Field trip: Basic Alpine Climbing Course
Seattle Basic Alpine SIG Field Trip - Overnight Snow Scrambling - Snoqualmie Summit Ski Areas
Basic SIG SNOW Field Trip (Part One of Two) - Ice Axe arrest, Glissade, Snow Anchors & Belays, Crevasse Rescue, Roped Travel
Contacts
- Sat, Apr 4, 2020 — Sun, Apr 5, 2020
- Seattle Climbing
- Climbing
- Basic Alpine
- Adults
- Easy
- Elevation Gain: 800 ft
- 13 (13 capacity)
- 7 (7 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
9:00 at Travelers' Rest, at the E end of the Snoqualmie Summit area. We will then convoy to the Hyak Glacier area.
APRIL 4 - This is a one day trip. Primary date is April 4 but keep Sunday April 5 open as a bad weather alternative.
Leader's notes
We will cover snow travel, including ice axe use, arrest and glissade, snow anchors and snow belays, cramponing, roped travel, and discussion of effective response to a crevasse fall.
Note that this is only Part 1 of your required SIG snow field trip and we will cover much of what you'll do at FT #4. Part 2 of our SIG Snow FT will be May 4-5 at Mt St Helens. In case you're wondering, ours is the only SIG that splits this required activity into two sessions. We do this in order to do a climb of Mt. St. Helens to satisfy the snow overnight requirement. St Helens is such a long drive that we would not have time to teach all snow skills we'll cover on April 4.
Badges
students will earn:
Snow Camping
Snoqualmie Summit Ski Areas
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Green Trails Snoqualmie Pass No. 207
Green Trails Snoqualmie Pass Gateway No. 207S
USGS Snoqualmie Pass - See full route/place details.
Required Equipment
Ice axe, crampons, helmet, harness with slings and 'biners, layers of warm clothing (and bring some dry clothing in the car for afterward), waterproof boots, gaiters, rain gear top and bottom, a few pairs of gloves, water and lunch.