Alasdair Posted January 6, 2005 Posted January 6, 2005 So I am going to vail for a long weekend next month. I dont fucking ski well enough to buy a $70 lift ticket, and really dont care enough to back country ski, so. What ice climbing guide should I buy for the area. Any suggestions on the best one? Quote
cj001f Posted January 6, 2005 Posted January 6, 2005 Where are you going in Colorado? You ever checked out the Ice Climbing section of Climbingboulder.com ? Quote
Alasdair Posted January 6, 2005 Author Posted January 6, 2005 Where are you going in Colorado? You ever checked out the Ice Climbing section of Climbingboulder.com ? Â Ahhhh. Vail, as mentioned in my previous post. Quote
JRCO Posted January 6, 2005 Posted January 6, 2005 Defenitely go to www.climbingboulder.com. Print out everything around Vail and Ten Mile Canyon that you might like to climb. You can see most of the climbs from I-70. Quote
griz Posted January 6, 2005 Posted January 6, 2005 if you want something to hold in your hand then go with Colorado Ice Climber's Guide by Cameron M. Burns. good stuff. Â amazon has them used for like $9+ Â and,,yeah, climbingboulder.com covers allot more than boulder. useful,semi current beta too Quote
Ade Posted January 7, 2005 Posted January 7, 2005 The Roberts Guide is better. Â The best Colorado guide (although it doesn't cover Vail) is the "San Juan Ice Climbs" by Charlie Fowler. If only because it's a hand written photocopy and says "Over 150 climbs! Sketchy Details! Scare Yourself!" on the front cover. You can just see the Mountaineers publishing that! Quote
JayB Posted January 7, 2005 Posted January 7, 2005 If you are looking into hitting some ice, check out the Mt. Lincoln/Hoosier Pass Icefall (1-70 --> 9 to Breckenridge --- S on 9 over Hoosier Pass --- Right turn towards the Resevoir Obvious Icefall below Mt. Lincoln.). Not that much further away from Vail and deserted most weekdays. 1-2 (60M) pitch stuff, with pitches ranging from WI2+ to IV+V-. More or less zero avy hazard. Â If you are pondering rock at all, Shelf Road has hundreds of limestone routes, with many South facing aspects that permit climbing in a T-shirt even in the depths of winter. Also an amazing view down a Jolly Green Giantesque Valley to the Sangre's in the distance. Also lots of stuff in the Park that might be in. Quote
griz Posted January 7, 2005 Posted January 7, 2005 Lincoln is fun stuff. Keep in mind, on the weekends it changes into a very popular zoo. Still fun but you'll probably have to wait abit. Quote
JRCO Posted January 7, 2005 Posted January 7, 2005 I can vouch for Lincoln. It is in fat this hear. Plenty of ice from WI3 to WI5. Most of it can be top ropped. Quote
JRCO Posted January 7, 2005 Posted January 7, 2005 Oh, by the way, if you do want to ski, Garts Sports, REI, and King Soopers sell discounted lift tickets in Denver. I think you save around $20. Quote
Alasdair Posted January 7, 2005 Author Posted January 7, 2005 Oh, by the way, if you do want to ski, Garts Sports, REI, and King Soopers sell discounted lift tickets in Denver. I think you save around $20. No interest what so ever in a discounted ticket that still costs $50. I will skin up to the top of the first lift and ski free the rest of the day if I decide to ski at all. Quote
JayB Posted January 8, 2005 Posted January 8, 2005 E. Ridge of Quandary makes for a good skin-up ski-down outing and has relatively little avy hazzard - if you do decide to do any skiiing out there. Drive past Breckenridge on 9 and turn right at the base of the Mountain...... Quote
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