Skiing Through the Woods Map of Coleman Glacier Ski Route Heliotrope Ridge Panorama Skiiing Towards the Summit Skiiing Up Past the Spires Baker Summit Panorama Coleman Glacier Panorama Solar Halo The Upper Coleman Glacier View from Coleman-Deming Saddle Summit View of Puget Sound The Summit Dome and Grant Peak Skiing the Roman Wall Skiing Down Toward Colfax Peak

From the 9000 ft saddle, there was a fine view of Puget Sound to the west with the Olympics in the distance. Just above this there was a short 45 degree slope which we ascended side-stepping with ski crampons, in order to access the snow ridge along the NW edge of the Deming Glacier. As we gained the ridge, the roar of three snowmobiles burst the bubble of solitude, as they screamed ILLEGALLY up the Coleman all the way to the saddle just below us. We quickly continued up the ridge, now hearing the distant whine of many legal snowmobiles on the Easton Glacier to the south.