Trip
Alpine Scramble - The Palisades & Marcus Peak
Scramble of both Marcus and Palisades Peaks. Priority to Olympia scramble students in need of a scramble to complete course requirements through August 2nd 11:59pm. Open to everyone else starting August 3rd at 12:01am
- Sun, Aug 7, 2022
- Olympia Alpine Scrambling Committee
- Scrambling
- Adults
- Technical 3, Strenuous 3
- Challenging
- Mileage: 8.8 mi
- Elevation Gain: 2,561 ft
- Pace: moderate pace
- FULL (10 capacity)
- FULL (2 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
7am USFS Ranger Station in Enumclaw (may move to an earlier time - TBD)
This is a scramble with priority to Olympia students who are in need of a scramble to complete course requirements through August 2nd 11:59pm. If this does not apply to you, please do not sign up until August 3rd after 12:01am. If you sign up too early, I'll drop you!
We will complete both peaks - Marcus and then we'll go over and scramble up Palisades. Afterwards, we'll take a break on the way down at Clover Lake.
My pace is moderate - generally around 1,100-1,200 ft/gain per hour on hiking trails. This is fast enough to keep the heart pumping but not so fast that we can't talk to each other. We'll take breaks at the 15 min, 1 hour, 2 hour, 3 hour, etc. marks. A prospectus will be sent out to all participants.
The Palisades & Marcus Peak
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Green Trails Mount Rainier Wonderland No. 269SX
Green Trails Mt Rainier East No. 270
USGS White River Park - See full route/place details.
Required Equipment
- The Ten Essentials
- Helmet
- protected downclimbing kit