Silver King

Trip

Alpine Scramble - Silver King

Seattle scrambling equivalency field trip

  • Technical 2, Strenuous 2
  • Moderate
  • Mileage: 6.0 mi
  • Elevation Gain: 2,600 ft
  • 1 (6 capacity)
  • Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
  • Thu, Jun 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
  • Cancellation & Refund Policy
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This is a field trip for the Seattle scrambling equivalency course. Participants will be asked to perform the following skills

- Off-trail navigation (paper map and compass, no GPS allowed)

- Route-finding

- Snow traveling

- Glissading

- Ice axe arrest (in different positions)

- Protected down climb

Meeting place: Crystal mountain resort parking lot (46.936797749001485, -121.47422905871069)

Meeting time: 08:00AM

More details to come.

Route/Place

Silver King


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Required Equipment

Required Equipment

  • The Ten Essentials
  • Helmet
  • Mountaineering Boots
  • Ice Axe
  • Hasty harness (or a climbing harness)
  • Locking carabiner
  • Prusik loop (4-ft in diameter)
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