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WMCR - Experience Trip 1 - Rescue + Emergency Preparedness

Field trip: Winter Mountaineering & Advanced Crevasse Rescue (aka Intermediate Glacier Travel) - Mixed Cohort

WMCR - Experience Trip 1 - Rescue + Emergency Preparedness - Eldorado Peak/Inspiration Glacier

Intermediate Glacier Travel Field Trip Part 2.

Contacts

Peter Tran
Peter Tran
Primary Leader
  • Sat, Jun 8, 2019 — Sun, Jun 9, 2019
  • Seattle Climbing
  • Climbing
  • Adults
  • Basic Glacier Climb, Strenuous 3, Technical 2
  • Moderate

TBD

This is Part 2 of the Intermediate Glacier Travel Field Trip. Students must have taken Part 1 with Peter Tran (link here).

Part 1 will have reviewed crevasse rescue and snow anchors

Part 2 day 1 will include a review of unroped and roped travel, ice axe arrest, route finding, and leadership. Students will also organize and plan a climb of Eldorado Peak via the Inspiration Glacier

 

If weather is amenable, Part 2 Day 2 will include the execution of the students plan to summit Eldorado via the Inspiration Glacier. Students will be expected to lead, navigate, and manage the climb with minimal help from the climb leader and instructors.

Route/Place

Eldorado Peak/Inspiration Glacier

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Required Equipment

Required Equipment

  • Overnight Glacier equipment
  • Picket
  • Harness
  • Avalanche Gear (beacon, shovel, probe)
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