
Trip
Basic Glacier Climb - Silver Star Mountain/Silver Star Glacier
Priority for Foothills climbing community (Basic students and volunteers helping running the courses) until 6/3. Please read leader notes before requesting permission.
- Sat, Jun 10, 2023
- Foothills Climbing Committee
- Climbing
- Basic Alpine
- Adults
- Basic Alpine Climb, Strenuous 1, Technical 2
- Challenging
- Elevation Gain: 5,200 ft
- FULL (4 capacity)
- FULL (2 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
TBD, but very early. Most likely will require car camping at the parking lot or nearby.
This will be one day push for Sliver Star Mountain. Please expect a very long day (14+ hours) with 5000+ elevation gain.
Please don't request leader permission before climb opening date. When requesting leader permission, please include the recent history of trips/conditioners with more than 4000ft of gain, preferably with overnight pack.
Foothills Basic students - since the climb is happening before your final exam, you can request permission to join anytime after Snow 1 field trip. However, if you are significantly struggling with your crevasse rescue skills by the trip comes, I may ask you to drop from the roster.
Foothills Basic course volunteers - at least one spot on this climb is dedicated for someone who helped run Basic course this year. If I get multiple requests, I will make a decision based on your involvement in running the course.
Silver Star Mountain/Silver Star Glacier
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USGS Silver Star Mtn
Green Trails Washington Pass No. 50
Trails Illustrated North Cascades National Park - 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
- 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