Field trip: Alpine Ice
Alpine Ice 1/2 Combo - Heliotrope Ridge and Lower Coleman Glacier & Seracs
Students will learn the basics of alpine ice climbing and swap leads — place screws, build anchors, manage belays, build v-threads — on moderate angle (WI2+) alpine ice.
Contacts
Brian Starlin
Primary Leader
- Sat, Sep 20, 2025 — Sun, Sep 21, 2025
- Seattle Climbing Committee
- Climbing
- Intermediate Alpine
- Adults
- Moderate
- Mileage: 8.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 2,500 ft
- 4 (8 capacity)
- FULL, 1 on waitlist (4 capacity)
- Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
- Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
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Students will learn to swap leads on low alpine ice.
To be communicated during the course.
Route/Place
Heliotrope Ridge and Lower Coleman Glacier & Seracs
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USGS Mt Baker
Green Trails Mount Baker Wilderness Climbing No. 13SX
Green Trails Mt Baker No. 13 - See full route/place details.
Roster
Required Equipment
Required Equipment
- Everything needed for an alpine rock climb (minus the rock protection)
- Sharp 12 point steel crampons (no aluminum)
- Conventional ice axe
- Ice tool (optional)
- v-thread tool
- 4-5 feet of 7 mm nylon cord
- 2-3 ice screws, including one 22 cm
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