Volcano·United States

Mount Baker

3,286m

Skagit Range

Walter Siegmund (talk) · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons

Elevation: 3,286m
Prominence: 2,686m
Isolation: 212km
Relief: 2,315mabove the lowest point within 5 km
Steepest slope: 49°within 1 km of the summit
Snow at the summit: All yearSee month by month ↓
Summit: 48.7769°N, 121.8150°W

Stratovolcano in Washington State, United States

Mount Baker is a volcano in the Skagit Range (United States). Its summit stands 3,286 m above sea level. Its prominence — how far it rises above the highest saddle linking it to a taller summit — is 2,686 m, and the nearest higher ground is 212 km away.

From the lowest point within 5 km (971 m), it rises 2,315 m. The steepest side is the east face: 35° on average over the first kilometre. In places the ground near the top reaches 49° — terrain for climbers, not walkers.

Mount Baker for skiers and climbers

Two scores out of 10, built only from open data — every part is shown. They describe what the mountain offers, not how safe it is.

Hiking & mountaineering

7.4/10

Difficulty to the top

Alpine climb

Most path sections around the top are T5 on the SAC hiking scale. Glaciers around the top.

Indicative only — never a safety assessment. Conditions change: ask local guides and check the forecast.

1.8/2.59 waymarked routes and 18 path sections nearby
0.2/1.51 huts and shelters
2.0/22,315 m of ascent from the valley
1.5/1.52,686 m of prominence
1.2/1.55 months with summit afternoons above −5 °C
0.6/1via ferratas, climbing and glaciers

Ski score

5.9/10

2.5/433 km of downhill runs
0.4/1.510 ski lifts
0.0/1.5lift station heights not mapped
3.0/311 months of snow at about 1,972 m

Runs by difficulty

Beginner 1 km
Easy 4 km
Intermediate 13 km
Difficult 5 km
Expert 5 km
Freeride 4 km

Snow season on the slopes (estimate)

Around 1,972 m, in the middle of the ski area: snow from October to August.

Snow on the ground all month
Snow some of the time
No snow
This month

10 lifts · 61 km cross-country

How these scores are made

Ski (where OpenStreetMap has skiing within 12 km): up to 4 points for the length of downhill runs (300 km or more = 4), 1.5 for the number of lifts (40+), 1.5 for the vertical between lift stations (1,500 m) and 3 for the snow season — a month counts when the estimated mean temperature at the height of the ski area is −1 °C or lower and snow falls or lies there (NASA POWER, 2001–2020). Hiking & mountaineering: up to 2.5 for waymarked routes and paths, 1.5 for huts, 2 for the ascent from the valley (2,000 m), 1.5 for prominence (3,000 m), 1.5 for the season (months with summit afternoons above −5 °C) and 1 for via ferratas, climbing and glaciers. OpenStreetMap is built by volunteers: where few things are mapped, a score can be lower than reality.

Plan your visit

Stay, climb and get there

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Snow

When there is snow on Mount Baker

At the summit, snow all year round. Month by month below, at different heights on the way up.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Summit3,286 msnow all year round	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month
Halfway up2,128 msnow from October to August	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	No snow	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month
Foot of the mountain971 msnow from November to May	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month

Snow on the ground all month
Snow some of the time
No snow
This month

Estimate for a normal year: average temperature and precipitation from NASA POWER, carried to each height, in a simple model of snow building up and melting. In a given year snow can come earlier or stay longer. It does not replace the local snow and avalanche bulletin.

Summit weather

Mount Baker, month by month

Not a forecast: long-term averages (1991–2020), carried up to the summit. The orange line is where an average afternoon reaches 0 °C; above the dashed blue line it freezes even at dawn.

On an average July afternoon the summit reaches about 4 °C; on December nights it falls to about -22 °C. In 8 months of the year it stays below freezing at the top even in the afternoon. In July the 0 °C line climbs to about 3,910 m, above the summit: the top thaws on an average afternoon. Across the region, July is the driest month (42 mm) and November the wettest (279 mm).

0 °C on an average afternoon 0 °C at dawn the summit

Month	Summit high °C	Summit low °C	0 °C line (m)	Rain & snow (mm)	Wet days	Sun h/day
January	-16	-21	910	257	21	2.8
February	-15	-22	1,030	153	18	4.4
March	-12	-19	1,380	206	22	5.4
April	-8	-16	2,030	128	19	7.2
May	-2	-12	2,920	97	16	7.7
June	0	-9	3,310	81	16	7.6
July	4	-6	3,910	42	10	10.4
August	4	-6	3,910	48	9	9.3
September	0	-9	3,350	97	12	6.7
October	-6	-14	2,370	197	19	4.2
November	-12	-18	1,380	279	22	2.2
December	-16	-22	820	230	22	2.1

Estimate: the NASA POWER climate of a ~55 km cell (average height 677 m), adjusted to the summit by −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Rain, wet days and sunshine are those of the region. Mountain weather changes fast — always check a local forecast. ★ = mildest months at the top.

Relief

The mountain in profile

Two cuts through the summit, 16 km long, from the 30 m Copernicus elevation model. True scale: no vertical exaggeration.

West – east

South – north

Steepness by direction

Average slope of the first kilometre from the summit. The orange petal is the steepest side.

Around the mountain

Huts, lifts and trails around Mount Baker

Counted around the summit in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. The satellite plate shows 14 × 14 km.

Mount Baker seen from above (Sentinel-2)

N 5 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 14 × 14 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

1mountain huts and shelters
Park Butte Lookout
—cable cars, gondolas, chairlifts and rack railways
1ski areas
Mt Baker
9waymarked hiking routes
Pacific Northwest Trail 03 Washington, Ptarmigan Ridge Trail, Heliotrope Ridge Trail, Skyline Divide Trail and 5 more
—via ferratas
2climbing crags and routes
Squak Glacier Route
14named glaciers
Park Glacier, Boulder Glacier, Deming Glacier, Roosevelt Glacier and 10 more
3viewpoints
Coleman Glacier Viewpoint
12campsites
Camp Kiser, Hogsback Camp, Gargoyle Rocks, Black Buttes camp and 8 more
1hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Mount Baker Lodge
—restaurants and cafés

How hard are the paths?

18 path sections within 5 km, by SAC hiking scale (T1 easy walk … T6 difficult alpine).

T2T3T5T6

T2 mountain hiking
T3 demanding mountain hiking
T5 demanding alpine hiking
T6 difficult alpine hiking

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Photos

Seen by climbers and visitors

A BC Ferry in front of Mount Baker, Canada (54881229159) — Christoph Strässler from Oberdorf BL, Schweiz · CC BY-SA 4.0

Artist Point and Mount Baker Forest at North Cascades in Washington 07 — Jeffhollett · CC BY-SA 4.0

Recent years

How each month compared at the summit

Afternoon high at the summit (estimate). The first row is the reference, the 1991–2020 average in °C; the years show only the difference.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1991–2020 average	-16	-15	-12	-8	-2	0	4	4	0	-6	-12	-16
2020	−0.4	−0.3	−1.2	±0.0	+0.4	−1.5	−1.4	−1.3	+2.2	−0.7	±0.0	+1.7
2021	+0.3	−2.4	+0.3	+1.1	−0.6	+4.4	+1.6	−0.4	−1.0	−2.0	+0.7	−2.3
2022	+0.7	−0.1	+1.1	−2.1	−3.4	+0.1	+1.6	+2.9	+3.0	+5.5	−2.2	−2.2
2023	+0.6	−1.2	−0.4	−1.3	+3.6	+1.3	+0.9	+2.0	+0.1	+1.7	+1.2	+3.1
2024	−1.0	+1.2	+1.1	+0.4	−1.9	−1.0	+1.9	+0.1	−0.3	−2.1	−2.2	+1.6
2025	−0.7	−2.5	−0.4	+0.5	−1.5	−0.4	−1.6	−0.3	+0.7	−2.8	−0.6	+1.1

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

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About these numbers

Names, elevation, prominence	Wikidata (Q594387) · CC0
Relief, 3D view, profiles	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Climate	NASA POWER, 1991–2020 · CC BY 4.0
Around the mountain	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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