March 2016 Climb

*2/23/16 Update*

Car Details:

*1/27/16 Update*

Flight Information:

• Tim

• Travel Date	Flight Segments	Flight Summary
  DEPARTMARCH 16, WEDNESDAY MAR 16 WED	07:20 PM Depart Nashville, TN (BNA) on Southwest Airlines Flight #4158 09:15 PM Arrive in Denver, CO (DEN) WiFi available 10:25 PM Change to Southwest Airlines in Denver, CO (DEN) Flight #2628 11:45 PM Arrive in Reno/Tahoe, NV (RNO) WiFi available	Wednesday, March 16, 2016Travel Time 6 h hours25 mminutes (1 stop, includes 1 plane change) Wanna Get Away(opens new window)
  RETURNMARCH 22, TUESDAY MAR 22 TUE	06:45 AM Depart Reno/Tahoe, NV (RNO) on Southwest Airlines Flight #4122 08:25 AM Arrive in Phoenix, AZ (PHX) WiFi available 09:15 AM Change to Southwest Airlines in Phoenix, AZ (PHX) Flight #2439 02:25 PM Arrive in Nashville, TN (BNA) WiFi available	Tuesday, March 22, 2016Travel Time 5 h hours40 mminutes (1 stop, includes 1 plane change) Wanna Get Away

• Mark

• Travel Date	Flight Segments	Flight Summary
  DEPARTMARCH 16, WEDNESDAY MAR 16 WED	06:45 PM Depart Atlanta, GA (ATL) on Southwest Airlines Flight #4308 08:10 PM Arrive in Denver, CO (DEN) WiFi available 10:25 PM Change to Southwest Airlines in Denver, CO (DEN) Flight #2628 11:45 PM Arrive in Reno/Tahoe, NV (RNO) WiFi available	Wednesday, March 16, 2016Travel Time 8 h hours00 mminutes (1 stop, includes 1 plane change) Wanna Get Away(opens new window)
  RETURNMARCH 22, TUESDAY MAR 22 TUE	06:45 AM Depart Reno/Tahoe, NV (RNO) on Southwest Airlines Flight #4122 08:25 AM Arrive in Phoenix, AZ (PHX) WiFi available 10:10 AM Change to Southwest Airlines in Phoenix, AZ (PHX) Flight #2500 04:40 PM Arrive in Atlanta, GA (ATL) WiFi available	Tuesday, March 22, 2016Travel Time 6 h hours55 mminutes (1 stop, includes 1 plane change) Wanna Get Away

 

• Mike

  

 

•  Michael

  • Date

    Flight

    Departure/Arrival

    Wed Mar 16	4308	Depart ATLANTA, GA (ATL) on Southwest Airlines at 6:45 PM Arrive in DENVER, CO (DEN) at 8:10 PM

    	2628	Change planes to Southwest Airlines in DENVER, CO (DEN)at 10:25 PM Arrive in RENO/TAHOE, NV (RNO) at 11:45 PM Travel Time 8 hrs 0 mins

    Mon Mar 21	3503	Depart RENO/TAHOE, NV (RNO) on Southwest Airlines at 3:55 PM Arrive in LAS VEGAS, NV (LAS) at 5:10 PM

    	2416	Change planes to Southwest Airlines in LAS VEGAS, NV (LAS)at 6:20 PM Arrive in ATLANTA, GA (ATL) at 01:10 AM, Next Day Travel Time 6 hrs 15 mins

• Stanley

  • WORTHINGTON/STANLEYR 0162479475350 UA-XXXXX217 35F/35A/35A/24D

    FLIGHT INFORMATION Day, Date Flight Class Departure City and Time Arrival City and Time Aircraft Meal Wed, 16MAR16 UA1199 L CHARLOTTE, NC (CLT) 4:07 PM DENVER, CO (DEN) 5:58 PM A-319 Purchase Wed, 16MAR16 UA296 L DENVER, CO (DEN) 6:51 PM RENO, NV (RNO) 8:16 PM A-319 Purchase Tue, 22MAR16 UA401 L RENO, NV (RNO) 1:22 PM DENVER, CO (DEN) 4:35 PM A-319 Purchase Tue, 22MAR16 UA5812 L DENVER, CO (DEN) 5:45 PM CHARLOTTE, NC (CLT) 11:06 PM Purchase Flight operated by SKYWEST AIRLINES doing business as UNITED EXPRESS.

• Shawn
  • ???

Updated Group Packlist:

Pack-List-3-March-2016

Please update with your items that you can share or that you need.

*1/24/16 Update*

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In theory, people liked the Whitney/Death Valley idea, but it seems most people are leaning to Shasta. So, SHASTA WINS. We’ll do Whitney next time.

If we do Shasta, the schedule roughly looks like the following:

1. Wed – March 16th – Fly out west on Wednesday sometime, meetup, get rental car and stay. Drink Beer.
2. Thurs – Drive to mt shasta and stay somewhere (5 hour drive). If someone flies in Thursday Morning instead of Wednesday we should have time to pick them up.
3. Fri – Get to basecamp. early AM start needed Friday.
4. Sat – Summit and return to car, stay up north and celebrate. Summit day is expected to be a 12-14 hours of hiking, and a 3-6AM start from basecamp is needed.
5. Sun – drive to airport city and stay.
6. Mon – fly out (or maybe sunday evening/night).
7. I updated the calendar to reflect the dates above.

Everybody needs Wednesday to Monday Ideally, and Thursday to Monday off at a bare minimum. If we get held up on the mountain you wouldn’t want to miss a Sunday flight.

I’m only OK with Shasta if everyone has the RIGHT gear, meaning proper crampons and compatible boots, good winter gear, a properly rated sleeping bag etc. This is a full on glacial climb in March. There have been whiteout blizzard conditions and -30F windchill in March, so we’d need to be prepared. More likely, our temperatures are expected to be -5 lows (summit) to 50 degrees highs (base) or so, but I can’t find good concrete temperature data at the summit so I don’t know. We also need to see if we need to rope up and what the avalanche situation is.

Everybody check out the routes and conditions for a Shasta climb and see which one seems best for March. Check out:

• Mt. Shasta Routes
• Avalanch Gulch Trail
• West Face Gully Trail (I think my favorite option)
• Casaval Ridge Trail
• Shasta Avalanch Info
• Make sure you check out the pictures at the bottom of the page in those trail descriptions. pretty impressive and good idea of steepness and conditions.

Also, we should plan a backup mountain in case the weather doesn’t cooperate on Shasta, since the plane tickets are non-refundable. Finally, I’d like to get tickets this week, since some are already sold out, and we want as much flexibility in flight times as possible.

Sacramento and Reno look like the closest main airports to Shasta that have Southwest flights available. Both are about 3 hours from the mountain. Surprisingly, Reno is 3.5 hours from Shasta and about 4.5 hours from Whitney, so if weather on Shasta didn’t cooperate we could head south and do White Mountain or Mt Whitney anyway as a backup plan. I think it’s best if we all fly in to the same airport so we can share rental car, transportation etc.

Download and fill out the Pack-List-3 and email it back to me. I’ll keep a master updated. That way people can say what they have available for others, or that they need from others. No need in bringing 5 water filters etc, but we also don’t want to be stuck with none. If I forgot something important PLEASE add it to the bottom of the list.

Let me know what you guys think.

Maps/Pics Etc:

 

-Tim

*1/23/16 Update*

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A new idea was presented for location that seems to deserve merit, and goes as follows:

1. Fly into Las Vegas
2. Drive to Lone Pine and spend the night.
3. Climb Mt Whitney
4. Drive to Death Valley and view/camp/hike/stay/bike
   1. Possibly rent Jeep or 4×4 in death valley for additional fun if we have time/motivation.
   2. Jeep rental in death valley
   3. 
5. Fly Home.

What’s interesting is that if we did this, we would hit the lower 48’s highest AND lowest points in the same week. Pretty stellar. Just one possible idea. Also, not out of the way, Death Valley is exactly on the way from Las Vegas to Lone Pine, which is where the idea came from I believe.

*1/19/16 Update*

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The Team:

I’m In:

• Mark rabideau
• Tim Rabideau
• Michael Becker
• Mike Keagel
• Stanley worthington

No Reply:

• Shawn Becker

I’m Out:

• Ben Mattson
• Terry Horn

The Dates:

• March 6-7, 0 votes
• March 13-14, 1 no vote
• March 20-21, 3 yes votes

Update your availability for March. I’ve given all of you a username you can use to update the calendar. Just click “Add Event”. Once everyone does we’ll know what day’s we have to work with.

User: CalendarUser
Pass: CalendarUser

 

Everybody get your votes in and location ideas! You can leave a comment or email.

The Mission:

1. Mt Shasta, Votes: Stanley
   • This one looks great. Winter weather looks like it could be a problem in March though. Peak season isn’t until May-August. Wind looks likely. Does look doable though, nothing too technical normally.
   • http://www.summitpost.org/shasta-3-tries-1-summit/295277
2. Mt Whitney, Votes: Tim
   • no permit required in march. Snow looks likely in March. Non-technical route (Basically a hike). There are two main trails in spring/summer. Mountaineer’s route is common in winter/spring, and Whitney Trail is most common in Summer. Tallest mountain in the lower 48. good notch on the belt.
   • Whitney Trail Description
   • Mountaineer’s Trail Description
   • Mountaineer’s Trail Trip Report In March
3. Mt St Helens, Votes:
4. Mt Hood, Votes: 
5. Mt Ranier, Votes: 
   • I really want to do this mountain one day, but I think it’s above our level at this point. Need to be roped up with frequent ice bridges and crevasses. It’s also a little early in the season for this mountain and temperatures are low. Thoughts? Can we do it?
6. Zion or Arches National Park Utah, Votes: 
   • Not a mountain, but alot of great hiking and views. just a random idea and I’ve always wanted to go there.
7. 2nd try on Gannet Peak? We would all need a week. Votes: 

Looking forward to it! Everybody start jogging, the air is thin up there. Also, Everybody needs to understand HAPE and HACE if we go above 10,000 ft.

-Tim

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