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Intermediate Glacier Travel - Seattle - 2022

Climbing Course

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

APPLICATIONS FOR 2022 COURSE ARE NOW CLOSED. SELECTED APPLICANTS WILL BE NOTIFIED BY DECEMBER 20. DO NOT REGISTER UNTIL YOU HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED INTO COURSE. Looking to be a glacier rope lead? Want to take your basic crevasse rescue skills and apply them to more scenarios? Sign up for the intermediate glacier travel course!

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Catharine Killien
Catharine Killien
Leader

Learn skills to travel over steep snow and glaciers efficiently and with confidence.

This course is the pre-requisite course to becoming a rope leader on glacier climbs for The Mountaineers. Students must be basic alpine climbing course graduates or basic glacier graduates to take this course.

CURRICULUM

  • Winter Mountaineering: emergency shelters, snow anchors, belaying, steep snow
  • Advanced Crevasse Rescue: 3:1 Z-Pulley, 2:1 to 6:1 conversion
  • Summer Glacier Travel: anchors and belaying in firm snow/ice, glacier navigation and terrain selection, trip planing 
  • Leadership: leading a rope team on a basic climb, techniques for rope management and moving efficiently, working with basic students 

PREREQUISITES 

  • Basic Alpine Climbing or Basic Glacier Travel Course graduate 
  • 1+ Basic Glacier Climbs
  • AIARE Level 1 (must be completed prior to Winter Mountaineering Field Trip. Not required to be completed at time of application) 
  • Type 2 Fun appreciation 

PREREQUISITES 

  • Please fill out the short application form by December 1, 2022
  • Students will be notified of acceptance by December 20, 2022

 This module is one of the 6 Intermediate course modules. To learn more about the intermediate program visit the Seattle Intermediate webpage. An intermediate info session is planned for Nov 9 if you have further questions.

Badges you will earn:

Course Requirements

This course has no scheduled activities.

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Required Equipment

Harness, a couple single slings, a couple double slings, a cordellete, an ice axe, crampons, prussik cord/loop, a couple locking carabiners, belay device (petzl reverso or black diamond guide).

Course leader will email more detailed equipment list to accepted applicants. 

Course Materials
Name/Description
2018 Intermediate Alpine Climbing Handbook

Info about prerequisites for modules and club climbs, graduation requirements, course tracking and more.
WMCR Course Handbook - Seattle v2024.pdf
WMCR FT4 Small Party Rescue Skills v2024.pdf