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Intermediate Alpine Ice - Field Trip 2

Field trip: Intermediate Glacier/Alpine Module

Intermediate Alpine Ice - Field Trip 2 - Mount Baker/Coleman Glacier

Technical steep ice/snow focused; the skills/concepts are applicable to almost all of your alpine climbing from here on. The field trip will cover the crevasse rescue 6:1 system with the addition of ascending out of the crevasse and swinging leads on multi-pitch snow\ice slopes

Contacts

Karl Ertler
Karl Ertler
Primary Leader
  • Technical 3, Strenuous 3, Basic Glacier Climb, M2G Advanced Glacier Ski, Basic Experience Climb
  • Easy
  • Mileage: 11.0 mi
  • Elevation Gain: 8,100 ft
  • 4 (9 capacity)
  • 1 (3 capacity)
  • Tue, Sep 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
  • Thu, Oct 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Alpine Ice 2 - SATURDAY/SUNDAY:

Technical steep ice/snow focused; the skills/concepts are applicable to almost all of your alpine climbing from here on. The field trip will cover the fundamentals of traveling on hard, steep snow slopes, placing anchors in hard snow, crampon technique and alpine ice climbing techniques.

Skills include:
- Swinging leads on multi-pitch snow/ice slopes
- 6:1 crevasse rescue technique test
- Descend and ascend out of crevasse 
- Traversing steep ice
- Building ice anchor systems

TBD

Route/Place

Mount Baker/Coleman Glacier


  • USGS Mt Baker
    Green Trails Mount Baker Wilderness Climbing No. 13SX
    Green Trails Mt Baker No. 13
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Required Equipment

Required Equipment

Gear List (non-exhaustive):
- Single/60m rope – (1) per 2 climbers
- Standard glacier gear and rescue kit
- (2-3) Pickets per climber – (4) per 2 climbers – Pair with double alpine draws, 1 per picket (1 non-locker/double runner)
- (3-4) Ice Screws – (6-8) per 2 climbers – Pair with single alpine draws, 1 per screw (2 non-lockers/single runner)
- (1) Ice axe and (1) second tool (hammer) or two tools
- Crampons and Mountaineering boots
- ATC/Large Pearabiner
- Cordelette/Quad
- V-Thread tool
- Extra slings and accessory cord (V-Thread material)
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