Trip
Basic Rock Climb - Mount Cruiser/Southwest Corner
Mentored climb for Andrea Turner
Contacts
Erik Tuvey
Primary Leader
- Sat, Jul 8, 2023 — Sun, Jul 9, 2023
- Tacoma Basic Alpine Climbing
- Climbing
- Basic Alpine
- Adults
- Basic Rock Climb, Strenuous 3, Technical 2
- Challenging
- Mileage: 20.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 5,300 ft
- 3 (3 capacity)
- 3 (3 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
TBD
Contact Mentored Leader Andrea Turner by email for all trip inquiries. We'll be camping at Flapjack Lakes on Saturday night. Note this is a climb with plenty of exposure so please mention your experience with this when contacting Andrea. This shouldn't be your first basic alpine rock climb.
Route/Place
Mount Cruiser/Southwest Corner
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USGS Mt Skokomish
USGS Mt Steel
Green Trails Mt Steel No. 167
Green Trails Olympic Mountains East No. 168S - See full route/place details.
Roster
Required Equipment
Required Equipment
- The Ten Essentials
- Overnight gear (we will coordinate group gear)
- Mountain boots that can accept crampons (not hiking boots)
- Crampons
- An ice axe (not technical ice tools)
- 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
- Chock pick (nut tool)
- Fleece or puffy jacket
- Rain jacket and full-zip rain pants
- Belay gloves
- Warm gloves or mittens
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