Trip
Basic Glacier Climb - Eldorado Peak/Inspiration Glacier
One day climb of Eldorado Peak. Priority to Intense Basic Course students. Leader permission requests outside of Intense Basic will not be responded to.
Contacts
Sherrie Trecker
Primary Leader
Seth Dygert
Mentored Leader
- Wed, Aug 7, 2019
- Seattle Climbing Committee
- Climbing
- Basic Alpine
- Adults
- Basic Glacier Climb, Strenuous 3, Technical 2
- Challenging
- Elevation Gain: 6,768 ft
- 1 (4 capacity)
- FULL (3 capacity)
- Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 7:38 AM
- Mon, Aug 5, 2019 at 5:00 PM
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
- iCal Google
Priority for this climb will go to Intense Basic Course students until August 1. Leader permission requests made prior to that will not be responded to.
This is a strenuous climb. Please only sign up for this if you are in excellent physical condition.
This is a mentored lead for Seth Endriss-Dygert. Please direct all questions to him.
TBD
Route/Place
Eldorado Peak/Inspiration Glacier
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USGS Eldorado Peak
USGS Forbidden Peak
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 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 carabiner
- Belay device
- Climbing harness
- Helmet
- Rescue pulley
- Fleece or puffy jacket
- Rain jacket and full-zip rain pants
- Warm gloves or mittens
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