Trip
Intermediate Alpine Climb - Little Tahoma/East Shoulder
Experience climb for Everett 2023 IGC Students. This will be a student planned and student lead climb from Paradise. All participants must purchase an individual climbing permit for Rainier.
Contacts
Scott Braswell
Primary Leader
- Sat, Jun 1, 2024 — Sun, Jun 2, 2024
- Everett Climbing Committee
- Climbing
- Intermediate Alpine
- Adults
- Strenuous 3, Technical 3, Snow Scramble, Basic Glacier Climb, Basic Rock Climb, Basic Alpine Climb
- Challenging
- Mileage: 14.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 9,000 ft
- High Point Elevation: 11,138 ft
- 5 (5 capacity)
- 1 (1 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
TBD
This is a student-planned and student-lead climb. My role will be to facilitate (aka. lead from the back) and provide oversight. Students will be responsible for all logistics, route selection, navigation, decision making, and contingency planning.
Route/Place
Meany Crest
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Green Trails Mount Rainier Wonderland No. 269SX
Green Trails Mt Rainier East No. 270
Trails Illustrated Mount Rainier National Park
USGS Mt Rainier East - See full route/place details.
Roster
Required Equipment
Required Equipment
- The Ten Essentials
- Mountain boots that can accept crampons (not hiking boots)
- Crampons
- Snowshoes
- An ice axe (not technical ice tools)
- A sleeping bag rated to +20 degrees or colder
- Closed cell foam pad
- A back pack (40 to 60 liters)
- Texas Prusiks
- Carabiners
- Large pear-shaped locking carabiner
- Belay device
- Climbing harness
- Helmet
- Rescue pulley & prusik
- 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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