This is the third of four required field trips and involves an overnight stay at the Mountaineers Lodge at Stevens Pass.  The primary focus of the field trip is ice axe arrest and secure snow travel techniques.  Students also build snow shelters (but don't have to sleep in them!) and scramble to the summit of Cowboy Mtn.  If conditions are good, an exciting glissade off the summit completes a full weekend.
 

May 5 & 6, 2007
To the demo area	Ice Axe arrest practice	Snow shelters	Navigation / Scramble

"The Everett Mountaineers Alpine Scrambling Course provides instruction on how to travel safely off-trail and scramble to mountain summits. Most Northwest mountain summits are accessible by scramble routes. Scrambles are typically strenuous, and usually involve off-trail travel over rock, snow, or brush.  The scramble course provides a program of instruction about proper equipment, clothing, navigation, route-finding, avalanche avoidance, weather awareness, rock and off-trail scrambling, wilderness ethics, snow travel, ice axe arrest, and glissade techniques. The course goal is to teach the skills necessary to scramble enjoyably while minimizing risk."