Field trip: Basic Snowshoeing
Basic Snowshoeing (old) - Field trip - Alpental Ski Area
Hands on practice of snow travel skills and hazard identification during a short snowshoe trek
Contacts
Eugene Keltgen
Primary Leader
- Sat, Jan 12, 2019
- Tacoma Snowshoeing Committee
- Snowshoeing
- Basic
- Adults
- For Beginners (Getting Started Series)
- Mileage: 6.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 2,300 ft
- 4 (36 capacity)
- 3 (12 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
To be determined in e-mail as identified during the course lecture or at a minimum the Thursday, January 10, 2019
Skills to be demonstrated and practiced
- Donning and removing snowshoes
- Falling without injury
- Getting up from a fall
- Travel techniques
- Herringbone
- Switching back
- Side stepping
- Kick step
- Rest Step
- Breaking trail
- Turning in snowshoe
- Walking backwards in snowshoes
- Plunge stepping
- Snowshoe striding
Route/Place
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.
Roster
Required Equipment
Required Equipment
- Winter gear
- Snowshoes
- Trekking poles
- Ten Essentials
- Plastic Bag for wet gear
- Map from student manual
- Change of clothes after trip (Recommended)
Trip Reports