Trip
Basic Glacier Climb - Eldorado Peak/Inspiration Glacier
Basic SIG glacier climb for Ashish-Daryl.
Contacts
Ashish Rawat
Primary Leader
Qualified Youth Leader
- Sun, Jun 9, 2024 — Mon, Jun 10, 2024
- Seattle Climbing
- Climbing
- Basic Alpine
- Adults
- Basic Glacier Climb, Strenuous 3, Technical 2
- Challenging
- Elevation Gain: 6,768 ft
- FULL, 1 on waitlist (6 capacity)
- FULL (3 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
TBD
Strenuous two day glacier climb with incredible views of the North Cascades. Second day is pretty long with a lot of elevation gain and loss in varied terrain. We will go at a consistent pace.
I may have spot open for Non-SIG climbers, please reach out to me around late May. Please share your fitness level and the recent alpine and glacier climbs you've done (attempts or summited doesn't matter).
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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