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17-979: The Mazamas has been an important part of the climbing community in the Pacific Northwest of the United States since its founding. The Mazamas was the second mountaineering organization in the Pacific Northwest, following the Oregon Alpine Club . The Mountaineers of Seattle, Washington , which began in 1906 as an auxiliary of the Mazamas, is similar in its aims and activities to the Mazamas. The Mazamas offers more than 900 hikes and 350 climbs annually for more than 13,000 participants. A variety of classes and activities are offered for every skill and fitness level and are open to both members and nonmembers. The group also promotes mountaineering through education, climbing, hiking, fellowship, safety, and

34-493: A single annual alpine climb to a range of activities.. Classes are offered beyond climbing skills including nature photography . navigation and first aid. A thirty-hour wilderness first aid course called Mountaineering Oriented First Aid (MOFA) was produced by the organization. The organization is home to The Mountaineers Players which perform in the organization's Forest Theatre on the Kitsap Peninsula. In 2008,

51-506: Is organized as an outdoor recreation, education, and conservation 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and is based in Seattle , Washington. The club hosts a wide range of outdoor activities, primarily alpine mountain climbing and hikes . The club also hosts classes, training courses, and social events. The club runs a publishing business, Mountaineers Books , which has several imprints. Publications include Mountaineering: The Freedom of

68-959: The Braided River imprint. Alpine club The first alpine club , the Alpine Club , based in the United Kingdom , was founded in London in 1857 as a gentlemen's club . It was once described as: Alpine clubs are typically large social clubs that revolve around climbing, hiking, and other outdoor activities. Many alpine clubs also take on aspects typically reserved for local sport associations , providing education and training courses, services for outdoorsmen, and de facto regulation of local mountaineering resources and behavior of mountaineers. Most clubs organize social events, schedule outings, and stage climbing competitions, operate alpine huts and paths, and are active in protecting

85-828: The Hills . The Mountaineers has 7 branches in Western Washington, 3 mountain lodges, and 2 program centers: one in Magnuson Park in Seattle, and one in Tacoma . All classes and trips are organized. Originally a Seattle-based part of the Mazamas , a Portland based group founded in 1894, The Mountaineers formed their own branch shortly after the 1906 Mazamas Mount Baker expedition and dubbed themselves "The Mountaineers" with 110 charter members. The club constitution

102-603: The Mazamas lobbied to prevent development in the Cascade Range Forest Reserve . A few years later, in 1902, they rallied to limit the destructive effects of sheep grazing in the Northwest. In 1928, the Mazamas entered a prolonged battle against the proposed Mount Hood Tramway, and four years later they were instrumental in forming the Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs. The Mazamas advocated against

119-566: The Mountaineers moved from Lower Queen Anne to an old naval building in Magnuson Park , now leased from the City of Seattle. The Mountaineers operates three lodges in the mountains of Washington State. They are primarily used as base-camps. The Mountaineers Library was founded in 1915. As of 2011 it contained 6,000 books and subscribes to 40 periodicals. It specializes in studies on climbing, environmental studies, biographies of mountaineers,

136-601: The collapsed volcano that formed Crater Lake , is located in Oregon and was named after the organization on August 21, 1896, while on their annual outing. They also named the Mazama Glacier on Mount Adams and the Mazama Glacier on Mount Baker after themselves in 1895 and 1907 respectively. The Mountaineers (Pacific NW) The Mountaineers is an alpine club in the US state of Washington . Founded in 1906, it

153-650: The development of a tramway on Mount Rainier and development in Olympic National Park and for the creation of Forest Park in Portland, and the Wilderness Act of 1964 . The public's interest in scientific exploration drove early mountaineering . It was almost unheard of for mountaineers to undertake a climb without a barometer , mapping instruments, or other scientific equipment. The Mazamas were no different, embracing scientific research from

170-593: The first trip being a hike through Fort Lawton to the West Point Lighthouse (now part of Discovery Park ). The first mountain climbing trip was Mount Si . In 1907, 65 members made a group climb of Mount Olympus and exploration of the Olympic Mountains . The next year a summit of Mount Baker was organized, followed by Mount Rainier in 1909. In 1915, a club outing became the first sizable group to hike around Mount Rainier and established

187-457: The get-go. Mazama members documented the flora, fauna, geology , and glaciology of the majority of Northwest peaks. In the 1930s, the Mazama began surveying glaciers and documenting how they changed from year to year. William Steel remarked, “No climb is complete without them” when asked about women and mountaineering. From the very beginning, the Mazamas have welcomed women as full members. At

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204-480: The history of exploratory mountaineering and natural history. Mountaineers Books , based in Seattle , Washington, is the publishing division of The Mountaineers. It was informally started in 1955 when a volunteer committee was formed to create a mountaineering training text from the materials that the club was using for its classes. Mountaineers Books has produced more than 1,000 titles since its foundation in 1960. It also publishes conservation advocacy titles under

221-413: The organization: Prominent founding members included J. Francis Drake, Martin W. Gorman, Francis C. Little, Charles H. Sholes, Henry Pittock , Rodney Glisan , Fay Fuller , Oliver C. Yocum, and Lander L. Hawkins. Early honorary members included the naturalist and conservationist John Muir , photographer Edward Curtis , financier Edward Harriman , and President Theodore Roosevelt . In 1895, Steel and

238-444: The protection of mountain environments . On July 19, 1894, more than 350 people assembled near the hamlet of Government Camp at the base of Mount Hood. Despite the nasty weather, 155 men and 38 women reached the summit, where they elected William G. Steel as the society's first president. With 105 charter members, the Mazamas became the fifth active mountaineering club in the United States at that time. The founders set four goals for

255-682: The route that would later become known as the Wonderland Trail . From 1907 to 1995, new climbs in the Cascades were reported in the Mountaineers Annual. Since 2004, the Northwest Mountaineering Journal (NWMJ) , hosted by the Mountaineers, has recorded this information. In the first 100 years since the club's founding it expanded to over 10,000 active members and expanded its offerings from

272-486: The time, this was uncommon. The Mazamas and Oregon were ahead of the times. Oregon adopted women's suffrage in 1912, followed nationally by the 19th amendment in 1920. A few dates: From the 1890s on, women hiked and climbed in the Pacific Northwest. While they were bound by the constraints of fashion on Main street, they found ingenious ways of getting around those rules on the mountain. The name Mazamas means mountain goat , from Nahuatl mazatl , deer. Mount Mazama ,

289-472: Was officially adopted in 1907 by a membership of 151. Among these original members were Henry Landes ( University of Washington geology dean and later acting president ), Edmond S. Meany (the father of the University of Washington Forestry school), the photographer Asahel Curtis , and Seattle photographer and North Cascades guide Lawrence Denny Lindsley . The activities initially were local walks with

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