Tag: Climbing
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Southwest Colorado ice climbing park gets ‘jumpstart’ for major expansion
Ouray Ice Park is closer to a major expansion with a grant from Great Outdoors Colorado, the state agency funding outdoor-related projects with lottery revenues. The $100,000 grant is “the jumpstart that we need,” said Peter O’Neil, executive director of the nonprofit overseeing the southwest Colorado playground beloved by ice climbers around the world. The…
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Southwest Colorado ice climbing park gets ‘jumpstart’ for major expansion
Ouray Ice Park is closer to a major expansion with a grant from Great Outdoors Colorado, the state agency funding outdoor-related projects with lottery revenues. The $100,000 grant is “the jumpstart that we need,” said Peter O’Neil, executive director of the nonprofit overseeing the southwest Colorado playground beloved by ice climbers around the world. The…
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First woman in 10 years joins AdAmAn Club, set to lead New Year’s Eve trek up Pikes Peak
Early this month at Colorado Springs’ downtown Christmas parade, Priscilla Clayton marched in front of a merry band of gentlemen, waving as she held the AdAmAn Club banner. She waved to her family in the crowd, including her father-in-law, who clapped and leaned over to the stranger next to him. “That’s my daughter-in-law!” The man…
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Colorado Fourteeners Initiative recaps year of work across several mountains
Colorado’s leading agency committed to safe, environmentally friendly trails on the state’s biggest mountains recently released a 2021 recap of work across several slopes. Colorado Fourteeners Initiative returned to the state’s highest peak this summer, after last year finishing new trail construction on Mount Elbert’s east ridge. Now multi-year construction focuses on the northeast ridge.…
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Colorado Fourteeners Initiative recaps year of work across several mountains
Colorado’s leading agency committed to safe, environmentally friendly trails on the state’s biggest mountains recently released a 2021 recap of work across several slopes. Colorado Fourteeners Initiative returned to the state’s highest peak this summer, after last year finishing new trail construction on Mount Elbert’s east ridge. Now multi-year construction focuses on the northeast ridge.…
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After ‘catastrophic’ destruction, southwest Colorado ice park set to open
Months after a destructive rockfall raised doubts, southwest Colorado’s famous winter climbing destination is expected to open for the season. Peter O’Neil, executive director of the nonprofit that manages Ouray Ice Park, said mid-December is the goal as always. As always, opening depends on cold, overnight temperatures that allow ice farmers to spray water and…
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31-year-old Lakewood man dies while climbing in Colorado state park
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A group of climbers found a man who fell and died while climbing in Eldorado Canyon State Park on Wednesday evening, the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office said. Four people climbing near Rincon wall inside the park found a man who was free soloing — climbing without…
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Pikes Peak’s ‘bolt war’ remains unresolved: ‘Neither side is backing down’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More than a month after public revelations of a “bolt war,” a heated climbing dispute on Pikes Peak shows no signs of cooling. Phil Wortmann, a local school teacher and alpinist widely respected for raising…
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Climber dies in fall between Crestone Peak and Crestone Needle
Custer County Search and Rescue workers recovered the body of a man Sunday who fell while climbing between Crestone Peak and Crestone Needle on Saturday, the agency posted of Facebook. Emergency responders received a call around 1 p.m. Saturday saying a 44-year-old climber was late returning from a climb in the Sangre de Cristo mountain…
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Injured climber rescued after falling 20 feet from Boulder Flatiron
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A climber was rescued early Tuesday morning after she fell 20 feet from the Second Flatiron and injured her leg, the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office said. The woman, 26, had scrambled the freeway route on…