What A Pleasant Little Road Trip Up to Mt. Baker

June 25, 2021

What A Pleasant Little Road Trip Up to Mt. Baker

Our road trip to Mount Baker in the morning of June 9th was pleasantly Amazing. Even though we didn't get to see the mighty Mt. Baker due to the ice and snow still on the road, it was still a great trip up there. The weather was a bit chilly, cloudy, and rainy, but a nice little day drive overall. The road is kind of narrow and it get twisty the further up we go. It was a beautiful scenic drive.

Getting There

The drive to Mt. Baker - Heather Meadows Base Ski Area was about 58 mile one way. Our Trip started from downtown Bellingham then to Sunset Dr, and then to WA-542 all the way but we stopped at Nooksack Falls on our way up there. We also passed several small communities but only stopped just to get gas.

Mt. Baker is 10,781 ft. elevation can be seen all the way to Victoria, B.C., Vancouver, B.C., and all the down south to Tacoma on a nice clear day. It is an active glacier-covered andesitic stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc and the North Cascades of Washington in the United States (according to Wikipedia)

ice milting creating beautiful waterfalls on the side of the road

Snow melting and creates this cool little Waterfalls
There are few of this waterfalls on our trip up to Mount Baker.
I love the rock formations, they are amazing!

short information history sign of Mt. Baker

MOUNT BAKER
The gleaming crest of Mount Baker, impressive northern buttress of the cascade range, rises skyward to the lofty elevation of 10,750 feet its Indian name "KULSHAN" means steep. Lieutenant Joseph Baker, Vancouver's Valiant Officer, sighted the snowy eminence from far out toward the sea on April 30, 1792 and the captain of the expedition named it in his honor.

Amazing view of Nooksack falls and the river below

Amazing Nooksack Falls

Road signage informing that some of the roads are still closed at Mt. Baker

The sign says:
MT.BAKER SKI AREA
WHITE SALMON BASE AREA
Closed

HEATHER MEADOWS BASE AREA
SKI AREA CLOSED
The ski area is NOT CONTROLLED FOR AVALANCHES

Still a lot of snow on the side of the road to Mt. Baker in June

Still have a lot of snow on the side of the road in June

Mt. Shuksan

Mount Shuksan is a glaciated massif in the North Cascades National Park. Shuksan rises in Whatcom County, Washington immediately to the east of Mount Baker, and 11.6 miles south of the Canada–US border. The mountain's name Shuksan is derived from the Lummi word [šéqsən], said to mean "high peak"
Source: Wikipedia