
Trip
Basic Glacier Climb - Little Tahoma Cowlitz Traverse
(Read Notes 1st!) Days 3 and 4 of a 4 day alpine traverse that vists Tamanos, Sarvant Glacier, Central/Main Cowlitz Chimney, Indian Bar, Cowlitz Park, Whitman Crest, and Little Tahoma with an exit via Summerland (entire trip is ~28 miles, ~14000' elevation gain with ~18 miles of off trail travel carrying overnight packs most of the time).
- Sun, Jul 31, 2016 — Mon, Aug 1, 2016
- Seattle Climbing
- Climbing
- Basic Alpine
- Adults
- Technical 3, Strenuous 3, Basic Glacier Climb
- Challenging
- Mileage: 28.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 14,000 ft
- FULL (3 capacity)
- FULL (2 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
This is a remote and extremely strenuous alpine trip intended as a heartfelt thank you to the folks I've encountered on high end winter scrambles. These folks appreciate the importance of frequent and ongoing strenuous alpine trips to ensure a safe and enjoyable time on trips like this one. If I didn't see you this past winter (2015-2016) and would like to attend future trips like these, please consider joining us for training trips in late fall and winter of 2016-2017.
Days 3 and 4 of a 4 day alpine traverse that vists Tamanos, Sarvant Glacier, Central/Main Cowlitz Chimney, Indian Bar, Cowlitz Park, Whitman Crest, and Little Tahoma with an exit via Summerland (entire trip is ~28 miles, ~14000' elevation gain with ~18 miles of off trail travel carrying overnight packs most of the time). Attendees are required to attend all 4 days as there is no opportunity to join us for just a portion of this trip. Photos showing portions of this trip can be seen here.
See day 1 meeting place and time for Tamanos.
Little Tahoma/East Shoulder
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USGS Mt Rainier East
Green Trails Mt Rainier East No. 270 - 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