BOEALPS

Applications are now available for the BOEALPS Intermediate Climbing Class. This is a small class with a great instructor to student ratio. Up to 1/3 of class spots are available to non club members. The Boeing Employee’s Alpine Society Intermediate Climbing Class expands the physical, mental and technical limits of those who wish to challenge themselves in the alpine environment. In an intensive, hands-on environment, you will learn the skills and gain the experience necessary for you to be self-sufficient on intermediate-level alpine climbs. Skills you will learn include: Leading traditional, multi-pitch rock climbing Steep Snow and Ice Climbing Self-rescue techniques Weekend alpine and expedition climb planning Class outings are approximately every other weekend from middle of March to the end of August, plus classroom sessions every other Monday evening. Students are expected to be in excellent physical condition and have some technical climbing experience beyond that gained in the basic climbing class. Application Deadline: Sunday, March 9th 1st Classroom Session: Monday, March 24th For more information and applications, Click Here.

Signups for the Basic Climbing Class are tomorrow morning at 5 am. If you are not a club member and are interested in the class, sign up early as the available spots fill quickly.

Signup is fast approaching, and non-member spots fill up fast. If you're interested, make sure you sign up early.

Signups for the BOEALPS Basic Climbing Class will be open at 5am on January 6th, 2014. Up to 1/3 of the student spots are available for non club members. Spots for non members fill up fast, so sign up early. More information is available here. -BOEALPS Outreach-

April 20-21st the Basic and Intermediate Climbing Class will be rock climbing at various crags in Icicle Creek area of Leavenworth. The crags are listed below. There will be groups of 10-15 people at each of these locations on the days listed. Saturday: PlayGround Upper Mountaineers Dome Clamshell Madsen's Buttress Sunday: PlayGround Clamshell Madsens Butress Mountaineers Dome Roto Wall Bebop Rock Surf City

The BOEALPS Basic Climbing Class will be climbing the following mountains in the Snoqualmie Pass area this Saturday and Sunday Guye Peak Kendall Snoqualmie Mountain Red Mountain The BOEALPS Intermediate Climbing Class will be at Horsethief Butte State Park on the Columbia River practicing rope and climbing skills on Saturday and Sunday.

The BOEALPS Basic Climbing Class begins mountain outings this weekend. I'll try to update this thread every week for where the classes will be so people can avoid those areas if they want. The BOEALPS Basic Climbing Class will be doing ice axe arrest on Big Chief Mountain by Stevens Pass on both Saturday and Sunday this weekend. BOEALPS Outreach

Last Bump. Applications are due this Sunday.

Bump.... Still a couple weeks to sign up.

Signups are available now for the BOEALPS Intermediate Climbing Class. Applications are due by Sunday March 3rd. For more information or to sign up see BOEALPS ICC. The BOEALPS Intermediate Climbing Class (ICC) is an exceptional opportunity for those who want to advance their basic climbing abilities and who have a desire to gain the skill and experience necessary to climb some of the more technical and remote climbs in the Cascades and the Olympics. The Intermediate Course builds on the fundamentals learned in the BOEALPS Basic Climbing Class (BCC) and helps students take their climbing to the next level–focusing on more advanced rock climbing and mountain safety skills. Throughout the course, students are encouraged to practice decision-making and to develop leadership skills in the alpine environment. Class runs from mid-March to the end of August with a Monday night classroom session and a weekend outing about every two weeks. Please view the ICC Calendar for the schedule. -BOEALPS OUTREACH-

The BOEALPS Basic Climbing Class Signup is coming up soon. The signup is online this year, and non-Boeing spots fill up fast. Signup will open on January 9th at 5 am. For more information or to sign up see BOEALPS BCC The BOEALPS Basic Climbing Class (BCC) is a great opportunity to learn the skills that are necessary for basic competence in alpine travel. This course covers at an introductory level everything from proper clothing and route finding to crevasse rescue and glacier travel. If you are new to the outdoors or have outdoor experience but lack the training to go with it, then this course is a must for you! Class sessions are held on Wednesday evenings, with one-day weekend outings (either Saturday or Sunday) from March through June. Note that two full weekend outings are also scheduled during the class (snow camping, and graduation climb). -BOEALPS OUTREACH-

BOEALPS Basic Climbing Class is over for the year. Thanks for your patience if you ran into them anywhere. Here's a video that was put together for the graduation banquet. 2012 BOEALPS BCC Slide Show The Intermediate Climbing Class is switching to alpine outings starting this weekend. These are usually done every other weekend in groups of 4 over both Saturday and Sunday. This weekend there will be teams on the following peaks/routes: Prussic W. Ridge or Black Peak NE Ridge Stuart Ice Cliff Brothers Trav. or Sherpa NE Couloir Ingalls S. Face and/or E. Ridge Something on Dragontail or Colchuck Dorado Needle E. Ridge Forbidden W. Ridge BOEALPS Outreach

Second round of grad climbs for the BOEALPS Basic Climbing Class this weekend. Once again, all climbs are two days on Saturday and Sunday. There will be teams on the following mountains/routes: Little Tahoma - Climbing from Paradise Mt Baker - Squak Glacier Mt Shuksan - Sulphide Glacier Eldorado - East Ridge The BOEALPS Intermediate Climbing Class will be up in Squamish doing some rock climbing this weekend. BOEALPS Outreach

The BOEALPS Basic Climbing Class is starting to wrap up with grad climb the next two weekends. All climbs are two days on Saturday and Sunday. If anyone wants conditions reports post a reply and I can try get them from the teams. This weekend there will be teams on the following mountains/routes: Little Tahoma - Climbing from Paradise Mt Baker - Coleman-Deming Mt Baker - Squak Glacier Mt Shuksan - Sulphide Glacier BOEALPS Outreach

This weekend the BOEALPS Basic Climbing Class will be doing crevasse rescue training up on the Nisqually Glacier on Mount Rainier. The BOEALPS Intermediate Climbing Class will be down at Smith Rock doing some rock climbing and easier trad leads. BOEALPS Outreach