Trip
Intermediate Alpine Climb - Heliotrope Ridge and Lower Coleman Glacier & Seracs
Day of cragging on the seracs now that the road is open again.
Contacts
Paul Brown
Primary Leader
- Sat, Oct 21, 2023
- Seattle Climbing
- Climbing
- Intermediate Alpine
- Adults
- Moderate
- Mileage: 5.5 mi
- Elevation Gain: 1,400 ft
- 6 (9 capacity)
- 1 (3 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
Heliotrope Ridge TH, 7AM, ready to hike in.
Trip is pending weather and road conditions! If necessary, I'll move the trip to Sunday instead.
This will be a day of cragging on the seracs with the goal being to find a few good spots to set up top ropes and swing tools. Expected assistant leader to participant ratio is 1:3, so I'll need to recruit a full group of leaders in order to fill out the participants.
Assistant leaders should have completed the ice module, and participants should be comfortable walking on glacier ice but don't necessarily need ice climbing experience. Please include your experience in your request for leader's permission.
Route/Place
Heliotrope Ridge and Lower Coleman Glacier & Seracs
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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.
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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 locking carabiner
- Belay device
- Climbing harness
- Helmet
- Chock pick (nut tool)
- Rescue pulley
- Fleece or puffy jacket
- Rain jacket and full-zip rain pants
- Belay gloves
- Warm gloves or mittens
- Cordellete
- Picket or other relevant protection
- Extra webbing or cord
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