RHH's photos with the keyword: herman peak

Monday, March 4, we went snowshoeing near Mount Baker but not to our usual destination. Instead we went to Herman Saddle, a ridge that lies between Table Mountain, the long, flat-topped peak in the photo. The ridge or saddle, our destination, is on the far right of the photo. Ordinarily we would snowshoe to the area on the left of the photo where Artist's Point lies, but we wanted to do something different. The photo shows the nature of Table Mountain, too, which from other vantages appears as a smaller, round, flat peak.

This was taken snowshoeing to Herman Saddle near Mount Baker. We left the ski area and traveled along the valley in which Bagley Lakes and Bagley Creek lie with Herman Peak on our right. Our trek took us around the bottom of Herman Peak and west towards the saddle that lies between the peak and Table Mountain. As is evident from the photo, taken after a week of little snowfall, there is a lot of off piste skiing in the area.

We are on the west side of the Cascades working and visiting family and Monday went snowshoeing near Mount Baker. Instead of go up to Artist's Point as we always do we went to Herman Saddle, a longer and more strenuous trek of around seven miles with 2000 feet of elevation gain. This was the view from our destination, Mount Baker, with a shoulder of Table Mountain on the left. The insets show our destination from below and the view from the valley through which we trekked.

One of the glories of hiking to Herman Saddle, our destination on a recent snowshoeing trek, is the constant view of Mount Shuksan. This photo was from the saddle and looks back at Shuksan, which for most of the trek was behind us. The line at the foot of Shuksan is the road to Artist's Point, now covered with snow and a ski run. We had come up through the low area in the bottom center of the photo, where Upper Bagley Lake lies, also now frozen and snow-covered.

This was the view at the beginning of our snowshoeing trek to Herman Saddle, the ridge on the far right of this photo. Our trek took us around the corner of Herman Peak into the valley where Upper Bagley Lake lies and across the lake (now frozen and snow-covered) to the right of the photo. Table Mountain, the long, flat peak in the distance was on our left as we climbed.

This was the first part of the trail I took up the shoulder of Herman Peak before the trail dropped down again behind Herman Peak and Table Mountain to the Chain Lakes. The red bushes are blueberries, the yellow grasses are sedges, the orange bushes at the top of the photo are mountain ash. The blue of the blueberries can even be seen on the bushes at the right.

Actually not from the lake itself but from the slopes below the lake (the lake is behind a ridge and this would not be visible), this looks back over the valley through which we hiked. The road to Artist's Point runs along the ridge in the middle left and that is where our trail started. Beyond the ridge, from right to left are the Chain Lakes trail, Herman Peak, Herman Saddle and Table Mountain with more of the road to Artist's Point visible in the snowy slopes below Table Mountain. There is a strange line in the sky above the peaks which I'm sure has something to do with the weather but for which I do not know the explanation though I'm sure brother Tim will be able to explain it.