
Trip
Basic Glacier Climb - Mount Olympus/Blue Glacier
Four day climb of Mt Olympus
- Thu, Jul 24, 2025 — Sun, Jul 27, 2025
- Seattle Climbing
- Climbing
- Basic Alpine
- Adults
- Technical 3, Strenuous 4, Basic Glacier Climb, Basic Experience Climb
- Challenging
- Mileage: 44.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 7,400 ft
- FULL, 1 on waitlist (5 capacity)
- FULL (3 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
No students.
When requesting permission, please note your other glacier climbs and your fitness level. You should be extremely fit; this is a long climb and we will be moving at a steady and somewhat moderate/faster pace for this activity. I personally like early starts and only short breaks pretty far apart, so participants should be prepared for that king of a trip. My preference is to have people who I have been out with before, as I want to make sure the pace is a good fit, but I can be convinced if you have good references of other long climbs.
All participants will need to pay the leader for their share of the permit fees ($25 each), and a National Park Pass is also required for each vehicle's entry into the park.
TBD, but pretty early at the Hoh visitor's center.
Mount Olympus/Blue Glacier
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Green Trails Seven Lakes Basin/Mt Olympus Climb No. 133S
Custom Correct Mount Olympus Climber's Map
USGS Mt Olympus - See full route/place details.
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
- 4 straight gate carabiners
- 3 locking carabiners
- Large pear-shaped carabiner
- Picket
- Belay device (mainly for rappel)
- Climbing or glacier harness
- Helmet
- Rescue pulley
- Fleece or puffy jacket
- Rain jacket and full-zip rain pants
- Warm gloves or mittens
- Stoves/fuel and water filters will be shared where possible