Trip

Alpine Scramble - Camp Muir & Anvil Rock

For 2025 Kitsap scramble students needing a graduation scramble AND 2026 Kitsap scramble students til May 1. Then for Oly climb students in the May 30 crevasse rescue class til May 15. Please don't ask permission til May 15 if that's not you!

Contacts

Meryl Lassen

Primary Leader

Sun, May 31, 2026
Committee: Kitsap Alpine Scrambling Committee
Activity Type: Scrambling
Audience: Adults, All Who Qualify

Difficulty: M2 Advanced Ski, Snow Scramble, Winter Scramble, Very Strenuous
Leader Rating: Challenging
Mileage: 10.0 mi
Elevation Gain: 4,600 ft
High Point Elevation: 10,100 ft
Pace: 1,000ft/hr

Leadership Permission Required
Availability: 6 (6 capacity)
Assistant Leader Availability: 1 (3 capacity)
Registration Open: Mon, Dec 22, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Registration Closed: Tue, May 26, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Cancellation & Refund Policy
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Leader's notes

After introductions, etc... we will start out by 6:45, the goal being to reach the bathroom below Pan Point around 8am. The pace will probably slow a bit above 8000ft, but we'd like to reach Muir around noon.

Once at Muir, if weather is nice, we can take a nap, snack, watch climbers coming down from Rainier, and then try our luck on Muir Peak, the rockpile above the stone shelter. Then, we'll descend via Anvil Rock, getting back to the cars well before sunset. The goal is to test ourselves and spend a little time at altitude, in case we have high altitude goals for the summer.

We won't leave anyone behind and will have a leader available to descend or stop with anyone experiencing altitude sickness, but by this point in the season we expect folks to have the required fitness, AMS notwithstanding. When you ask permission, please tell us about your 4000+ft days and any experience at altitude.

Meeting place and time

6:30am - Paradise parking lot by the bathroom tunnel on the right side.

We recommend sleeping in cars at the overnight lot below the Henry M. Jackson Visitor Center.

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