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Mount Anderson/Eel Glacier

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Basic Glacier Climb - Mount Anderson/Eel Glacier

Three day trip - starting Friday OR Saturday depending on best forecast. Do not join this trip unless you can be flexible in this regard and have access to a bike suitable for the Dosewallips Road approach. Mentored Lead for Jason Niemi - all Qs should be directed to him at niemijl@gmail.com.

Contacts

Marko Pavela
Marko Pavela
Primary Leader
  • Fri, May 16, 2025 — Mon, May 19, 2025
  • Olympia Basic Alpine Climbing
  • Climbing
  • Basic Alpine
  • Adults
  • Basic Glacier Climb, Basic Experience Climb
  • Moderate

Mentored Lead for Jason Niemi - all Qs should be directed to him at niemijl@gmail.com.

To join this trip you must: be available for the whole of our 4 day window, May 16-19, and have a bike suitable for the Dosewallips Rd. approach.

When requesting leaders permission, share information about how you stay prepared for long mileage trips into technical terrain, and also your plan for arriving to the trailhead with a bike and then biking the Dosewallips gravel road and surpassing likely washouts with substantial weight on your back.  Leader may ignore requests for permission that do not include information on availability, training program, and biking plan.

This trip plans to depart between May 16 and 19, depending on forecast.

Additional commuting considerations may be necessary to account for bike transport.

Plans will be fine tuned among participants prior to the trip.

Route/Place

Mount Anderson/Eel Glacier


  • USGS Mt Steel
    USGS The Brothers
    Green Trails Olympic Mountains East No. 168S
    Trails Illustrated Olympic National Park
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Required Equipment

Required Equipment

  • The Ten Essentials
  • A bicycle - skinny tires NOT recommended
  • Group gear as assigned
  • 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)
  • Sufficient carabiners to participate in roped travel and conduct crevasse rescue
  • Belay device
  • Climbing harness
  • Helmet
  • Rescue pulley
  • Suitable layers
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