Trip
Basic Glacier Climb - Mount Shuksan/Sulphide Glacier
Incredible PNW glacier climb with views for miles
Contacts
Danny Casady
Primary Leader
- Sun, Jun 29, 2025 — Mon, Jun 30, 2025
- Tacoma Basic Alpine Climbing
- Climbing
- Basic Alpine
- Adults
- Basic Glacier Climb, Strenuous 3, Technical 2
- Moderate
- Mileage: 16.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 6,500 ft
- Pace: 1000ft/hr
- 6 (6 capacity)
- 3 (3 capacity)
- Sun, Jun 1, 2025 at 7:00 AM
- Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
- iCal Google
Priority to Tacoma Basic Alpine Climb students who still need a climb to graduate until June 1st. Others may requests starting June 1st, 2025.
Details are TBD pending permitting and conditions.
Route/Place
Mount Shuksan/Sulphide Glacier
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Green Trails Lake Shannon No. 46
Green Trails Mt Shuksan No. 14
USGS Shuksan Arm
USGS Mt Shuksan
Green Trails Mount Baker Wilderness Climbing No. 13SX - 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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