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TAC MAC Ski/Splitboard Touring Skills

Youth activity: Mountaineers Adventure Club - Tacoma

TAC MAC Ski/Splitboard Touring Skills - Mazama Ridge (Mount Rainier)

Skill building for backcountry skiing and snowboarding

Contacts

Sarah Holt
Sarah Holt
Primary Leader
  • Moderate, M1 Intremediate Ski
  • Moderate
  • Mileage: 6.0 mi
  • Elevation Gain: 2,000 ft
  • 5 (9 capacity)
  • FULL (3 capacity)
  • Tue, Oct 11, 2022 at 11:23 AM
  • Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 5:00 PM
  • Cancellation & Refund Policy
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We will practice skills for ski touring, including:

  • Efficient skinning movements
  • Track setting
  • Kick turns
  • Transitions
  • Avalanche safety
  • Group management and decision-making in a bc ski setting

TBD

Roster
Route/Place

Mazama Ridge (Mount Rainier)


  • USGS Mt Rainier East
    Green Trails Mt Rainier East No. 270
    Green Trails Paradise No. 270S
    Green Trails Mount Rainier Wonderland No. 269SX
  • See full route/place details.
Required Equipment

Required Equipment

Participants must source their own backcountry set up. The Mountaineers does not have any available for loan.

  • Skis with a touring binding (frame binding, tech binding, or shifts are all acceptable) or splitboard
  • Ski touring boots with a walk mode, or snowboard boots if splitboarding
  • Ski helmet
  • Goggles
  • Skins
  • Poles

Avalanche safety equipment (The Mountaineers may be able to source these for you)

  • Avalanche beacon
  • Probe
  • Snow shovel

Other:

  • Appropriate clothing for snow travel
  • 10 essentials
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