WCR - Winter Mountaineering - Mountaineers Seattle Program Center

6-9pm program center - cascade

Snow Anchors

• Learn and practice traditional snow anchors, like vertical pickets, mid clip pickets, and deadman pickets
• Review of bollards
• Learn/practice using non traditional anchors, like skis, backpacks, water bottles, etc

Belaying

• Learn/practice methods of belaying a follower, including butt-axe belay, stomper belays

Snow Shelters

• Practice building overnight snow shelters