Trip
Basic Glacier Climb - Glacier Peak/Disappointment Peak Cleaver
A beautiful climb in the Cascades!
Contacts
Jeffrey Wirtz
Primary Leader
Qualified Youth Leader
- Fri, Jul 12, 2024 — Sun, Jul 14, 2024
- Tacoma Basic Alpine Climbing
- Climbing
- Basic Alpine
- Adults
- Basic Glacier Climb
- Challenging
- Mileage: 33.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 8,200 ft
- FULL, 2 on waitlist (5 capacity)
- FULL (4 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
TBD
Mentored glacier climb for Nelson Hamre. Please direct all inquiries to Nelson at:
nelson.hamre@hotmail.com
Priority for Tacoma Basic Climbing students until July 7th.
When contacting the mentored leader, please provide some details on this season's training and any long hikes or approaches that you've done this year.
Route/Place
Glacier Peak/Disappointment Peak Cleaver
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USGS Glacier Peak West
USGS Glacier Peak East
USGS Sloan Peak
Green Trails Mountain Loop Highway No. 111SX
Green Trails Glacier Peak No. 112
Trails Illustrated Glacier Peak Wilderness - 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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