Trip
Basic Glacier Climb - Mount Rainier/Emmons Glacier
Mid-summer climb to the top of Washington state.
Contacts
Curtis Stock
Primary Leader
- Fri, Jul 19, 2019 — Sun, Jul 21, 2019
- Tacoma Basic Alpine Climbing
- Climbing
- Basic Alpine
- Adults
- Basic Glacier Climb, Strenuous 5, Technical 5
- Challenging
- Elevation Gain: 10,000 ft
- High Point Elevation: 14,410 ft
- FULL, 8 on waitlist (6 capacity)
- FULL (3 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
TBD
Priority for Tacoma Climbing community until 7/5/19. Individual climbing pass required at a cost of $50 (must be obtained online prior to trip departure date and provided to trip leader)
Route/Place
Mount Rainier/Emmons Glacier
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USGS Mt Rainier East
Green Trails Mt Rainier East No. 270
USGS Sunrise - 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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