Event Category: Ice Climbing

  • Head up to the Mt. Baker seracs via Heliotrope trail (2 hour hike). Set up some top roping for the day and swing away! Great day to get out and learn for your first time or get some practice before the season starts! Hike out (1 hour down) and get back to sumas border by […]

  • The weather is getting too warm, so we’re jusing doing a day trip to the Rambles now.

  • We will go to the heliotrope ridge trailhead and hike up to the seracs. Event is weather dependent, so if the forecast deteriorates the event may get cancelled at the last moment. Participants should be able to belay safely and have crampons and ice axes, and some experience using them. Poles are also handy for […]

  • Find a spot on the seracs to set up a few ropes and get some early season training! Beginner friendly, must have crampons and boots that fit.

  • Ice climbing laps before the Christmas feast: I climbed in Cal-Cheak last week and the ice was in great shape with all the ice flows well formed: 1) A easier flow on the right (WI3), 2) a really good line on a icy corner on the left (thinner for leads) and a 3) very fun […]