Trip
Basic Glacier Climb - Mount Rainier/Emmons Glacier
Three day climb of the Emmons Glacier route. Mentored glacier climb for Aleesha Wilson. Roster has been preselected, please do not request leader permission.
Contacts
Jonathan Foster
Primary Leader
- Fri, Jul 21, 2023 — Sun, Jul 23, 2023
- Tacoma Basic Alpine Climbing
- Climbing
- Basic Alpine
- Adults
- Basic Glacier Climb, Strenuous 5, Technical 5
- Challenging
- Elevation Gain: 10,000 ft
- 5 (5 capacity)
- 2 (2 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
Trip plan to be discussed in team emails. Please contact Aleesha Wilson for details and with pertinent questions.
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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