Alta Peak 02.18.07 - Winter Mountaineering Course


Intro to Winter Mountaineering Alta Peak Elevation: 11,204 feet Distance: 18 Miles February 18, 2007

Pre-departure gear check	Scott's view for hours and hours and . . . .
Crossing the lake	The lake in summer		Setting up base-camp	Finally taking the snowshoes off at the kitchen
Our tent on a stormy evening	The entrance keeps getting smaller	ah, boots off!

Hollywood ice axe self-arrest	Rachael getting fitted for her avalanche beacon	Beginning the summit attempt
		A storm approaches as we asscend	Visibility worsens ahead and we resort to watching our steps	Alta peak is center right (invisible in the storm)
			White-out increases; hard to tell ground from sky	Look closely to see our group following through the white-out
Finally at the summit (we think)	The rest of the group emerges	Icesicles	Icesicles	View from base-camp
Kitchen table		Sunset
Heading back to "civilization"