Record snowfall and world-class terrain are just the beginning when you get out in the Baker Backcountry. Leave the lifts behind and join us for a day in the mountains, sniffing out the best snow and riding your dream terrain. 

Cascade Mountain Ascents offers skiing and riding trips on all of Mount Baker’s glaciers, with the Coleman Deming and Squak Glacier routes being the most popular. If you’re looking for a steeper or more remote trip, you can plan a custom descent of one of Mt. Baker’s less traveled routes. 

Big mountains, deep snow and long runs are what Icefall is known for. Icefall Lodge is situated in a rugged corner of the Rockies 70 km north of Golden BC. Winter access is only possible by helicopter. You will not see or hear anybody else during your visit; no helicopters, no snowmobiles, just the group that you flew in with.

Join IFMGA guide Lyra Pierotti and CMA Founding Member Alyssa Young for a fly-in, fully catered, week of skiing at the Boulder Hut, in the Purcell mountains of British Columbia. This trip is for women (queer, trans, cis-gendered) wishing to experience the magic of fly-in hut skiing in a supportive environment.

We’re SO excited to partner with Fortune Peak Huts to provide four day hut trips out of two Weatherports and a barrel sauna located in the Upper Teanaway. The huts are set up to provide a comfortable escape from the winter elements, with a wood stove cranking out the heat and drying out your gear for tomorrow’s adventures.

The North Cascades are a huge range with a lifetime of terrain for adventurous skiers and riders. Let Cascade Mountain Ascents get you started exploring some of the world’s best descents.

While skiers and riders have long known how expansive the terrain in Western Washington is, it takes multiple days to truly feel the vastness of the Cascade backcountry. A North Cascades ski traverse is the best way to explore the region in the snowy months. 

Not seeing what you’re looking for? Maybe you’ve got a sweet idea, and we can’t wait to hear about it! Get in touch with us and plan your dream ski or ride trip with Cascade Mountain Ascents.

Easy access, expansive views and a prevailing rain shadow make Mount Erie one of Western Washington’s nicest crags.  Join us for a fun day of climbing above the sea!

Vesper Peak is a gem of an alpine rock climb in the North Cascades. With an amazing bivy site at it’s base, 5-6 pitches of technical climbing on solid rock, and a beautiful summit, this is a budding alpinist’s dream.

Vamos a la cumbre! Join us for an unforgettable 10-day guided expedition to climb some of Mexico’s most iconic peaks including Iztaccíhuatl and Pico de Orizaba.

For those looking for a truly alpine adventure, the Twin Sisters offer a seemingly endless supply of long, exposed ridges, towers, and summits broken up by small sections of glacier and steep snow.

Not seeing what you’re looking for? Maybe you’ve got a sweet idea, and we can’t wait to hear about it! Get in touch with us and plan your dream rock climbing trip with Cascade Mountain Ascents.

The Easton Glacier is the most direct route up Mount Baker’s southern flank. The scenic approach up the Railroad Grade leads to camp at the toe of the Easton Glacier.

One of North America’s most sought after alpine challenges, the West Ridge of Forbidden Peak is an exposed and engaging route. Combining glacier travel, snow climbing, scrambling and multipitch rock climbing, you’ll get the full alpine experience as you ascend this world class objective. 

Comprised of the Eldorado, Inspiration, McAllister, Klawatti, and North Klawatti glaciers, the Eldorado Icecap is a tremendous volume of ice. The Ice Cap Slam traverses the entirety of the Eldorado Ice Cap in North Cascades National Park with ascents of its five highest peaks.

A long and classic alpine route that leads climbers through varied terrain to the airy summit of Mount Shuksan. An unlikely series of moderate features breach Shuksan’s sheer Southwest Face, yielding access to the upper glaciers and summit pyramid where climbers navigate through a maze of rock and ice to a spectacular summit. 

The highest peak in the Olympic Mountains, Mount Olympus towers over Washington’s western shore and the rest of the range.

The Pickets are the most rugged, wildest, and unexplored region of the North Cascades. With limited access points, steep terrain, brushy valleys, and glaciated peaks, the Pickets Traverse offers a unique challenge to those looking to really “get away from it all.” 

The North Ridge of Mount Baker is a classic technical mountaineering objective and one of the finest alpine ice routes in the Lower 48. Although recent glacial recession has shortened the climbing season, the North Ridge remains a brilliant route in the late spring and early summer. 

The Ruth & Icy Traverse is a moderate snow climb with glacier travel known for having some of the finest views in the North Cascades.

Vesper Peak is a gem of an alpine rock climb in the North Cascades. With an amazing bivy site at it’s base, 5-6 pitches of technical climbing on solid rock, and a beautiful summit, this is a budding alpinist’s dream. 

The Coleman Deming is a varied and engaging mountaineering objective that leads to the summit of Mount Baker, Washington’s northernmost volcano.

The Women’s Kulshan Climb is for women (queer, trans, cis-gendered) looking for a glacier mountaineering experience in an affinity space created for and by women who love spending time in the mountains.

The iconic Eldorado East Ridge is known not just for its aesthetic knife edge finish, but for its unique view into the heart of the Cascades.

For those looking for a truly alpine adventure, the Twin Sisters offer a seemingly endless supply of long, exposed ridges, towers, and summits broken up by small sections of glacier and steep snow.

Dorado Needle provides excellent alpine rock climbing amongst the vast glacier system of the McAllister and Inspiration glaciers.

Vamos a la cumbre! Join us for an unforgettable 10-day guided expedition to climb some of Mexico’s most iconic peaks including Iztaccíhuatl and Pico De Orizaba.

Not seeing what you’re looking for? Maybe you’ve got a sweet idea, and we can’t wait to hear about it! Get in touch with us and plan your dream alpine climbing trip with Cascade Mountain Ascents.