Washington Alpine Club

Basic Climbing Class

Field Trip Schedule

On the schedule below, you will find directions to class, and the organizer documents (instructions on how to organize the fieldtrip).

Be sure to look at the gear schedule to pack correctly.  There will be pack checks, and if you don't have the required gear, you may not be able to participate in the class.   

Field Trip Topics Include Maps to Class Organizer Documents
Saturday, April 3 Mt. Si Knots, Map & Compass  Mount Si Rd, North Bend
Approx. Map
Mt. Si
Saturday, April 10 Spire I Climbing, Rappelling, Glacier Travel Military Rd S, just West of Highway 7, Spanaway
Map
Spire
Saturday, April 17 Spire II Climbing, Rappelling, Glacier Travel, Map & Compass Same as SPIRE1 Spire
Saturday, April 24 Mt. Erie Climbing, Rappelling, Anchors Ray Auld Dr, Anacortes
Directions
Map
Mt. Erie
Sat/Sun, May 1, 2 Snow I Self Arrest, Snow Travel, Snow Anchors, Glacier Travel WAC Cabin
Directions
Map
Snow 1
One of May 14, 15, 16 Alpine I "Let's Go Climbing!" Alpental  Parking Lot Directions Map Alpine
One of May 21, 22, 23 Alpine II "Let's Go Climbing!" Same as Alpine I Alpine
Sat/Sun, June 5, 6 Snow II Glacier Travel, Low Angle Ice, Crevasse Rescue, High Angle Ice Paradise Parking Lot, Mt. Rainier NP
NPS Directions
Campground Info
Snow 2
Sat/Sun, June 12, 13 Mt. Baker "Let's Go Climbing!" Schreiber Meadow Trailhead Mt. Baker
Sat/Sun, Jne 19, 20 Baker Backup If June 12, 13 is canceled.    

A complete set of the class destinations can be found here (Live Maps) or here (Google Maps).

Weekend Organizers:  Organizer documents are at each of the links on the right.  Download and edit the files to put the weekend together. These are a blend of the 2008 (or earlier) and the 2009 versions of the docs. If you have edits and revisions, please contact Mike to update the documents.