ClimbWashington.com: McClellans Butte

This is a very scenic and easy way to hone your skills for da alpine! Easy approach, fun seracs and more. Just make sure to always pack your ice screw anchors for Top Rping with cold snow to insulate. We found that the sun heated the screws and then melted the snow around it, thus decreasing the actual chance of it holding a fall if at all!

Directions: From I-5 in Bellingham, take Exit 255 and go east on the Mt. Baker Highway (542) 31 miles to Glacier. After traveling 1 mile past the town of Glacier take a right on Glacier Creek Rd (FS Rd 39) and drive 8 miles to the trailhead parking lot.
Map: USGS Mt. Baker, Groat Mtn. / Green Trails: Mt. Baker #13
Trail Conditions: Click Here
Road Conditions: Click Here
Web References:
www.localhikes.com
www.fs.fed.us
www.wikipedia.com
GregM (UW student site)
Sverdina.com

Additional Info :
- Glacier Public Service Center (360) 599-2714
- Pacific Northwest Hiking
by Ron C. Judd & Dan A. Nelson (Foghorn Press)
- Day Hike North Cascades
by Mike McQuaide (Sasquatch Books)
- A toilet is provided at the trailhead.
- A Northwest Forest Pass is required for each vehicle parked at the trailhead

Mount Baker Ice Cragging Highpoint Elevation: 5700 feet Region/Location: Mt Baker-Snoqualmie Natinal Forest Trip Length: 1 day Route: Heliotrope Ridge #677 Difficulty: Moderate hike, Technical ice climbing Elevation Gain: 2000 feet Roundtrip Distance: 5 miles Trailhead Elevation: 3700 feet Date: October 4, 2003 Photos by: Scott Harder [C lick here to view the shutterfly photo collection]
This is a very scenic and easy way to hone your skills for da alpine! Easy approach, fun seracs and more. Just make sure to always pack your ice screw anchors for Top Rping with cold snow to insulate. We found that the sun heated the screws and then melted the snow around it, thus decreasing the actual chance of it holding a fall if at all! Directions: From I-5 in Bellingham, take Exit 255 and go east on the Mt. Baker Highway (542) 31 miles to Glacier. After traveling 1 mile past the town of Glacier take a right on Glacier Creek Rd (FS Rd 39) and drive 8 miles to the trailhead parking lot. Map: USGS Mt. Baker, Groat Mtn. / Green Trails: Mt. Baker #13 Trail Conditions: Click Here Road Conditions: Click Here Web References: www.localhikes.com www.fs.fed.us www.wikipedia.com GregM (UW student site) Sverdina.com Additional Info : - Glacier Public Service Center (360) 599-2714 - Pacific Northwest Hiking by Ron C. Judd & Dan A. Nelson (Foghorn Press) - Day Hike North Cascades by Mike McQuaide (Sasquatch Books) - A toilet is provided at the trailhead. - A Northwest Forest Pass is required for each vehicle parked at the trailhead