Trip
Basic Alpine Climb - Tower Mountain & Golden Horn
Participants must be in good physical condition, comfortable in exposed terrain scrambling on loose rock.
Contacts
Chris Haenisch
Primary Leader
- Sat, Jul 12, 2025 — Sun, Jul 13, 2025
- Seattle Climbing Committee
- Climbing
- Basic Alpine
- Adults
- Technical 3, Strenuous 5
- Moderate
- Mileage: 25.0 mi
- FULL (2 capacity)
- FULL (2 capacity)
- Mon, Jul 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
- Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
- iCal Google
Participants must be in good physical condition, comfortable in exposed terrain scrambling on loose rock. When requesting leader permission, please share your experience scrambling in loose rock and your approach to fitness for alpine climbing.
Will leave from the Rainy Pass TH Saturday morning.
Route/Place
Tower Mountain & Golden Horn
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USGS Washington Pass
Green Trails Washington Pass No. 50
Trails Illustrated North Cascades National Park - 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 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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