Description

NOTE: THIS IS
NOT
A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE BASIC MOUNTAINEERING
COURSE! We strongly recommend taking that course on top
of joining our trip ☺

This trip is designed for women with little or no mountaineering
experience. It’s ideal if you’re in pretty good shape, physically,
but no need to be a superstar athlete.

The purpose of this trip is to put into practice basic
mountaineering skills. Our exact route and
objective is still a bit up in the air since it’ll depend on
conditions, weather etc., but it’ll probably be the Coleman-
Deming route on Mount Baker, or something similar.

The itinerary will look something like this:

Tuesday, May 24: (Pre-Trip Info Session)

• To be held at Mahony & Sons –
  Stamps Landing
• Bring your backpack and gear to this session! We will
  review what to pack and how to select it (e.g. if you’re thinking
  of buying or renting, or trying to decide which jacket to pack),
  how to pack your bag, how to fit crampons to your boots, and
  all other things gear-related
• We’ll also go over some of the basic knots and how we will
  tie in to the rope when on the mountain (this will be reviewed
  again on the actual trip)

*NOTE: if some folks cannot make this date, we may
run a second session a week prior to or after*

Saturday, June 18: (Approach)

• Meet in the morning and carpool to the trailhead
• Go over last-minute questions about gear, the itinerary, and
  some safety considerations
• Approach to “base camp” on the mountain (likely 3-4 hours
  hike)
• Set up camp and practice winter/snow camping

Sunday, June 19 (Mountaineering Day School)

Skills practice day which will cover…

1. Ice axe self arrest
2. Team arrest
3. Walking in crampons
4. The “rest step”
5. Breathing techniques
6. “Roping up” and traveling roped
7. Communication protocol
8. Basic hazard identification
9. Other topics, as time permits

Monday, June 20 (Summit Day!)

• Early alpine start and summit
• Apply your skills!
• Take pictures, revel in victory, post to Instagram (haha)
• Head back to the trailhead and go home

You are expected
to have your own gear and equipment. We will email you later
what group gear will be provided and what can be rented at a
minimal cost through MEC. There will also be permit fees to
enter Mt. Baker and carpool costs 🙂

***REVISED
“Registration” opens April 4th 2016. At
this time we’ll release a questionnaire for you to complete. ***

The fee for the
trip is
$50. PLEASE READ CAREFULLY AND TAKE NOTE OF
IMPORTANT
DEADLINES AND DATES:

1) Between Monday, April 4th and Sunday, May
1st,
register
online and your name will automatically be added to the
“Waiting List”
while the
organizer reviews your registration information (YOU ARE
REQUIRED
TO FILL
OUT THE
FORM
HERE). Be sure to answer all the trip planning questions
when
prompted.

2) After May 1st, the organizer(s) will review everyone’s
responses and,
in case
there are more participants on the Waiting List than the
maximum, select
women to participate. If you are selected, you will be notified
on or
before
Monday, May 9th.

3) Once you’ve been notified, your name will be placed in the
“Signup
List” and
will be prompted to pay the trip fee ($50).

4) You will have until Monday, May 16th to
complete
your payment. After
payment has been confirmed, your name will remain in the
“Signup List”
and a
confirmation email will be sent to you. Otherwise, we will
remove
your name and select a different
candidate from the Waiting List to take your spot.

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of
revision ————–

We’ve drafted up a gear list here
for your reference, but we will
definitely go over any gear questions you may have at the pre-
trip info session. In the meantime, if you have any other
questions please don’t
hesitate to email Soleil, Jill or Marlaina.

A little about Jill, Marlaina and Soleil:

We call ourselves Girls & Mountains. We are three ACC
members who are wildly enthusiastic about mountaineering,
and consider leadership, team-building and empowerment of
other women through mountain climbing to be our most
important values. If you want to know more, you can check us
out at www.girlsandmountains.ca