Alpine Review: Boundary Peak (Intermediate/Novice Friendly +Co-leader needed) - Saturday, Jun 02, 2018

The Basics:
Event Type: Alpine 
Event Location: Icefields Parkway  
Date(s) & Time:   Saturday, Jun 02, 2018 07:00 AM  
Registration Cut Off:   Wednesday, May 16, 2018 12:00 AM  
Event Duration: Weekend 
Difficulty Rating:   D1 - See Conversion Chart  
Trip Coordinator(s):   Susan Twitchell
 

Participant Info:
Who's Invited:   Members Only  
Attendee Screening:   Attendees are Pre-Screened
Maximum Group Size: 3
Maximum No. Guests: 0
Minimum Group Size: 3
Maximum No. Guests Per Member: 0
Number Registered So Far:   3 (View sign-ups, waiting list)
Are Dogs Permitted:   No

Itinerary:

Participants: Novices and Intermediate participants and one additional rope leader are welcome on this trip. This trip is for people who want to be competent & contributing members of an alpine team. Maybe you have taken an alpine related course, but haven't been out much without a guide. Could be you haven't alpine climbed for a few years and would like to shake the rust off in a supportive environment. Maybe you've already enjoyed mountain activities like rock or ice climbing, scrambling, or skiing and would like to step it up and apply that to Alpine climbing.

I can take two people with me, but if an additional competent person is interested to co-lead, we can increase the team size to 5 or 6 (competencies dependent).

The Plan:

We'll head up a moderate alpine climb (most likely Boundary Peak) with the trip leaders acting as rope leaders. This peak involves a mixture of pitched out ice climbing ((WI2+), glacier travel, and easy scrambling. Expect a 10 hour day. We'll be moving consistently at a moderate pace & focusing on efficient team transitions, but won't be expecting to set any speed records.

Prerequisites: Participants should have some previous exposure to travelling in roped terrain (glacier travel and/or rock/ice climbing), and be able to competently belay a leader. Potential co-leaders should have 2 or more seasons of summer glacier travel and be able to lead up to WI3 ice. Please send a summary of relevant experience/courses to susan.twitchell(at)gmail.com.

Required Items to Bring:
Alpine gear will be discussed with the team.

Recommended Items to Bring:
Stoke, sense of humor.

Notes:
This trip is part of the Alpine Review. Any participants under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a guardian for the entire day.

Cancellation/Partial Attendance:
Please review our participant responsibility guidelines!

Cancellation Policy
If a participant is unable to attend a paid course or trip, there will be no refund unless the participant finds a suitable replacement that is acceptable to the trip coordinator. Acceptable waiting list candidates will have priority. It will then be the participant's responsibility to recover funds from the replacement. If the coordinator cancels an event, participants get a refund (less any non-recoverable costs). Note that ACC National does not refund hut fees due to weather, delay, closures, or any other reasons. The Calgary Section of the ACC is a not for profit club and we only charge attendees what it costs us to provide courses or trips.
Trip Feedback
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Registration for this event closed on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 at 12:00 AM.