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Trip Information
Name: Sky Pilot
Starts: Wed Jun 25, 2025 08:45
Return: Wed Jun 25, 2025 18:00

Registration opens: Thu Jun 19, 2025
Event category: Mountaineering
Difficulty grade: B3  [?]
For members only: No
Screening used: Yes
Max participants: 6

Organizer: Brian Thornburn
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Trip Planning Questions

1. Are you comfortable with 4th class scrambling?

2. Do you have harness and rope you can carry if not comfortable downclimbing?

3. Can you meet at the gondola?

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Participant Information

Hike and scramble up Sky Pilot

Meet at Gondola load 0845, day/season pass required

Must be comfortable with 4th class scrambling with significant exposure. There are a couple of rappel stations if you are not comfortable with downclimbing 4th class, can discuss. Helmet. ice axe and crampons/microspikes recommended since there is some snow left on the approach but it is melting fast. Hiking or mountaineering boots or shoes recommended, running shoes may not suffice.

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