They also use crampons, ice screws and carabiners. The conditions have to be just right: When it’s too warm, the ice grows soft and can separate from the rock wall; when it’s too cold, the ice becomes ...

The Canadian Rockies are a mecca for ice climbers, offering beautiful frozen waterfalls and a variety of challenging routes. In Europe, Norway 's Rjukan Valley is a popular destination, with hundreds ...

Everson and Turner intend to carry on ice climbing as long as they can manage too. "As long as the joints keep on working, I'm in," Turner said. And in perfect conditions, Wildcat Canyon forms not ...

Lurking in the background of today’s climbing news lies the exciting and fast-paced, yet least understood climbing genre of ...

AFP America's ice-climbing epicenter was facing a bleak future, with climate change endangering its water supply, until an unlikely savior came to its rescue: a nearby silver mine. Nestled in the ...

After nine months of your tools gathering dust, you're most likely psyched for ice and mixed climbing and raring to get out there. But let’s not forget that climbing in too marginal conditions greatly ...

The mountain's volcanic nature and changing weather conditions add to its complexity ... skills including crevasse rescue, snow and ice climbing techniques, glacier travel, and rope work.

Walls of ice went up last Friday for the opening ceremonies of the Ice Climbing World Cup as excited crowds came to watch in Colorado. It's the first Ice Climbing World Cup since 2019 and ...

MI - It’s not every year that conditions are right for the 50-foot Munising Falls to freeze over, giving climbers a unique opportunity. Michigan Ice Fest last week brought ice climbing ...