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Ruth Glacier - Expedition Skills Seminar
Rainier Mountaineering, Inc. (RMI) · Ruth Glacier, Great Gorge, Alaska Range, Alaska
Source checked 2026-10-11 · Offering found on source page
RMI describes this as a fly-in, 11-day seminar based in the Great Gorge of Alaska’s Ruth Glacier, with nine days on the glacier. Its progressive program develops expedition mountaineering experience through glacier travel and navigation, ice climbing, crevasse rescue, camp construction, sled hauling, and fixed-line travel. Participants apply these skills in the surrounding terrain, with a summit attempt on 9,545-foot Mt. Dickey via the West Face as the primary climbing objective. RMI says the seminar is intended to prepare climbers for larger glaciated peaks, including Mt. McKinley and Aconcagua.
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- Fly-in instruction in the Ruth Glacier’s Great Gorge in the Alaska Range
- Nine days on the glacier within an 11-day program
- Primary climbing objective is a summit attempt on Mt. Dickey via the West Face
- RMI states a 3:1 climber-to-guide ratio
- Duration
- 11 days (RMI describes nine days on the glacier)
- Season
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- Eligibility / experience
- RMI rates the program Intermediate; specific age, weight, experience, and medical eligibility requirements were not stated in the reviewed page. Confirm directly with operator.
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Specific tour verified in RMI's official program page. The page lists 11 Days, Intermediate, a fly-in Ruth Glacier setting, and a detailed curriculum/objective. Image URL was found in the official page HTML among several Ruth seminar photos; selected image filename identifies ice climbing in a crevasse. RMI page lists price, but no current availability was asserted.
Sources checked 2026-10-11. Finding an offering online does not establish that dates are currently operating or that places are available.
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