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 ...

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 ...

Once upon a time, ice climbing was less of a weekend hobby and more of a general necessity for people living in frozen, icy climes. If you lived in the Alps or the Himalayas before tunnels were ...

Ever since Golden resident Jessica Perez saw ice climbers in action in Denver six years ago, she knew she wanted to try the sport for herself. “I was pretty inspired and kind of blown away by it,” ...

Saas-Fee, Switzerland. Cheongsong, South Korea. Champagny-en-Vanoise, France. Longmont, Colorado. What does a city at the eastern edge of Boulder County — occasionally and not-always-affectionately ...

Over the New Year's holiday, I had the unforgettable opportunity to go ice climbing in Cody, Wyoming, during the annual Wyoming Ice Festival. I'm not much of a rock climber, maybe I go one to three ...