Snow Skills Practice -Mountaineering Mentorship Program Participants

May 14th 2024

Event Details

  • Date: –
  • Spots: 5
  • Member Cost: Free
  • Destination: Mount Seymour
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  • Difficulty: Intermediate
  • Attendee Screening: Attendees are Pre-Screened - The Trip Leader will review your background and contact you before accepting you on the trip. You will get a confirmation that your sign-up is pending right away.
    That doesn't mean that you are confirmed to go on the trip yet. If you are accepted, you should receive an email from the coordinator to confirm your sign-up and coordinate the trip's details.

Description

Yet another snow skills practice session for mentorship program participants.
Tues May 14, meet at Bean Around the World at Parkgate Village at base of Seymour at 4:30pm (Edit): https://maps.app.goo.gl/7YdfydA7XfegS92f7
We will walk the first part of the Seymour trail towards Brockton point and look for snow slopes for practice. Depending on time and amount of snow, we can practice several of:
– movement on steep snow/rope team
– snow anchors
– crevasse rescue hauling systems
– self arrest
Required Gear:
– Helmet
– Harness
– Ice Axe
– Crampons
– Boots to fit your crampons
– Locking and non-locking carabiners
– prusiks
– slings/runners
– pulleys, micro traxion, tibloc if you have them
– Pickets if you have them
– Belay/rappel device
– Headlamp*
– Sunglasses
– Waterproof shell pants and jacket, layers

– Food/water

– Edit: Gloves

Guest sign-up

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