
Trip
Basic Alpine Climb - Mount Shasta/Avalanche Gulch
Mt Shasta!
- Wed, Jul 3, 2019 — Fri, Jul 5, 2019
- Seattle Climbing
- Climbing
- Basic Alpine
- Adults
- Basic Alpine Climb
- Challenging
- Mileage: 12.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 7,200 ft
- High Point Elevation: 14,000 ft
- FULL (0 capacity)
- FULL (4 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
Selected Shasta after seeing poor weather on our original plan to do the Ice Cap Slam in the North Cascades.
Wednesday 7/3 at 1 PM in Seattle.
Route/Place
Mount Shasta/Avalanche Gulch
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Wilderness Press Mt. Shasta Wilderness
USGS Mt Shasta, CA
USGS McCloud, CA - See full route/place details.
Roster
Required Equipment
Required Equipment
- The Ten Essentials
- Mountain boots that can accept crampons (not hiking boots)
- Crampons
- An ice axe (not technical ice tools)
- A sleeping bag rated to +20 degrees or colder
- A sleeping pad
- A back pack (40 to 60 liters)
- Webbing and accessory cords
- 6 straight gate carabiners
- 2 locking carabiners
- Large pear-shaped locking carabiner
- Belay device
- Climbing harness
- Helmet
- Chock pick (nut tool)
- Rescue pulley
- Fleece or puffy jacket
- Rain jacket and full-zip rain pants
- Belay gloves
- Warm gloves or mittens
- Cordellete
- Picket or other relevant protection
- Extra webbing or cord
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