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Seattle MAC Winter Scramble

Youth activity: Mountaineers Adventure Club

Seattle MAC Winter Scramble - Norse Peak

Join MAC for a scramble of a peak or summit in the Cascades which includes travel on rock, snow slopes, or has sections of steep off-trail terrain that is not easily categorized (such as scree, dirt, heather, etc). This trip has prerequisites, see leader's notes for details.

Contacts

Andy Cahn
Andy Cahn
Primary Leader
Qualified Youth Leader
  • Strenuous 3, Technical 2, Snow Scramble, Winter Scramble
  • Moderate
  • Mileage: 8.0 mi
  • Elevation Gain: 2,900 ft

All cars will meet at the Norse Peak Trailhead at 7:45 AM and start hiking at 8.

Directions to trailhead: From Enumclaw, drive SR 410 east for 33 miles to Crystal Mountain Road. Turn and drive 4.2 miles to Gold Hill Road on the left. Park on the right-side shoulder of Crystal Mountain Road, then cross the road and hike 0.2 miles up Gold Hill Road to the Norse Peak trailhead.

Carpool: Link Here If you plan on driving separately, please offer open seats to other students.

Must have a NW Forest Pass.

Trip Sheet (Coming Soon)

EAP (Coming soon)

Prerequisites:

Winter scramble participants should know basic snow travel, how to put on a crampon, and how to use an ice axe. Students should have completed Snow 1 by the trip date. 
If a MAC member wants to participate, but has not taken the Snow 1 course then the participant will need instructor permission. Please message the instructor with your snow travel experience and whether or not you know how to use crampons/ice axe.

MAC students who have participated in alpine climbs will be allowed to participate in scrambles automatically - If the scramble will involve snow travel, at least one of those alpine climbs should be a glacier climb and if the scramble will involve more rock, the alpine climb should be an alpine rock route. The exact experience requirements are up to the discretion of the leader. 

Route/Place

Norse Peak


  • USGS Norse Peak
    Green Trails Bumping Lake No. 271
    Green Trails Mount Rainier Wonderland No. 269SX
  • See full route/place details.
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Required Equipment

Required Equipment

See trip sheet for detailed packing list. 

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