Trip
Basic Glacier Climb - Glacier Peak/Disappointment Peak Cleaver
Seattle Basic Climb and Glacier Travel Course STUDENTS have signup priority until end of day 5/16/2016.
- Sat, Jun 25, 2016 — Mon, Jun 27, 2016
- Seattle Climbing
- Climbing
- Basic Alpine
- Adults
- Basic Glacier Climb
- Moderate
- Mileage: 33.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 8,200 ft
- FULL, 4 on waitlist (3 capacity)
- FULL (3 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
TBD
Seattle Basic Climb and Glacier Travel Course STUDENTS have priority until end of day 5/16/2016. Students and Basic Graduates from other branches may sign up after 5/16/2016. Participants must be confident they have the fitness necessary to complete this 3-day climb carrying their personal overnight gear, personal climb gear, 3 days of food, and some group gear. Day 1 will be about 9-12 hours of hiking to reach camp. Overall elevation gain over 3 days will exceed 8,000 vertical feet. Moderate pace.
Registration opens online on Monday May 16 at 5:30 AM and closes on Monday June 20 at 8 PM. Leader permission is NOT required. NO EARLY SIGN UPS. Good Luck! Click Fast! Please be available via email during the week prior to the climb to coordinate pre-climb logistics. If you sign up on the WAIT LIST and no longer intend to climb, PLEASE REMOVE YOURSELF FROM the wait-list so someone else can climb.
Glacier Peak/Disappointment Peak Cleaver
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USGS Glacier Peak West
USGS Glacier Peak East
USGS Sloan Peak
Green Trails Mountain Loop Highway No. 111SX
Green Trails Glacier Peak No. 112
Trails Illustrated Glacier Peak Wilderness - See full route/place details.
Required Equipment
- The Ten Essentials
- Mountaineering boots that can accept crampons (not hiking boots)
- Crampons that fit the boots you will be wearing for this trip
- An ice axe
- A sleeping bag rated to +30 degrees or colder
- A sleeping pad
- A back pack (40 to 60 liters)
- hero loop
- foot and chest prussiks
- 6 straight gate carabiners
- 2 locking carabiners
- Large pear-shaped carabiner
- Belay device
- Climbing harness
- Helmet
- Rescue pulley
- Fleece or puffy jacket
- Rain jacket and full-zip rain pants
- Warm gloves
- glacier sunglasses
- 10 essentials
- stove+pot+fuel
- water filter/purification