Youth activity: Mountaineers Adventure Club
Seattle MAC - Snow 2 Field Trip - Mount Baker Recreation Area
This is the 2nd snow skills field trip covering more advanced glacier travel techniques including rope teams, crevasse safety / navigation / rescue / raising systems, objective hazard and situational awareness, team dynamics, etc. This trip has prerequisites.
Contacts
- Sat, Jun 20, 2020 — Sun, Jun 21, 2020
- Seattle Youth Outreach Committee
- Youth
- Adults
- Basic Glacier Climb
- Challenging
- Mileage: 3.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 3,640 ft
- 20 (20 capacity)
- 4 (4 capacity)
- 2 (2 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
Trip will depart Friday evening, camp at trailhead, get an early start on the day Saturday.
See trip sheet for details when it is released with 2 weeks of the trip.
Prerequisites: Crevasse rescue skills workshop and Snow 1 field trip.
Along with the prerequisites, this field trip will prepare participants to tackle the glaciated peaks of the Cascades such as Mt. Baker, Mt. Rainier, Crystal Mtn, and others. Note that participation in these field trips does guarantee eligibility for alpine and/or glacier climbs but is a basic requirement. Eligibility will be determined on a case by case basis.
Badges
students will earn:
Crevasse Rescue
Mount Baker Recreation Area
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USGS Baker Pass
USGS Mt Baker
Green Trails Mount Baker Wilderness Climbing No. 13SX - See full route/place details.
Required Equipment
see trip sheet for complete list