– Mount Baker, in Washington State, is Part of Volcano Awareness
Month: Glacier-covered Mount Baker (10,770 feet – 3,285 meters),
the centerpiece of the Mount Baker Wilderness Area, is seen
below from Twin Lakes on the north. Sherman Crater, the source
of historical eruptions from Mount Baker, appears from this
perspective on the left side between the summit and the small
sharp-topped Sherman Peak. The older dissectedBlack Buttes
volcano forms the two sharp peaks below and to the right of the
summit. Mount Baker is the northernmost of Washington’s
volcanoes. As the summer months approach, state officials want
to remind those who go out to Mt. Baker that they are skiing,
snowboarding and camping on an active volcano. May is volcano
awareness month, and Carolyn Driedger with the U.S. Geological
Survey says the biggest threat from a Baker eruption would be
volcanic mud flows. She says those who live in volcano hazard
zones around Mt. Baker need to have a plan to get to higher
ground. Driedger says officials are