Clinic
Seattle Basic Climbing Refresher Clinic - Snow & Glacier Travel Skills - Alpental Ski Area
Snow Travel and Crevasse Rescue Practice
Contacts
- Sat, May 19, 2018
- Seattle Climbing Committee
- Climbing
- Basic Alpine
- Adults
- Moderate
- 2 (12 capacity)
- FULL (3 capacity)
- Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 6:00 AM
- Thu, May 17, 2018 at 5:00 PM
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
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The Seattle Basic Refresher Clinics offer Basic Alpine Climbing graduates and Glacier Travel graduates, and non-Mountaineer members with equivalent training and experience, the opportunity to review the skills and techniques they learned in the course. Cost per clinic: $0
More information on the Seattle Basic Refresher Clinics series
This Seattle Basic Refresher Clinic - Snow and Glacier Travel - covers snow and glacier travel skills.
Clinic Materials (Information from the Basic Alpine Climbing Course Materials)
Skills to be practiced:
- Ice axe arrest
- Glissading
- Snow and Glacier travel techniques (rest step, crossing crevasses)
- Snow Anchors
- Crevasse Rescue
Meet at upper-most parking lot (beyond the standard Snow Lake parking area) if the gate is open.
Arrive by 9am.
Alpental Ski Area
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Green Trails Snoqualmie Pass No. 207
Green Trails Snoqualmie Pass Gateway No. 207S
USGS Snoqualmie Pass - See full route/place details.
Required Equipment
Glacier & Snow travel gear
Material to try as a snow anchor
Crampons if you want to check the fit.
Helmets for ice axe arrest practice.