Field trip: Alpine Ice
Alpine Ice FT 1 - Heliotrope Ridge and Lower Coleman Glacier & Seracs
Learn the basics of alpine ice climbing
Contacts
Takeo Kuraishi
Primary Leader
- Mon, Sep 2, 2019
- Seattle Climbing Committee
- Climbing
- Intermediate Alpine
- Adults
- Moderate
- Mileage: 5.5 mi
- Elevation Gain: 1,400 ft
- 4 (9 capacity)
- FULL (3 capacity)
- Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 10:00 AM
- Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 5:00 PM
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
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Students will learn
- different crampon techniques for ascending and descending on ice
- build v-threads
- build top rope anchors on ice
- place ice screws
Meet at the Helioptrope Ridge Trailhead (https://goo.gl/maps/Tuue8CuR2o3ZEe8SA) at TBD to hike up to the seracs.
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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