A 34-year-old man from the Seattle area died on Friday after he skied off a cliff on Mount Baker. Reports say he fell 800 feet. The skier and his group summited and had begun their descent of the mountain’s northwest side when he skied off a cliff that the group was unaware of.
The Victim, Keith Hardy, of Kirkland, Washington was a family physician and team doctor for University of Washington Lacrosse.
Because of weather Search and Rescue was unable to reach Keith -who is located at 8,200 feet. Our thoughts go out to his family and friends.
-Read more at The Seattle Times
RIP
Not uncommon, but the photo you posted here is Mt. Shuksan…not Baker.
Thanks Brad. Fixed it.
-rip
That IS Baker dipshit!!!!
it used to be shuksan asshole!
Going to huck the chimney for this man. RIP
they still have that much snow?
Mt. Baker itself has year round snowpack, and is heavily glaciated. Not ski area “A”
:/ hope they recover the body for the fam. Slide in Peace homie
Man that sucks. RIP
Our group summited the same day via the Boulder-Park Cleaver and skied the Park Glacier. We saw the search and rescue copter flying around for over an hour at sunset. The helicopter took a good long look at our camp. I am very sad to see our worst fears were confirmed. Apparently this man skied off the Coleman head wall. Rest in peace. It poured rain all the next day and I was hit by falling ice, leaving me with a nice concussion, broken hand, 1000 ft more to ski, and 4 hours to hike back to the car. I am very lucky. I think the lesson is that Baker is a big boy mountain where one mistake can turn fatal in an instant. Be safe out there.