Trip
Basic Glacier Climb - Snowfield Peak/Neve Glacier
A strenuous glacier climb with amazing scenery in the North Cascades.
Contacts
Paul Wade
Primary Leader
- Fri, Jun 20, 2025 — Sat, Jun 21, 2025
- Seattle Climbing
- Climbing
- Basic Alpine
- Adults
- Basic Glacier Climb, Technical 2, Strenuous 4
- Challenging
- Mileage: 16.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 7,500 ft
- 4 (4 capacity)
- FULL, 1 on waitlist (2 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
TBD via email
Open to all basic climbing graduates only. Request leader's permission when climb opens. Scrambling and steep off trail travel skills and experience probably most valuable for this climb, so speak to your recent experience in those areas as well as conditioning in the time leading up to the climb when requesting permission.
Route/Place
Snowfield Peak/Neve Glacier
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USGS Diablo Dam
USGS Ross Dam
Green Trails North Cascades Ross Lake No. 16SX
Green Trails Diablo Dam No. 48 - 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
Trip Reports