Mt. Hood Snow/Ice Skills Practice

This will be a practice session for snow/ice skills we want to learn or improve upon before heading to Mt. Hood.

We'll use the east end of Pajarito Ski Hill. Where you make a 90 degree righthand turn to make the final approach to Pajarito Ski Hill's parking, there is a large area to park in that corner. It overlooks the bottom of the Townsite chair. Let's meet here by 8am.

We'll find a place to pack down a sliding spot.

In order of priority:

1) Self-arrest.

2) Catch a falling partner during roped travel.

3) Crampon skills - traverse, climb, descend.

4) Transfer weight from team members to anchor and setup a 3:1 haul system. Bring a person up a steep incline.

You'll need:

Cold weather, waterproof clothing that you'd where to Mt. Hood, including sunscreen

Snacks and something to drink

Ice axe and crampons

Harness w/ personal anchor, helmet, and belay device

60cm prusik loop

Two small, prusik loops to use as rope grabs

A few locking biners

A couple slings with biners for the anchor

A picket or other snow anchor device

Pulleys, rope grabs, progress capture devices if you have them (I have a lot of these)

Dry ropes (the lighter the better)