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[VIDEO] Ice Climber Slammed by Avalanche in Colorado as He Holds on For Dear Life 400-Feet Off the Ground

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SnowBrains | February 24, 2022
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12,000 Pounds of Rockfall Destroys Vital Infrastructure in Ouray, Colorado’s Ice Park

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Dominic Gawel | March 31, 2021
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Lake City, CO Ice Park: New Area Added for 2020-2021 Ice Season

Report from December 29th, 2020 Brought to you by 10 Barrel Brewing Co. Lake City is a small town in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. In the winter, the town is known for ice climbing, its local ski hill, and backcountry access. Lake City is in Hinsdale County with a population of 387 people. In the summertime, Lake City is […]

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Dominic Gawel | December 29, 2020
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VIDEO: Ice Climbing the Disappearing Glaciers of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa

Red Bull ice climber Will Gadd embarks on a mission to have one last shot at climbing the glaciers of Mount Kilimanjaro. In 2014, Will made several first ascents of Kilimanjaro’s ice towers. Now, as the mountain’s iconic ice cap disappears rapidly, he returns to make a last ascent. During those elapsed years, some glaciers on Mt Kilimanjaro lost upwards […]

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Clay Malott | September 12, 2020
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11-Year-Old Boy Fell 300-Feet to His Death While Ice Climbing With his Father in The Catskills, NY

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An 11-year-old boy has died after slipping and falling 300-feet while ice climbing with his father in New York’s Catskills Mountains. The tragic accident occurred around 4 pm on Saturday in Platte Clove near the town of Hunter as the group walked “out on a portion of a trail that was equipped with a hand line”. The boy was with a […]

SnowBrains | March 4, 2020
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Trip Report: Skiing the North Peak Couloirs Near Yosemite, CA on July 22nd, 2017

It all started out sounding so chill. Drive up to Tioga pass, see what lines look good, and eke out one more weekend of skiing. Tyler Karow, my partner for the trip, mentioned a couple of routes (including the North Peak couloirs), which I aimlessly googled for beta and checked out on a topo. Our plan was mostly just to […]

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Roger Romani | July 24, 2017
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VIDEO: Ice Climbing World Cup 2017

    [iframe id=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/8BE4iQdylXY”]   Here is another World Cup Competition, this time is for ice climbers – Ice Climbing World Cup 2017. The UIAA has organised the sport of ice climbing for the past 15 years and in that time has witnessed the incredible growth in popularity of the sport throughout the world. Ice climbing is a dynamic sport, combining […]

Claire Weiss | March 8, 2017
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Ice Climbers Narrowly Escape Massive Avalanche On Polar Circus, Canadian Rockies

Alex Ratson and some climbing partners were scoping out the Icefields Parkway north of Banff when they spotted a parked car and it occupants most of the way up on Polar Circus, a 700-meter, WI5 route – one of the most coveted in the area. As they stepped out of the van, a giant avalanche ripped down from above the route, obscuring […]

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Sergei Poljak | February 9, 2017
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