Field trip: Alpine Scrambling Course
Conditioning Hike - Section Line Trail
An optional conditioning hike to help students build up to the level of fitness required for successful scrambling. Get to know fellow students and instructors and get an idea of your fitness baseline on an on-trail (hiking) conditioner.
Contacts
- Mon, Mar 27, 2023
- Foothills Scrambling Committee
- Day Hiking
- Adults
- Moderate/Strenuous
- Challenging
- Mileage: 5.4 mi
- Elevation Gain: 2,100 ft
- 7 (7 capacity)
- 3 (3 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
We will meet outside of the gate at High Point (exit 20, I-90) at 5:30pm. There is not a restroom here. There is a vault toilet about .5 mile into the hike.
This will be a relaxed conditioner so folks can get to know each other, and we will stay together as a group. We'll go up the Section Line Trail (via Bus and Nook) and down Tiger #3 Trail. Participants will most likely need microspikes and definitely headlamps. More information will be sent to participants closer to the date.
Foothills grads and instructors are welcome and encouraged to sign up as instructors.
A scrambling conditioning hike to help students build up to the level of fitness required for successful scrambling. Students should plan to bring a loaded pack. How much weight will depend where they are in their conditioning progression. See the course materials for guidance. f you don't have mountaineering boots yet, just wear your hiking boots. Please leave ice axes at home.
Required Equipment
- 10 Essentials
- Mountaineering Boots
- Pack weight