Placing an ice climbing screw is one of the most challenging aspects of ice climbing. While a cam may take..
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The better you can use your feet, the easier it is to climb ice. Having sharp and appropriate crampons definitely..
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, there are as many ice climbing tool leash choices out there as there are tools...
The ice climbing tool pick is your interface with the ice, and should be your next concern after the swing...
Ice climbing tools have gone through a dramatic phase of change in the past many years. New technology, advancing technique..
This article is intended to inform you of the features and uses of modern ice climbing gear. The focus is..
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- [TR] Eldorado Peak and Dorado Needle - E Ridge and NW Ridge 06/16/2019 June 19, 2019Trip: Eldorado Peak and Dorado Needle - E Ridge and NW Ridge Trip Date: 06/16/2019 Trip Report: Conditions are quite good in the Eldorado area right now. We made a casual ascent of Eldorado on our approach day and climbed the NW Ridge of Dorado Needle on Sunday. The climbing was easy but damn... that […]
- [TR] Forbidden Peak - Beta photo 06/15/2019 June 17, 2019Trip: Forbidden Peak - Beta photo Trip Date: 06/15/2019 Trip Report: Got a decently detailed shot of Forbidden from Sahale Glacier this weekend so I thought I'd share it. Zoom in and you can see the gully is pretty melted out. Nobody visible on the route from this direction at 12:20PM on Saturday. Just three […]
- [TR] Mount Baker - North Ridge 06/15/2019 June 16, 2019Trip: Mount Baker - North Ridge Trip Date: 06/15/2019 Trip Report: Climbed the North Ridge of Mount Baker on Saturday morning, awesome day. Hiking in we met a climber we knew who said the snow bridge across the Coleman/Deming had collapsed the night before and parties were turning around. But they saw someone who had […]
- [TR] Chelan Mountains - Pinnacle, Cardinal, Emerald, Saska - 3rd class routes 06/13/2019 June 16, 2019Trip: Chelan Mountains - Pinnacle, Cardinal, Emerald, Saska - 3rd class routes Trip Date: 06/13/2019 Trip Report: Tessa and I scrambled up the four tallest mountains in the Chelan Range on Wednesday and Thursday. I'm glad she's working on the Bulgers, otherwise these may not have been on my radar. The "Chelan Slam" was super […]
- [TR] Bolivia - Cordillera Real - Pequeño Alpamayo, Cabeza de Condor, Huayna Potosí, Illampu, and Illimani 05/26/2019 June 16, 2019Trip: Bolivia - Cordillera Real - Pequeño Alpamayo, Cabeza de Condor, Huayna Potosí, Illampu, and Illimani Trip Date: 05/26/2019 Trip Report: I just returned from a 3-week climbing trip to Bolvia and figured some folks here would be interested in hearing about the climbing down there. We stayed mostly healthy, had perfect weather and conditions, […]