Baker-Shuksan Sept 2009

A walk at Mt Baker/Mt Shuksan, WA 09/11/09<br />Fran Black A walk at Mt Baker/Mt Shuksan, WA 09/11/09<br />Mt Shuksan....A walk at Mt Baker/Mt Shuksan, WA 09/11/09<br />Mt Baker.... A walk at Mt Baker/Mt Shuksan, WA 09/11/09<br />Fran Black, Mt Shucksan.A walk at Mt Baker/Mt Shuksan, WA 09/11/09<br />Mt Shuksan... A walk at Mt Baker/Mt Shuksan, WA 09/11/09<br />Fran overlooks a pond, Mt Shuksan.A walk at Mt Baker/Mt Shuksan, WA 09/11/09<br />Mt Baker.... A walk at Mt Baker/Mt Shuksan, WA 09/11/09<br />A glacier on the west side of Mt Shuksan.A walk at Mt Baker/Mt Shuksan, WA 09/11/09<br />Note the trail rising up the steep slopes below the glacier. A walk at Mt Baker/Mt Shuksan, WA 09/11/09<br />A nice viewpoint of Mt Shuksan.A walk at Mt Baker/Mt Shuksan, WA 09/11/09<br />Ron Black... A walk at Mt Baker/Mt Shuksan, WA 09/11/09<br />Fran, with Mt Baker.A walk at Mt Baker/Mt Shuksan, WA 09/11/09<br />That distant fairly level trail below Table Mtn is the Chain Lakes Trail. A walk at Mt Baker/Mt Shuksan, WA 09/11/09<br />Fran poses as a famous mountain climber...A walk at Mt Baker/Mt Shuksan, WA 09/11/09<br />Many super views on this walk.... A walk at Mt Baker/Mt Shuksan, WA 09/11/09<br />Back at the trailhead, at the end of the road.A walk at Mt Baker/Mt Shuksan, WA 09/11/09<br />This is the parking lot at the end of the road to Mt Baker, with Mt Shuksan beyond. A walk at Mt Baker/Mt Shuksan, WA 09/11/09<br />Some views from the Table Mtn Trail.A walk at Mt Baker/Mt Shuksan, WA 09/11/09<br />The moon looks close in this telephoto view. A walk at Mt Baker/Mt Shuksan, WA 09/11/09<br />The Table Mtn trail heads up steeply past False Helebore and Fireweed.A walk at Mt Baker/Mt Shuksan, WA 09/11/09<br />Once the fireweed blooms turn into cotton, winter will start! A walk at Mt Baker/Mt Shuksan, WA 09/11/09<br />Many views of Mt Baker appear on this walk.A walk at Mt Baker/Mt Shuksan, WA 09/11/09<br />Looking back past the parking lot we see Mt Shuksan. A walk at Mt Baker/Mt Shuksan, WA 09/11/09<br />This part of the Table Mtn Trail is quite steep.A walk at Mt Baker/Mt Shuksan, WA 09/11/09<br />The Mt Shuksan view is hard to beat! A walk at Mt Baker/Mt Shuksan, WA 09/11/09<br />The trail is narrow and steep, but not very technical to climb.A walk at Mt Baker/Mt Shuksan, WA 09/11/09<br />Mt Shuksan is very impressive. A walk at Mt Baker/Mt Shuksan, WA 09/11/09<br />There are many picnic places along that road back down the mountain.A walk at Mt Baker/Mt Shuksan, WA 09/11/09<br />Baker lake is at the bottom of the canyon seen in this view. A walk at Mt Baker/Mt Shuksan, WA 09/11/09<br />Some steps are tall ones.A walk at Mt Baker/Mt Shuksan, WA 09/11/09<br />A person needs confidence with balance to walk this stretch of the trail. A walk at Mt Baker/Mt Shuksan, WA 09/11/09<br />The rocks above this trail look pretty loose.A walk at Mt Baker/Mt Shuksan, WA 09/11/09<br />The views get better as you gain altitude.
We visited the Mt Baker area and walked the short trail south east from the parking lot at the end of the road, to get nice views of Mt Shuksan and Mt Baker.  I used my Fuji S6000fd camera on a monopod to capture these pictures.
I wish I had not used the polarizer filter in the wide angle shots, as the gradient in the sky brightness was distracting.  The monopod helps get sharper images than hand-holding the camera... it is becoming my habit now.
After returning to the car for lunch, I went solo a little way up the Table Mountain trail, where the climbing was a lot steeper than the earlier morning walk was.  The views were super good today!
Your comments are welcome....    RB.

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