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Back-Up/Weather Day – St Mary's Glacier

Field trip: Alpine Scrambling Course

Back-Up/Weather Day – St Mary's Glacier

This is the first of two skills related Field Days for students enrolled in Alpine Scrambling Course Denver. All students must successfully complete both skills related Field Days to participate in Level 1 and Level 2 progressive Scramble Field Days. As we cannot control the weather, we are setting up an alternate date in case of need of cancellation for each Snow Travel Field Day. All students must be available for both days; in the case of the need to cancel this Snow Travel Field Day will be held the following weekend.

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Ken Yaphe
Primary Leader
  • Fri, May 5, 2023
  • Denver
  • Scrambling
  • Basic Alpine Climb
  • Adults
  • Challenging
  • Moderate
  • Mileage: 2.0 mi
  • Elevation Gain: 200 ft

Alternate Date: 5/12/22

  • As we cannot control the weather, we are setting up an alternate date in case of need of cancelation for each Snow Travel Field Day.  All students must be available for both days, in the case of the need to cancel this Snow Travel Field Day will be held the following weekend.

Snow Travel Field Day will focus on:

  1. Snow Travel Techniques

  2. Self-Arrest with Ice Axe

Meet Up Time: Alpine Start: 5:00am (BE EARLY)

Meet Up Place: Wooly Mammoth Park-N-Ride: 18560 US-40, Golden, CO 80401 (Section BB)

  • Carpool/Parking Contribution: $33 (83 miles RT/divided equally among students: BRING CASH/EXACT CHANGE)
  • NOTE: DEN ASC honors our all volunteer leaders by not including them in the carpool/parking fee contribution
  • NOTE: There is a $20/vehicle PARKING FEE for St. Mary’s Glacier
Route/Place

St Mary's Glacier

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Required Equipment

Required Equipment

  1. 10 Essentials
  2. Glissading Pants
  3. Ice Ax, Helmet, Extra Gloves, 2 carabiners, 2 circular webbing
  4. Your winning/learning attitude … Dress warm, prepare cold/wet/wind.
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