Field trip: Basic Alpine Climbing Course
Seattle SIG Practices and Conditioners - West Tiger Mountain No. 3 Cable Line
SIG activities, including skill practices conditioning trips
Contacts
- Thu, Dec 3, 2020
- Seattle Climbing
- Climbing
- Basic Alpine
- Adults
- Strenuous
- Challenging
- Mileage: 3.2 mi
- Elevation Gain: 2,100 ft
- 4 (7 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
Meet on Cable Line Trailhead on SE 79th St, just off I-90 Exit 20. Don't go up through the gate to the upper parking lot. No parking pass required.
Boots on the trail at 5 pm all ready to depart.
Open to all.
It will definitely be dark, probably wet, so headlamp is a hard requirement. Dress in layers for the weather, and have appropriate footwear.
Our goal is to get to make steady progress to West Tiger #3 summit in an hour or less, ideally without rest stops. We'll tag the top, and shoot for a steady descent of about 45 minutes.
Feel free to carry some training weight, but exercise good judgement. It's not an evaluation, so it's perfectly fine to leave the heavy pack behind if you haven't been hiking or carrying weight in a while, or especially if you haven't done this trail before. It's way better to go light and keep up than vice versa.
Required Equipment
As determined by leader.