Women+ Introduction to Mountaineering

Group Size

4 people per guide

Duration

3 days

Standing at 10,781ft tall, Komo Kulshan is the perfect combination of challenging and awe inspiring. During this trip you will learn the basics of mountaineering on one of Washington’s most beautiful mountains.

Some items we will cover in our three-day are as follows:

• Understanding glacial features and formations

• Navigation and route planning on glaciers

• Glacier safety and hazard management

• Proper use of mountaineering equipment

• Rope work and glacier travel techniques

• Crevasses: identification and crossing

• Self-arrest and ice axe techniques

• Strategies for acclimatization and altitude sickness prevention

• Glacier navigation

• Emergency procedures and wilderness first aid specific to glacier environments

• Leave No Trace principles for glacier environments