Late June/Early July Ascent of Baker (easton)/Shuksan (sulphide) this year, too late?
Im seeing on the USDA's website that the cascades are sitting at mid ~55% SWE. I've climbed in the cascades and olympics before, but dont have enough experience to know what the best time would be to go given the current conditions. Experience, and asking at least one other local expert, tells me that going earlier in June would be better, but I know later in the season provides better weather opportunities.
We still have some storms on tap, but there are also 2 full months of spring warm up that could degrade conditions even further, but I am curious to know if any locals (or area experts) would think that the late june/early july time frame would not be ideal this year.
Mostly just concerned about crevasses being way too open and subsequently the routes become unnavigable, or too dangerous to try and get around.