Field trip: Alpine Ice
Alpine Ice FT2 - Heliotrope Ridge and Lower Coleman Glacier & Seracs
Students will swap leads on alpine low angle glacier ice
Contacts
Paul Brown
Primary Leader
- Sat, Sep 11, 2021
- Seattle Climbing Committee
- Climbing
- Intermediate Alpine
- Adults
- Moderate
- Mileage: 5.5 mi
- Elevation Gain: 1,400 ft
- 3 (9 capacity)
- FULL (3 capacity)
- Fri, May 7, 2021 at 7:58 PM
- Thu, Sep 9, 2021 at 5:00 PM
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
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Students learn to swap leads on low angle glacier ice.
8:00 am heliotrope ridge trailhead
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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