Trip
Water Ice Climb - Mount Baker Lower Coleman Seracs & Glacier
Get ready for the upcoming ice season!
- Sat, Sep 28, 2024
- Seattle Climbing
- Climbing
- Water Ice
- Adults
- Moderate
- Mileage: 5.5 mi
- Elevation Gain: 1,400 ft
- 4 (5 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
8 AM at the Heliotrope TH
This is an ice cragging session at the Coleman seracs open to all branches and is intended for current and former Alpine/Water Ice students or those with equivalent experience to gain climbing mileage.
Participants should have some level of ice climbing/dry tooling - leaders will share tips and tricks, but this is by no means an instructional outing.
The Mountaineers doesn't have an activity template for ice cragging - feel free to reach out if you'd like to participate but don't have the Water Ice course badge.
If the forecast calls for a high likelihood of rain, I will change venues to the Wayne's World dry tooling area around Exit 38.
Participants must have the following gear:
- Helmet
- Ice Tools
- Crampons
- Harness
- Belay Device
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.
Required Equipment
- The Ten Essentials
- Ice tools
- Ice screws
- Crampons
- Harness
- Rope
- Helmet
- Mountaineering Boots
- V-thread tool
- Extra webbing and cord for anchor building
Optional:
- Hand warmers
- Extra gloves