
Trip
Basic Glacier Climb - Mount Baker/Coleman Glacier
Baker/Coleman in a day.
- Info
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- Mon, Jul 7, 2014
- Seattle Climbing
- Climbing
- Basic Alpine
- Adults
- Technical 3, Strenuous 3, Basic Glacier Climb
- Challenging
- Mileage: 11.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 8,100 ft
- FULL (2 capacity)
- FULL (1 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
Meet at 4:00am @ at the Heliotrope Ridge Trail trailhead. Registration opens @ 8am on 1-July. Please do not ask to be added to the climb prior to open sign-up. This route gains 8100 feet over a distance of 5.5 miles so this will be a challenging day.
Because of the nature of this climb leader permission is required.
Route/Place
Mount Baker/Coleman Glacier
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USGS Mt Baker
Green Trails Mount Baker Wilderness Climbing No. 13SX
Green Trails Mt Baker No. 13 - 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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