artist Point parking lot. I was last up here on a roadbike in August. |
 5 My skin track (I circled around to get these images). |
 6 A very snowy Mount Baker under a very blue sky. |
 7 Standing at the edge of the summer parking lot. |
 8 So quiet, I could hear a few backcountry skiers at least a quarter mile away. |
 9 Close-up of the 10,778-ft summit. Coleman Pinnacle is in the lower foreground. |
 10 Looking back across the lot, the pit toilets are somewhere below this drift. |
 11 A volcano between two trees. |
 12 Heading over towards Artist Point proper, these drifts made an intersting foreground. |
 13 Looking back north where I parked... somewhere down there. |
 14 A cornice that had a bit of a glow from some other reflected snow. Mt. Shuksan beyond. |
 15 Drifts |
 16 I took a longer break here with a great view of both nearby massifs. |
 17 Table Mountain. That bowl is like a solar oven on days like this -- best to cross early in the day. |
 18 A B&W treatment of Shuksan. |
 19 A sub-alpine fir gives my eyes a break from all the white and blue. |
 20 Upper portion of Mt. Shuksan. |
 21 A quick panaorama... |
 22 One last look before putting the skis back on and heading back down. |
