Lurking in the background of today’s climbing news — between flashy bouldering videos, alpine first ascents and the latest 5.15 sport routes — lies the exciting and fast-paced, yet least understood ...

The ice climbers and dry toolers are almost here. For Longmont Climbing Collective, the Ice Climbing and Dry Tooling World Cup is just around the corner. The competition, set for Feb. 22 and 23, will ...

COLORADO SPRINGS — Shelby Holmes will be sporting the nation’s colors after being selected to the USA Ice Climbing team. Her travel to the competition site will be much shorter than most as the World ...

A Utah teen returned from France this week after winning gold in the sport of ice climbing — again. Landers Gaydosh spent last week competing in the 2024 UIAA Youth Ice Climbing Championship. The ...

Arvada’s Ian Umstead has competed internationally in two sports, first in Europe as a young cyclist aspiring to race professionally, now as an elite ice climber who competes on that sport’s World Cup ...

From Jan. 22-25, Ouray will be celebrating its 31st anniversary of hosting the esteemed event. That's 31 years of dedication and support for the growing ice climbing scene. Despite Ouray being a ...

Catalina Shirley competes in the 2019 Ice Climbing World Tour in Denver. Credit: Levi Harrell / UIAA There’s forty feet of ice towering above Catalina Shirley. The Lafayette resident is moments away ...

The competition was part of the 16th annual Arc’teryx Bozeman Ice Climbing Festival held last week in Bozeman and nearby Hyalite Canyon. Despite the name of the festival, there was no ice on the ...

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Which helmet for ice climbing is best? Few outdoor activities can be as exhilarating as mountain climbing. If you want to take that a step further though, climbing up an ice cliff or traversing frozen ...