Field trip: Basic Alpine Climbing Course
Seattle Basic SIG SNOW FT - SIG Snow Overnight (Snow Anchors & Belays, Crevasse Rescue, Snow Camping, & Roped Travel) - Snoqualmie Summit Ski Areas
SIG Snow Field Trip (Snow Anchors & Belays, Crevasse Rescue, Roped Travel) - PART 1 OF 2
Contacts
- Sat, Apr 4, 2020 — Sun, Apr 5, 2020
- Seattle Climbing
- Climbing
- Adults
- Casual
- Elevation Gain: 800 ft
- 3 (13 capacity)
- 1 (7 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
9:00 am at the Hyak Glacier (Summit East) parking area.
This SIG field trip will introduce basic climbing class students to the basics of snow belays, snow anchors, walking in crampons, and roped travel
This is PART 1 of two parts.
PART 2 will be an overnight snow camp and climb of Mt St Helens May 2-3. Ours is the only SIG that splits the required SIG Snow activity into two parts. Climbing St Helens in winter conditions is a great experience, but the long drive and approach would not leave us time to teach all the snow skills in the SIG curriculum
Sunday April 4 is our primary date. If the forecast looks terrible for Sunday and better on Saturday, we may shift to Saturday April 5. Try to keep both days open.
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
All required snow travel equipment, including: boots, crampons, gaiters, harness with slings biners and belay device, helmet, ice axe, layers of warm clothing (no cotton!) with extra in the car for afterward, rain gear top and bottom, gloves and extras, lunch and water.
More detail will be sent with the logistics email before the event.