
Trip
Basic Alpine Climb - Mount Shuksan/Fisher Chimneys
2 Day climb. Highly dependent on weather, snow conditions, and other force majeure events. Basic Alpine Climbing graduate minimum requirement.
- Fri, Jul 18, 2025 — Sat, Jul 19, 2025
- Tacoma Basic Alpine Climbing
- Climbing
- Basic Alpine
- Adults
- Moderate
- Elevation Gain: 6,750 ft
- High Point Elevation: 9,127 ft
- Pace: 1.7-2.2
- 4 (4 capacity)
- 1 (2 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
This should not be one of your first glacier climbs. This is a challenging route in the best of conditions, so please ensure that your conditioning, experience, and skill-sets with mixed terrain and high exposure are sufficient before requesting permission to join. Member selection will be highly subjective.
The objectives for the climb are:
- Have fun and enjoy each other's company.
- Make for the summit, conditions permitting.
- Return to the trailhead safe and sound.
On this trip we expect to move continuously as a group at a moderately steady pace with at least one 5 minute rest break every hour/1,000 feet of elevation gain until we reach our destination where we'll have a 15-20 minute rest break for lunch, before returning to the trailhead. Leader will provide access to a trip planning document for the confirmed roster and those on the waitlist for group gear assignments. A "Welcome Climbers" confirming email will be issued to the roster no less than 72 hours before the activity with finalized details.
Drive I-5 to Bellingham. Take SR-542 past the Mount Baker Ski Area as far as the road goes depending on the time of year. Final travel and carpooling arrangements TBD
Route/Place
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 back pack (40 to 60 liters)
- Webbing and accessory cords
- 6 straight gate carabiners
- 2 locking carabiners
- Large pear-shaped 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
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