Below is a street view link for a view of Mt Shuksan over picture lake on the Mt Baker Highway. I'm sure most people have seen this Mt. on calenders but never knew it was in the U.S.A.
This street view has a feature I haven't seen before. Wait until the picture appears then move your cursor over the upper right hand corner and a user photos option appears. Open the option and several photos are available to view. I've never seen this before but must be an option for famous sites such as this view. The user photos are better than the street view photo so be sure to take a look at the Mt. in all seasons.
Of course I'm partial to the area as I spent many days working in and around the lake, which is located just below the Mt Baker Ski Lodge.
Google Map Link
Showing posts with label Mt Baker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mt Baker. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Winchester Lookout and Larrabee Mt
I found this site after watching the Olympics this week and reminiscing about my time in the Northern Cascades. I was a lookout durning the summer of 1962. That will be 48 years ago this summer! I've a lot of 35mm slides but they are faded and don't scan well. So for starters take a look at these winter scenes, one shows Mt Larrabee with the Canadian border just behind.
Report from the Wet and Scrappy — Lookout for Winchester!
Another site I found was Mt Baker Club
The Mt Baker club has much more summer shots which I have written to request permission to repost some shots into this blog. Until then I'll settle for the link.
That summer I spent working in the Mt Baker National Forest out of the Glacier Ranger Station. Most of the time was all sorts of odd projects from cleaning campsites, rebuilding trails, making shingles to repair huts, blasting holes for sign posts, etc. But for a few weeks I was stationed all alone on that mountain with a 2-way radio for contact. We bought the gear up most of the way with horses and pack horses which was in itself quite an experience.
The memories have faded somewhat, which may be a good thing as the grandkids could be reading this. But, these sites have brought back a real fun time when I was still a teenager (19)!!
Report from the Wet and Scrappy — Lookout for Winchester!
Another site I found was Mt Baker Club
The Mt Baker club has much more summer shots which I have written to request permission to repost some shots into this blog. Until then I'll settle for the link.
That summer I spent working in the Mt Baker National Forest out of the Glacier Ranger Station. Most of the time was all sorts of odd projects from cleaning campsites, rebuilding trails, making shingles to repair huts, blasting holes for sign posts, etc. But for a few weeks I was stationed all alone on that mountain with a 2-way radio for contact. We bought the gear up most of the way with horses and pack horses which was in itself quite an experience.
The memories have faded somewhat, which may be a good thing as the grandkids could be reading this. But, these sites have brought back a real fun time when I was still a teenager (19)!!
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