Trip
Basic Glacier Climb - Mount Rainier/Emmons Glacier
Overnight climb of Mount Rainier via the Emmons Route (best 2-day window) for Basic Climbing graduates.
- Fri, Jun 17, 2022 — Mon, Jun 20, 2022
- Foothills Climbing Committee
- Climbing
- Basic Alpine
- Adults
- Basic Glacier Climb, Strenuous 5, Technical 5
- Challenging
- Mileage: 16.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 10,000 ft
- 4 (4 capacity)
- 2 (2 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
White River Campground at time TBD. See trip plan.
Click [+MORE] to read all notes before requesting permission.
- No students. No exceptions.
- The permit is for Jun 17-20, so we will choose the best window for the climb. All participants should be available for the entire window.
- We will overnight at Camp Schurman.
- Preference for those who have previously climbed with myself and/or Chenmin Liu.
- Please request permission now, but permission requests will not be evaluated until May 1st (i.e. you won't hear back within 72 hours!).
- Please include a summary of your most notable glacier climbs and your recent conditioning.
Route/Place
Mount Rainier/Emmons Glacier
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USGS Mt Rainier East
Green Trails Mt Rainier East No. 270
USGS Sunrise - 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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