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Intermediate Glacier Travel Lecture

Lecture: Intermediate Glacier Travel and Winter Mountaineering

Intermediate Glacier Travel Lecture - Mountaineers Kitsap Program Center

Intermediate Glacier Travel Session 2. Focused on snow anchors, belays and practicing rescue methods.

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Jerry Logan
Jerry Logan
Primary Leader
  • Moderate
  • 8 (8 capacity)
  • 3 (4 capacity)
  • Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 12:14 PM
  • Sun, Jan 25, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Session two will focus on snow anchors, belays and advanced crevasse rescue techniques. We will all set up alternative 3:1 (Drop End) and 6:1 (Drop Loop) systems. We will study forces on snow/ice anchors and ways to distribute forces on various anchors. We will demonstrate and practice belays useful in snow climbing.

7 PM at the Kitsap Program Center - 1550 Rocky Point Road NW, Bremerton WA 98312.

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Mountaineers Kitsap Program Center

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Required Equipment

Required Equipment

Harness with several slings - single and double; several locking carabiners; several non-locking carabiners, belay device, cordelette, prusiks and/or rope grab and progress capturing pulley (Tibloc and Microtraxion pulley are good examples).

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