Catalina Shirley, 22, is looking forward to a competitive adventure in February that involves twisting herself into a pretzel, then climbing horizontally over free-hanging air, underneath a cube, ...

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 ...

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 thousands ...

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 ...

Only the tips of his crampons and ice axes held the climber’s body close to the wall as he balanced more than 100 feet above the snow-covered ground. A kick from his left boot dislodged a chunk of ice ...

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 ...

DENVER (KDVR) — For the first time since 2019, the UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup is returning to the U.S. in 2025 with a stop in Colorado next month. The event is part of the 2024-2025 UIAA Ice Climbing ...

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 ...

A rock slide sheared away some trees, revealing an unclimbed granite wall. Two local climbers were quick to hop onto it.

Meanwhile, back here on Earth, as spring approaches, America's ice climbing season is winding down. Ice climbing is an alpine sport whose aficionados use ropes and other specialized equipment to scale ...