Norse Peak Wilderness
-Sample Itinerary-
Sample Trek Schedule - 52 Miles

Sunday - Bus pick up at SeaTac airport by 12 noon (add) and/or arrive at Camp Sheppard High Adventure Base by 1PM. Introductions, trek orientation, equipment check. Instruction: Dressing for the mountains and pack packing. Gear and food issue. Bus shuttle to Chinook Pass Pacific Crest trailhead. Hike 1.8 miles to Sheep Lk. Camp Elev. 5600' Instruction: Camp site selection and prep plus tarp pitching, Dinner. Instruction: Stove use and care, basic cooking, water treatment and illness, sanitation and hygiene, bear camping techniques, body comfort control, hypothermia and emergency procedures. Free time.

Monday - Breakfast, break camp, hike 8.6 miles to Basin Lk. camp. Instruction: Energy conservation, plant and animal identification and foot care, Lunch. Make camp, free time, Dinner. Instruction: Food planning, wilderness ethics, land use polices, High Adventure history, Leave No Trace, land use policies and daily travel planning. Free time.

Tuesday - Breakfast, break camp, hike 15.3 miles to Government Meadows Cabin. Instruction: Map reading, compass and GPS use, route finding/ travel techniques and stream crossing, Lunch. Make camp. Instruction; problem solving. Free time, Dinner. Instruction; Nutrition and hydration. Free time

Wednesday - Breakfast, break camp, Hike 7.9 miles to Echo Lk. camp, Lunch. Make camp. Free time, Dinner. Instruction; geology, mountain ecosystems/ habitats, weather, lighting and avalanche. Free time.

Thursday - Breakfast, break camp, hike 7.3 miles to Lost Lk. Camp, lunch. Make camp, free time, dinner. Free time.

Friday - Breakfast, break camp, hike 6.4 miles to Ranger Cr, Shelter, Lunch. Make camp, service project, dinner. Free time.

Saturday - Breakfast, break camp, hike 6.6 miles to Sheppard Base, Lunch. Clean up, turn in gear, group
picture, BBQ Dinner. Recognition ceremony, local trekkers leave for home, free time.

Sunday - Early breakfast, bus shuttle to Sea-Tac airport by 9AM.