| Chronology - Mount Baker Area | Home |
Mount Baker, Mount Shuksan, and areas accessible from the Mount Baker highway.
Key:
| White = Foreground chronology | Blue = Background chronology | Yellow = Undocumented chronology |
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| Year | Month-Day | Who | Where | What | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 or before | - | - | Heather Meadows | Start of recreational skiing | subject index |
| 1926-27 | - | Mt Baker Development Company | Heather Meadows | Mt Baker highway completed to Heather Meadows. Mt Baker Lodge opened. | subject index |
| 1930s | |||||
| 1930 or before | - | W.J. Maxwell et al | Mt Baker area | Popular tours established: Table Mountain, Shuksan Arm, Lake Ann, Kulshan Ridge, Coleman Glacier, Chain Lakes | mtneer-a-1930-p53 |
| 1930 | May 4 | Edwin Loners and R. B. Sperlin | Mt Baker | Coleman Glacier, ski ascent, partial ski descent | mtneer-b-1930-jun, mtneer-a-1930-p50, cfe-scrapbook-1st-ski-ascent, mtneer-a-1941-p5 |
| 1931 | June 28 | Ben Thompson, Robert Hayes, Milana Jank, Otto Strizek | Mt Baker | Park Glacier, ski-climb | rambler-1931-Jul, rambler-1931-Aug, aaj-1932-p543, mtneer-b-1932-nov |
| 1932 | Spring | Ben Thompson, Don Henry and Darroch Crookes | Mt Baker | Partial orbit, east-west ski traverse from Mt Baker Lodge to Kulshan Cabin | asa-1935-p68, mtneer-a-1941-p5 |
| 1933 | - | Don Fraser and Hans Otto Giese | Mt Baker | Coleman Glacier (assumed), complete ski ascent and descent | st-1933-sep-23 |
| 1935-36 | - | Mt Baker Development Company | Heather Meadows | "Ski escalator" (first lift) installed | subject index |
| 1938 | June 19 | Sigurd Hall, Dwight Watson and one other | Ruth Mountain | Ski summit | dw-scrapbook-idx, dw-scrapbook-p361, dw-movies |
| 1939 | May 13 | Andy Hennig, Erick Larson, Dwight Watson | Mt Baker | West-east ski traverse from Kulshan Cabin to the summit, then descending via the Cockscomb to Epley Portal and Baker Lodge | mtneer-b-1939-jun, dw-scrapbook-p449 |
| 1940s | |||||
| 1941 | March 29 | Henry Reasoner, Otto Trott | Mt Shuksan | White Salmon Glacier, ski descent | spi-1941-apr-06, bh-1981-jan-22 |
| 1950s | |||||
| Circa 1950 | - | - | Mt Baker area | Road extended up Glacier Creek | bsyb-1951-p301 |
| 1959 | - | - | Mt Baker area | Roads extended up Shuksan and Sulphur Creeks | mtneer-b-1933-sep, st-1959-nov-29-pic9, miles-1984-p211 |
| 1960s | |||||
| mid-1960s | - | Seattle Mountaineer parties | Mt Shuksan | Ski-climbs via Sulphide Glacier. May have been done earlier. | mueller-1968-trails, mtneer-a-1969-p39, firey-joe, magnusson-cal |
| 1970s | |||||
| 1979 | June | Karl Erickson, Greg Wong | Mt Shuksan | North face, ski descent | undocumented |
| 1980s | |||||
| 1984 | July | U.S. Congress | Mt Baker area | Washington Wilderness Act establishes Mt Baker Wilderness Area | usfs-1984-wmaps, summit-1986-may-p8 |
| Circa 1987 | Spring | Steve Vanpatten, Jim Witte | Mt Shuksan | Summit pyramid, ski descent | undocumented |
| 1990s | |||||
| 1993 | May 28 | George St. James | Mt Shuksan | Northwest couloir, snowboard descent | bh-1993-jun-24-p1 |
| Circa 1997 | Spring | Steve Hindman | Mt Larrabee | Ski descent | undocumented |
| 1998 | Early June | David Orsatti | Mt Baker | Park Glacier headwall, snowboard descent | undocumented |
| 2000s | |||||
| 2000 | July 16 | Rene Crawshaw, Carl Skoog | Mt Baker | North ridge, ski descent (one rappel) | backcountry-2001-jan-p48 |
| 2002 | June 15 | Charlie Berg, Ben and Troy Manfredi | Mt Baker | Coleman headwall, ski descent | undocumented, strawman. |
| 2003 | February 2 | Ben Manfredi and Sky Sjue | Mt Shuksan | Fisher Chimneys, ski descent (from Winnie's Slide) | undocumented |
| 2003 | May 2 | Ben Manfredi and Sky Sjue | Mt Shuksan | Price Glacier (Nooksack Ridge), ski descent | undocumented |
| 2003 | June 16 | Matt Peters, Jim Cronan, Josh Stern | Mt Baker | High level orbit (from Heliotrope Ridge thru Colfax saddle) | undocumented, strawman. |
| 2003 | June 25 | Ben Manfredi | Mt Baker | Roosevelt Glacier, ski descent | undocumented, strawman |
| 2004 | April 2-4 | Sam Avaiusini, Jason and Josh Hummel, Lowell Skoog and Sky Sjue | Mt Shuksan | Nooksack Traverse (from Mt Baker Ski Area to Ruth Mtn via Mt Shuksan and Nooksack Cirque) | lds-journal-p1569 |
| 2004 | May 20 | Ross Peritore and Sky Sjue | Mt Shuksan | Price Glacier (Northeast Chute), ski descent | undocumented |
| 2004 | July 4 | Cyril Benda, Jason and Josh Hummel | Sherman Peak (Mt Baker) | NE face, ski descent | undocumented, strawman. |
| 2006 | May 4 | Matt Schoenwald, Mason Stafford, Martin Volken | Colfax Peak (Mt Baker) | South Face, ski descent | undocumented |
| 2006 | May 12-14 | Mark Allen, Greg Balco, Paul Kimbrough, Chris Simmons | Twin Sisters Range | South-to-north ski traverse, generally along east flank | undocumented |
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Last Updated:
Thu Apr 5 15:02:33 PDT 2007