The Basics
Where and When, What to Bring, and Who’s Who!
Where and When
SYATS begins Wednesday July 17th @ 9:30 AM at Todd Lake Base camp
SYATS ends Thursday, July 25th at 3 pm (we always try for earlier) Departing from Todd Lake Base camp
Here is the link to the day-by day location and route, it has coordinates and links to maps and trails for the whole 9 days. This will be printed and given to you when you arrive along with paper maps.
What to bring
Here is the link to the packing list if you need a reminder.
The days will be sun-exposed and hot, and the nights will be cooler. There may be snow on the summit. Be prepared for the extremes. Bugs/mosquitos are often bad in this area. :(
What we can provide…
Food/Drink
Coffee and Aeropress for coffee every day… all-day
1-2 dehydrated backpacker meals from the SYATS blue bin. Located at base camp in the UHAUL
7/16 dinner (for those arriving the night before)
7/17: breakfast, lunch and dinner
7/24: dinner
Gear
At base camp:
Eureka 2 burner stove with gas
bug tent
water filtration
Storage in locked UHAUL
Coffee coffee coffee
Thermacell mosquito repellent
In the field at staff and participant campsites:
Jet boils to boil water for dehydrated meals and coffee/tea.
An Aeropress with plenty of grounds to make coffee. (Thanks, Spella Caffe, AGAIN!!)
Gravity filtration for all your water needs.
Paracord to tie up food bags
Thermacell mosquito repellent
SUMMIT DAY RELATED
For those backpacking to the Summit on 7/23. If you plan ahead with your meals for Dinner 7/23 and Breakfast and lunch for 7/24 we can have the horses bring those up to us so you do not have to carry those all week with you. If you would like to take advantage of this, please have those meals separated AT BASECAMP in a stuff sack with your name on them. There will be a bin marked SUMMIT DAY in the Uhaul. This is where they should go.
WHO’S WHO
Have questions? Here are the people to ask.
Heather Rose
executive director
I know a bit about most things happening at SEE YOU AT THE SUMMIT (or SYATS.) Feel free to ask me anything. If you need to know A LOT about a specific thing - ask the folks listed here.
JoshuA
Medical Director
Josh can answer anything medical related. He is in charge of the providers and works with Tim on safety and communication tasks.
Avery
Assistant medical director
Returning newly minted DNP. Avery has been with us before and can answer a lot of your questions.
Tim
Mountaineer and safety Officer
Tim serves as our safety officer. He does navigation training for teens during the program. Ask him questions about maps, GPS, mountain safety, and communication!
Sarah
Food Guru
Sarah has put together the food for the teens for the whole trip. She is with us from the 12-16th. Please ask her for anything food related.
ERic, RN
Returning Nurse: Eric has been with us before and can answer a lot of your questions.
Rod, RN
Returning Nurse: Rod has been with us before and can answer a lot of your questions.
Here are overviews of each of the trails. If you want to get a sense for your hikes and the terrain watch these.
Hiking day 7/13 Devils Lake trail head to Moraine lake.
Hike 7/15 Moraine Lake to Green Lakes.
Summit Day hike from Todd Lake to Broken Top
Backpacking 101
If it has been awhile since you’ve backpacked, we have a brief review of Backpacking 101. Josh and I just scouted out the 2-mile Moraine Lake trail last year and I forgot my hiking boots, trekking poles, had no sunscreen or bug repellant, and we lost the trail a dozen times in the snow. Please brush up and don’t hesitate to ask if you have questions or need tips. We have many specialists with us.