Prerequisites
- Excellent physical condition
- Overnight backpacking experience
- Ability to cook for yourself on a backcountry stove
- Ability to move confidently through rough talus
- Ability to follow 5.6 multi-pitch rock climbs (East Face route only)
- Ability to follow 5.8 multi-pitch rock climbs (East Buttress route only)
Inclusions and Exclusions
Inclusions: Included in the course cost are group technical climbing equipment like ropes and rock protection, all permits and camping fees, and the guide fee.
Exclusions: Not included in the course cost are all personal clothing and climbing gear, rentals, gratuities to the guide, meals, or travel insurance. You will also be responsible for your own lodging/camping the first night. On private programs, you are responsible for your own and your guide’s transportation.
If arriving in the summer months mid May through mid October, a 2-wheel drive vehicle is fine. If coming in early or late season, it’s better to have 4-wheel drive, or at least front wheel drive with chains and good clearance.
Travel Insurance
We strongly recommend that you purchase comprehensive travel insurance that includes trip cancellation coverage. Ripcord is our primary travel insurance provider, offering coverage for trip cancellation, trip delay, baggage, medical evacuation and other eventualities.
Unlike many vacations that are less physically demanding, a climbing and trekking vacation can be ruined by an illness or relatively minor injury that occurs before departure. While you can still tour a city or head to the beach with a sprained ankle or a very bad cold (albeit, less conveniently), such an injury or common illness can stop you in your tracks short of your climbing or trekking destination.
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