Badge
Crevasse Rescue
Represents proficiency in crevasse team rescue using a 3 to1 "z-pulley" system and ascending a line using friction hitches or ascending devices.
The holder of this badge has demonstrated proficiency in the following skills, as witnessed by a Mountaineers leader or designee.
- Traveling as a rope team
- Arresting a fall
- Building snow anchors
- Building and employing a hauling system
- Ascending a line using friction hitches