New Mixed Routes in VailThe Colorado Mountain Journal has an article showing off some of the new mixed climbs in Vail. They look like good “entry” level climbs for those wanting to get into drytooling.
Also, the conditions page has been updated. Fat ice all over the state.
As being reported at the Colorado Mountain Journal, and Splitter Choss, a climber recently fell 100 feet when the route he was climbing, the Fang in Vail, collapsed underneath him. From the Summit Daily:
“Alan Bosworth, an engineer with the Vail Fire Department, said a portion of The Fang broke loose with the climber on it, sending him plummeting down about 100 feet, the equivalent of a 10-story fall.
Crews from the Vail Fire Department, Eagle County Sheriff’s Office, Vail Mountain Rescue and the Eagle County Ambulance District responded to a call at 1:14 p.m. reporting the fall. It took crews about 45 minutes to snowmobile and hike into the area where the victim had fallen, and about another 45 minutes to get him out.
Scott Smith, owner of the Apex Mountain School, said he has not climbed The Fang this winter and guesses not many people, if any, have climbed it this winter before Tuesday. The formation has only recently filled in to the point where someone might consider leading it, meaning they’re climbing it from the ground up, Smith said.”
Here’s a video we found highlighting the Lake City Ice Park. Looks like a great time, anybody been down there?
There’s ice everywhere in Colorado right now, from Boulder Canyon to Vail, Redstone to Ouray.
See the full report on the conditions page.
What a difference a few weeks makes. There is ice all over Colorado right now. Many of the routes in RMNP are in, Vail is looking good with Firehouse, Pumphouse and Spiral Staircase IN, and western Colorado is going off. Things are great in the San Juans, and Redstone is apparently good as well.
See the conditions page for the full scoop.
Bear with us as we work out the kinks for the new site.