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WCR - Small Party Rescue

Field trip: Winter Mountaineering & Advanced Crevasse Rescue

WCR - Small Party Rescue - Alpental Ski Area

Small Party Rescue: scenarios. Best weather day.

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Rodrigo Toso
Rodrigo Toso
Primary Leader
  • Easy
  • Mileage: 4.0 mi
  • Elevation Gain: 800 ft
  • FULL (6 capacity)
  • 2 (6 capacity)
  • Sun, Sep 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
  • Thu, Mar 26, 2026 at 5:00 PM
  • Cancellation & Refund Policy
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The focus will be lower-to-raise. You are a rope leader in a climb with 2 rope teams of 3 and the climb leader fell in a crevasse. The climb leader's rope team managed to arrest the fall and transfer the load to a snow anchor, and then your rope team arrived at the scene. The 2 climbers that arrested the fall are tired, so your rope team of 3 will perform the rescue. Needless to say, you don't trust their anchor and need to place yours.
  • If needed, we can start the day with a brief demo of the entire small party rescue scenario for lower-to-raise.
  • After splitting the students into 2 rescue teams, students will alternate between the roles of: subject (fallen climber), attendant/first aid, and mainline operator/controller (lowers the attendant, converts the system to raise, and then raises the two people from inside the crevasse).
  • An instructor will play the safety/belayer (communicates, checks, and operates the belay line).

Best weather day. Eastgate Park and Ride to consolidate cars. Need a minimum number of cars with permits for the Alpental Ski Area; else, will discuss options.

Badges

students will earn:

Route/Place

Alpental Ski Area


  • Green Trails Snoqualmie Pass No. 207
    Green Trails Snoqualmie Pass Gateway No. 207S
    USGS Snoqualmie Pass
  • See full route/place details.
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Required Equipment

Required Equipment

Glacier rack, flotation, layers for the weather.

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