Field trip: Basic Alpine Climbing Course
BC Field Trip: Snow Travel - White Pass Nordic Center
Olympia Basic Climbing Course - Snow Travel
- Sat, May 3, 2025
- Olympia Basic Alpine Climbing
- Climbing
- Basic Alpine
- Adults
- Moderate
- Mileage: 5.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 600 ft
- High Point Elevation: 5,000 ft
- Pace: 2.5
- 24 (28 capacity)
- 8 (22 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
Highway parking east of summit at PCT junction.
The field trip leader will give exact coordinates and meeting time as we get closer to the event.
Skills covered:
- Ice axe arrest
- Team arrest
- Roped glacier travel
- Avalanche awareness
- Sitting hip belay
- Standing carabiner ice axe belay
- Fixed line travel
- Knots
Route/Place
White Pass Nordic Center
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Green Trails Goat Rocks William O Douglas Wilderness No. 303S
Green Trails White Pass No. 303
USGS White Pass - See full route/place details.
Roster
Required Equipment
Required Equipment
Please refer to the Student Manual.
Trip Reports