
Trip
Basic Glacier Climb - Ruth Mountain & Icy Peak Traverse
Basic Glacier climb of Ruth and Icy. Preference given to Olympia Basic Climbing students.
- Info
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- Sat, Aug 16, 2014 — Sun, Aug 17, 2014
- Olympia Basic Alpine Climbing
- Climbing
- Basic Alpine
- Adults
- Basic Glacier Climb, Strenuous 3, Technical 2
- Moderate
- Elevation Gain: 5,670 ft
- 6 (6 capacity)
- 3 (3 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
Saturday, August 16, 6:00 am, I-5/Martin Way park-n-ride, to carpool.
On Saturday, we will hike in to Hannegan Pass and continue to high camp near the summit of Ruth. On Sunday, we will traverse over to Icy, return, and hike out.
Route/Place
Ruth Mountain & Icy Peak Traverse
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Green Trails Mt Shuksan No. 14
Green Trails Mount Baker Wilderness Climbing No. 13SX
USGS Mt Sefrit
USGS Mt Shuksan - 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)
- Climbing harness
- Helmet
- Glacier travel/crevasse rescue gear
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