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AREA/CLIMB
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IN?
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FATNESS
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COMMENTS
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| Ouray |
x |
xx |
3/08/08
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| Ice Park |
yes |
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The Ice Park is fat and fun right now. The ice is holding up well and should stick around for a solid late season this year. |
| Skylight Area Climbs |
yes |
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All classic climbs are in and a few unusual ones are too. Look in the chimeny well right of the Skylight (right of the mixed route "Dumpster Diver"). Also, there is the delicate mixed route AC/DC, next to Choppo's AND a cool looking thin ice corner to the left of Slippery When Wet. All climbs have been hit hard by the sun on the tops so take care when exiting. The Killer Pillar is BAD ASS right now with a great WI 6 roof at the top. Poser's Lounge has "good" ice at the end of the dry tooling now. |
| Ribbon |
no |
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The first pitch is burried under 50 feet of snow so you can just walk up to the ice that is normally on the second pitch. There is thin ice from here all the way to the top, but there have been many large avalanches running over the route lately. |
| Bird Brain Boulevard |
yes |
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This route looks good and fun right now. Your experience is bound to be more Alaskan than Coloradan as you will have to tunnel through several snow mushrooms on your way up the snowy chimney. There is some ice in there and the first pitch and a half is now bypassed by walkiing up snow into the chimney. Be careful on the approach. |
| Talisman |
yes |
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The Talisman is in and and has been climbed by at least one party. The start is thin and exciting, but the crux, second pitch is good and there is even ice in the rock climbing corner. The last pitch is good and steep. It should stay good for a while. |
| Dexter Slab |
yes |
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Like everything else, there is a lot of snow on the route, but the ice is very fat and relatively easy right now. |
| Horsetail Falls Area |
yes |
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This is a snow climb right now. |
| Engineer Pass Area |
no |
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These climbs are gone and likely done for the season. As of this posting, Gravity's Rainbow was still there, but has a HUGE crack across it and is missing several sections. It should fall down in the next few days. |
| Others |
yes |
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There is a cool looking thin orange ice climb high on the north facing wall above the Rotary Park and hockey rink just north of Ouray. You can easily see it as you drive into Ouray from Ridgway. |
| Silverton |
x |
x |
2/29/21
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| South Mineral Creek |
yes |
 |
Good luck gettin in there. There is way too much snow to justify the approach and little ice that you would find to climb. Go somewhere else ulness you really want the solitude and don't mind climbing under the huge avalanche slopes. |
| Eureka Area Climbs |
yes |
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I have no idea what the climbing is like there, but would guess that there is a lot of snow on everyting and that much of the ice is fat and easy with big sections of snow walking between short, easy pillars. The avalanche threat is going to be something to take very seriously there right now. |
| Telluride |
x |
xx |
2/29/01
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| Ames Ice Hose |
yes |
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The Hose is in great condition right now. As with most everything else, there is a ton of snow piled up at the base so the first pitch is a bit shorter. The ice goes to the ground, but is steep and thin for the first 10 meters. The narrow section is just that: maybe a foot wide in places, but the ice is good. The upper pitch is fat and cruiser. |
| Bridalveil Falls |
yes |
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Bridalveil is now fat and wild. You can climb it by weaving around the many roofs and keep it at WI 5 or go straight up for a fun WI 6. The cone at the base is a snow slope. Recommended. |
| Silver Pick/ The Bone |
yes |
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The Silver Pick is touching. |
| Others |
yes! |
 |
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