Field trip: Alpine Scrambling Course
Scrambling Skills Workshop - Mountaineers Seattle Program Center
Practice rock and snow skills in a controlled environment at the Seattle Program Center to prepare for your field trips.
Contacts
Stephen Johnson
Primary Leader
- Fri, Mar 28, 2025
- Foothills Scrambling Committee
- Scrambling
- Adults
- Easy
- FULL (16 capacity)
- FULL, 2 on waitlist (10 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
See course communications
In this multi-station workshop, you will practice various snow and rock scrambling techniques in a controlled environment to prepare for your field trips. You will practice:
Snow Skills
- How to hold and travel with an ice axe
- How to fit crampons
- Self-arrest position
- Walking in balance
- Turning on slopes
Rock Skills
- Ascending a summit block
- Descending a summit block
- Three points of contact
- Scree/talus/boulder travel
- Edging
- Smearing
- Stemming
- Friction/Slabs
- Protected downclimbing
Route/Place
Roster
Required Equipment
Required Equipment
- Ice Axe
- Helmet
- Mountaineering Boots
- Scramble Downclimb Kit
- Headlamp
- Rain Gear (just in case)
Trip Reports