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Alpine Select #66.

Car camp on night before the trip.

Skills: Basic mountaineering training with crevasse rescue response. Must have completed at least one PD route from Alpine Select List.

Personal Gear: 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).

Factors: if minimum safety levels are not met (because of weather, conditions, etc.) the trip will be canceled, last minute cancellations do occur.

Carpool: indicate if you will drive and can take passengers.

To register: IF YOU WANT TO RECEIVE A RESPONSE please provide:

1. date and place of your last crevasse rescue training.
2. date and route number of at least one PD grade trip from the list.

In the photo: Slalok NF taken from Joffre Peak 2012-Jul-29

In the photo: Climber quickly descending Slalok NF after aborting attempt due to lighning storm on the summit.