
Trip
Basic Glacier Climb - Sloan Peak/Corkscrew Route
One-day strenuous climb of Sloan.
- Sun, Jul 14, 2024
- Foothills Climbing Committee
- Climbing
- Basic Alpine
- Adults
- Basic Alpine Climb, Strenuous 2, Technical 2
- Challenging
- Mileage: 10.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 5,000 ft
- FULL (4 capacity)
- FULL (2 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
- Permissions will be granted based on skills, experience, and fitness.
- When request permissions, please include the following information:
- Top three glacier or snow climbs in the last two years, including routes, dates, miles, and elevation gains.
- Prior experience (in the last two years) with more than 5000 feet elevation gain in a day (or your most recent time for Mt SI or Mailbox with a 35+b pack, or something equivalent), either should include routes, dates, pack weight, miles, and elevation gains in a day.
- Optional: any other three climbs you are proud of, e.g. rock climbs or scrambles.
- The following requests will be ignored:
- Requests without the information asked above.
- Please don't send me a long essay or your climbing resume for the last ten years. Focus on answering the questions above.
TBD by email.
Route/Place
Sloan Peak/Corkscrew Route
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USGS Sloan Peak
Green Trails Mountain Loop Highway No. 111SX - 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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