
Field trip: Basic Glacier Travel Course
Basic Glacier Travel - SIG Snow Field Trip - Alpental Ski Area
ChillAx (Steve-Allison-Jill) SIG Overnight Snow Field Trip
- Info
- COVID-19: Learn about our most up-to-date guidance for participants and leaders on our COVID-19 Response page. All participants and leaders must agree to the COVID-19 Code of Conduct before participating in this Mountaineers activity.
- Sat, Apr 13, 2019 — Sun, Apr 14, 2019
- Seattle Climbing
- Climbing
- Basic Alpine
- Adults
- Moderate
- Mileage: 6.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 2,300 ft
- Pace: Moderate
- 1 (6 capacity)
- FULL (2 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
Time: We will meet no sooner than noon. Leader will send an email on Thursday night or Friday morning advising the specific meet time.
Date: We will meet on Saturday, April 13.
Place: We will meet at Travelers Rest, Exit 52, EB I-90. Same place as the one-day snow skills day events met. At bottom of exit, turn right, proceed roughly 1/2 mile past a gas station and convenience store to Travelers Rest (west half is the WSDOT rest facility; right half is a small gift shop). Roughly across the frontage road from the Commonwealth Restaurant, Ski and Snowboard Museum, and DruBrew).
Activity Destination: depending on avalanche conditions and weather, this activity will either take place in the Alpental Backcountry or above the ski lifts at Summit West (now closed to skiing for the season).
<SIG Leader: to help other course students who aren't in your SIG, please add Leader Notes here>This is a rough list of the skills we will be practicing:
Rope management: kiwi coil vs. backpack coil, slack in the rope
Digging a snow kitchen
Crevasse rescue demo
Setting up a tent in the snow: deadman anchors, platforms, boot trenches, tips on keeping warm
Roped travel: knots, tying in, racking up, passing pickets, jumping crevasses
Alpental Ski Area
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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 usual glacier travel gear: harness, helmet, ice ax, mountaineering boots, layered clothing and outerwear, crampons, locking and non-locking carabiners, slings, prusiks, rescue pulley, headlamp and fresh/spare batteries; stoves, fuel, tents, poles, fly, gear to secure tents (shared); pots for melting water and cooking food (shared); filter for purifying water (shared); sit pads, sleeping bags, pads to insulate sleeping bags from snow, snow shovels (shared), etc. Leader will provide ropes and pickets for practice, one snow shovel, and one water filter.
Please organize your own car pools and fill in the gear matrix previously provided!