Field trip: Intermediate Alpine Climbing Program
Intermediate Field Trip #5 Hard Snow / Ice Climbing 1 - Observation Rock/North Face
This field trip practices the fundamentals of traveling on steep hard snow including anchor placement, crampon techniques, ice axe techniques, swinging leads on steep snow/ice as well as testing the Z by C rescue method.
Contacts
- Sun, Jul 29, 2018 — Mon, Jul 30, 2018
- Tacoma Climbing Subcommittee - Intermediate Climbing
- Climbing
- Intermediate Alpine
- Adults
- Intermediate Ice Climb
- Moderate
- Mileage: 13.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 3,600 ft
- 1 (6 capacity)
- FULL (2 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
Mowich Lake Trailhead, Meeting time TBD
This field trip will cover the fundamentals of traveling on hard, steep snow slopes, placing anchors in hard snow, crampon technique, and ice climbing techniques of low dagger, high dagger, traction, etc.
Skills include:
- belay anchors and running belays
-Swinging leads on multi-pitch snow and ice slopes
- French and German crampon techniques
-Z by C crevasse rescue technique test
-Traversing steep slopes
- Rapelling and recovering rappel anchors on snow slopes
- Building anchor systems
Prerequisite: Students must have satisfactorily completed the self rescue course and both rock field trips.
Observation Rock/North Face
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USGS Mowich Lake
USGS Mt Rainier West
Green Trails Mount Rainier Wonderland No. 269SX - See full route/place details.
Required Equipment
harness, helmet, 12 point crampons, belay gloves, ice axe, 3 ice screws, 2 rescue pulleys, leader tie-off, 10 Es, 4 single runners, 8 carabiners, second ice tool, 3 prussic slings, chest sling, 2 double runners, 4 locking biners, 1 rope per 2 climbers, overnight gear, belay device 2 pickets, cordelette.