Table Mountain - 9.4.2014
Directions from the Graham Store in Glacier, Washington to the Artist Point parking area above the Mt. Baker Ski Area.
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Our approximate route to the top of Table Mountain... ~3 miles roundtrip, gaining ~600 feet of elevation.
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The east end of Table Mountain... taken from the parking area at Artist Point... nice switchbacks lead to the top.
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Denali Girl is above the parking area at Artist Point... and getting ready to get on the switchbacks that will lead up to Table Mountain... Mt. Sefrit is across the valley in the center of the photo... with Nooksack Ridge running from Sefrit to Mt. Ruth on the far right.
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Mount Baker... taken from the switchbacks leading up to the top of Table Mountain.
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Denali Girl on the switchbacks leading up to Table Mountain... with Mt. Shuksan in the background... with the parking lot at Artist Point below.
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Mt. Shuksan from Point 5553 on the east end of Table Mountain... Shuksan Arm runs left to right across the center of the photo... Mt. Ruth in the distance on the left.
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Looking down on Bagley Lakes from the east end of Table Mountain.
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A closer look at Mt. Shuksan from Table Mountain.
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Mount Baker from the east end of Table Mountain... lots of cairn activity here. Most folks stop here... but the true summit of Table Mountain is in the distance on the far right.
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Looking back at Mt. Shuksan as we head for the Table Mountain summit... Snowdog is wearing pink in the center of the photo.
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Mount Baker from the Table Mountain summit (5742')... Ptarmigan Ridge runs from the lower left of the photo out to Coleman Pinnacle... then Lasiocarpa Ridge runs from Coleman Pinnacle to the right side of the photo.
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Group shot from the summit of Table Mountain... with Mount Baker in the distance.
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Looking down on the Galena Chain Lakes from the west end of Table Mountain... Mazama Dome in the right foreground.
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Heading back from the Table Mountain summit now... we decided to go off trail and roam around a bit... Mt. Baker in the distance.
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Lots of room to roam around on the flatish Table Mountain.
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Several high tarns... with Bagley Lakes down below... Mt. Sefrit dominates across the valley.
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BarbE, Snowdog and robman on Table Mountain... with Mt. Shuksan beyond... one of the Bagley Lakes on the far left.
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Looking back at Mt. Baker as we head back to the car.
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Continuing toward the east end of Table Mountain... with Mt. Shuksan in the distance.
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Looking across the north arm of Table Mountain to Mazama Dome on the left... Slate Mountain and Mt. Herman in the right-center.
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Looking down the highest of the Bagley Lakes.
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Looking back at Mount Baker.
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BarbE and Mt. Shuksan.
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Back at the east end of Table Mountain... and the cairn garden... with Mt. Shuksan in the distance... perhaps a three-quarter mile hike to get back to our car.
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