Trip
Basic Glacier Climb - Ruth Mountain & Icy Peak Traverse
This is a mentored climb for Sara Ludeman. Please contact her directly: saraludeman@ymail.com
Contacts
Ron Lavigne
Primary Leader
- Sun, Jul 14, 2019
- Olympia Basic Alpine Climbing
- Climbing
- Basic Alpine
- Adults
- Technical 2, Strenuous 3, Basic Glacier Climb, M2G Advanced Glacier Ski
- Challenging
- Mileage: 13.6 mi
- Elevation Gain: 4,100 ft
- FULL (3 capacity)
- 1 (3 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
TBD. We will be camping near the climb Saturday night and completing this climb in a day.
Route/Place
Ruth Mountain & Icy Peak Traverse
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Green Trails Mt Shuksan No. 14
Green Trails Mount Baker Wilderness Climbing No. 13SX
Green Trails North Cascades Ross Lake No. 16SX
USGS Mt Sefrit
USGS Mt Shuksan - 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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