Clinic
Seattle Basic Climbing Refresher Clinic - Snow & Glacier Travel Skills - Snoqualmie Summit Central
Practice Crevasse Rescue on snow, followed by an hour or so of ice axe practice
Contacts
- Sun, Apr 28, 2019
- Seattle Climbing Committee
- Climbing
- Basic Alpine
- Adults
- Moderate
- Elevation Gain: 800 ft
- 10 (10 capacity)
- 4 (4 capacity)
- Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 7:00 AM
- Fri, Apr 26, 2019 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.
Skills to be practiced:
- Ice axe arrest
- Glissading
- Snow and Glacier travel techniques (rest step, crossing crevasses)
- Snow Anchors
- Crevasse Rescue
Meet at the Silver Fir Chair parking area (which is ~ 1/4 mile east of the main Sumit Central parking lot @ 9:00AM
Snoqualmie Summit Ski Areas
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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.