March 3, 2017
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- Team Hauling Sleds on the Lower Slopes of Mount Rainier (Photo: Rikki Dunn)
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- Avalanche Beacon Work (Photo: Anna Hicks)
It’s been a great week of training here on Mount Rainier with the Denali Prep Seminar! We have three guides (Charlotte, Rikki, and Anna) and five team members (who have come from around the world.) There’s been lots of precipitation, but we’ve been making the most of the snowy winter conditions to get our team totally dialed for all their future endeavors.
Highlights of the week: lots of skills training, an expedition-style winter camp on the Muir Snowfield, some fun avalanche/beacon/transceiver exercises, lots of rope work, and some delicious breakfast burritos with hash browns and bacon.
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: there’s a reason that Mount Rainier is one of the best alpine training areas to test your skills before heading to bigger objectives. Winter mountaineering isn’t easy, but these conditions get your skills up and running faster than just about anywhere else in the world.
Charlotte Austin