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Snowfield Peak/Neve Glacier

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Basic Alpine Climb - Snowfield Peak/Neve Glacier

This outing will be a very full 3 days of climbing, with Snowfield Peak as our main objective, but also including additional peaks (from Paul Bunyan's Stump, Colonial, Pinnacle, Pyramid) in the vicinity, to be determined based on conditions, weather, and the climbing team.

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Mo Fisk
Primary Leader
  • Fri, Jul 11, 2014 — Sun, Jul 13, 2014
  • Tacoma Climbing Subcommittee
  • Climbing
  • Basic Alpine
  • Adults
  • Basic Glacier Climb, Technical 2, Strenuous 4
  • Challenging
  • Mileage: 16.0 mi
  • Elevation Gain: 7,500 ft
  • FULL (4 capacity)
  • FULL (2 capacity)
  • Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 10:12 PM
  • Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 5:00 PM
  • Cancellation & Refund Policy
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Priority is given to Tacoma basic climbing students until June 30th.  If you are from another branch, I will put you on my waitlist until then.

This outing will be a very full 3 days of climbing, with Snowfield Peak as our main objective.  We will drive out and camp at the trailhead on Thursday night the 10th, then start the approach on Friday.  We will attempt to bag at least 2 other peaks in the vicinity, in addition to Snowfield (from Paul Bunyan's Stump, Colonial, Pinnacle, or Pyramid), to be determined based on conditions, weather, and the climbing team.  Each day will include 6-9 miles, lots of elevation gain, and the need for endurance.  Please only request to sign up if you know you are up to this serious physical challenge, and have very solid scrambling skills as well as climbing skills!

We will camp at the Pyramid Lake Trailhead Thursday night.  Carpooling will be arranged via email to get us all there.

Route/Place

Snowfield Peak/Neve Glacier


  • USGS Diablo Dam
    USGS Ross Dam
    Green Trails North Cascades Ross Lake No. 16SX
    Green Trails Diablo Dam No. 48
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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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