Membership Fees:
$15.00 for single, $18.00 for family
plus $5.00 one time only entrance/initiation fee.
Call: 360-332-3195 for questions.
Email: info@mountbakerclub.org
Write: Mount Baker Club, P.O. Box 73 Bellingham, WA 98227
Fun
Members attend social events, twice yearly camp outs and enjoy
year-round recreational activities ranging from hikes, canoe
adventures, camp-outs, biking, parades and more.
Here's
a quote from a new member:
I wanted to thank you for the wonderful story about the Mt. Baker
Marathon. I was sitting in the balcony and recognized you (Marjan
Eicher, former President and Board Member), but you were busy talking
with someone and I did not want to interrupt when I went down.
Now I want to become a member of the Club and support your organization
and hopefully do some of the easy hikes.
--- Pam Borso, Custer Resident.
There’s Always Something Going On
The Mount Baker Club tries to sponsor at least one outdoor activity
every weekend all year long.
Membership in Short Notice Outings
If you want to go hiking, biking, kayaking, sailing, or any other
outdoor activity, and only have a few days' notice and yet you want to
go with others, you simply send an email to
MountBakerClub@googlegroups.com This email is then sent to ONLY
Mount Baker Club members who have an email address. The Club’s
Short Notice Outings listserv helps to build a community of outdoor
enthusiasts.
Experienced Hike Leaders
Each hike has a designated hike leader, an experienced hiker who most
likely has already been on the trail you’re hiking on.
Outings Hikes, Bike Rides, Snowshoe and Cross Country Ski Trips,
Camping Trips, Kayak and Canoe Adventures all await your participation.
Share your favorite hikes or routes with others by volunteering to lead
an outing in the lowlands, foothills, or Cascades.
Ski-to-Sea Race Participation We started it in 1911. Be a part of it now as a team member
or volunteer.
Camp Out
Come with some friends, and make new ones with the club at
its annual camp out. Spend 1-4 days in British Columbia. Safe, family
event with hikes included.
Letter From
Whatcom Museum
Praises Mount Baker Club
Richard Vanderway, Curator of Education at the Whatcom Museum, wrote a
letter to Mel Monkelis thanking the Club for its February 11
presentation at the museum. Portions of the letter are quoted here:
“Thanks so much to the Mount Baker Club for the great program on your
history and activities presented at the Museum on Sunday, February 11.
How great that the Mount Baker Club is nearing its one hundredth
anniversary. To think that the group has stayed active and relevant and
vibrant for such a long period, passing the torch through generations.
Thanks to the Mount Baker Club for all you’ve done to promote the
environment and the wilderness, to promote ethical hiking and a love of
the outdoors, and to support the superstructure of outdoor leisure
through trail building, the Winchester Lookout, and other volunteer
endeavors. The Mount Baker Club is a special group filled with
outstanding and admired individuals. Thanks for being an important part
of Whatcom County for almost 100 years.”
Social Meetings/Potlucks
Hear special speakers and celebrate local customs with the Autumn Corn
Feed, Thanksgiving Feast, and Annual Club Banquet.
Centennial Project Volunteer to be part of the club’s celebration of its first
100 years. The club is planning activities leading up to 2011.
Conservation The club is recognized for its unblinking resolve to balance
outdoor recreation with conservation of the wild.
Winchester Lookout Parties Have
some fun being on top of the world when the club treks up to Winchester
Lookout each spring and fall.
Bay to Baker Trail Project Assist the club at its monthly brush clearing parties.
Volunteer Groups and High School Seniors’
Culminating Projects
are welcomed for conservation and trail projects.
Newsletter
Our Club newsletter, The Rambler, is published quarterly, and lists all
upcoming outings as well as hike reports from the previous quarter,
plus information about other Club activities.
Also
Current hikes are listed in the Friday Bellingham Herald.
Why Wait? Join Today!
Join with others, Joe Galbraith, Harvey Haggard, Charles F. Eastman,
and many others, who since 1911 have worked to enjoy, protect,
and share the great outdoors of the Pacific Northwest. Easy To Join
Fill out a membership application card.
You are officially made a member at the next Board meeting.
Affordable Dues
Annual membership fees are $15.00 for a single, $18.00 for a family.
New members receive the Rambler four times a year as part of your
membership, along with a wallet safety card listing the 10 Essentials
and Animal Tracks, and membership in the Northwest's Short Notice
Outings Email Listserv Community.
Be a part of the outdoor community that's been around since 1911.
