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Artist Point

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Backcountry Ski/Snowboard - Artist & Huntoon Points

This is a Pro1 Retest. We will be traveling in the back country to perform assessments of specific skills for Avalanche Instructor candidates.

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Contacts

Ryan Kitchen
Ryan Kitchen
Primary Leader
  • Moderate, M1 Mountain 1 Ski
  • Challenging
  • Mileage: 5.0 mi
  • Elevation Gain: 1,100 ft

The group will meet at the Mountaineers lodge Sunday evening and make a travel and test plan.

 The departure time in the morning, Mon Jan 13 will be ~ 8:30a.

This trip is only open to pro1 candidates who need to retest specific skills.

Leaders, if you're going to a "general" area to ski, please add specific details about the route you have planned and its difficulty. View the Routes & Places Difficulties page for ski difficulty ratings.

Route/Place

Artist Point


  • Green Trails Mount Baker Wilderness Climbing No. 13S
    Green Trails Mt Shuksan No. 14
    USGS Shuksan Arm
  • See full route/place details.
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Required Equipment

Required Equipment

  • The Ten Essentials
  • Boots, skis/snowboard, poles
  • Climbing skins (or other method to travel uphill on snow)
  • Avalanche shovel (metal blade)
  • Avalanche beacon
  • Avalanche probe
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