Trip
Basic Alpine Climb - Whitehorse Mountain/Northwest Shoulder
A long early season climb of Whitehorse Mountain (a Smoots peak!)
- Mon, May 8, 2023
- Foothills Climbing Committee
- Climbing
- Basic Alpine
- Adults
- Basic Alpine Climb
- Challenging
- Mileage: 12.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 7,000 ft
- 4 (4 capacity)
- 2 (2 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
TBD. Recommend car camping the night before.
Click [+MORE] to read all notes before requesting permission.
- Please don't reach out before the registration start date. Set a calendar reminder and bug me then (or bug me in person)
- This is a single-day climb of 12 miles with 7k feet of gain. It will be a long, strenuous day, likely starting and ending in the dark. When requesting permission, please include any recent trips you've done that are comparable.
- If you request permission, and we have not climbed, scrambled or conditioned together before, the odds of my saying "yes" is very low. I lead enough trips that this should not be the first time we've met. :)
Route/Place
Whitehorse Mountain/Northwest Shoulder
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USGS Whitehorse Mountain
Green Trails Silverton No. 110 - 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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