Skills:Basic mountaineering training + avalanche rescue response. Must have completed at least one PD+ ice/snow route from Alpine Select List.
Personal Gear: Avalanche beacon, snow shovel, probe. Snowshoes. Pair of ice tools(hammer + adze), steel (no aluminum!) crampons, helmet, climbing harness, 60m 8mm half rope, 2+ ice screws, rescue pulley, ascender (tibloc or jumar), rappel / anchor material, 2+ snow pickets (one short, one long) with runners attached, min. 2 5mm prusiks, minimal rock protection set if you have(cams ok, but passive pro preferred), personal emergency kit (head lamp with spare batteries, medical, PLB/SPOT/GPS if you have).
Safety Levels
POP (probability of precipitation) < 40%
Rain accumulation < 5 mm
Avalanche Danger: Moderate
Weather Forecast: http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=zmw:00000.1.71892&MR=1
Avalanche Forecast: http://www.avalanche.ca/cac/bulletins/latest/north-shore
*if minimum safety levels are not met, the trip will be suspended or canceled, last minute cancellations do occur.
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