Ice Climbing

Learn how to ice climb for the first time, improve your movement skills on steep routes or go ice climbing on a classic multipitch route. Skyward Mountaineering has been guiding in Ouray, Colorado for 30 years and our guides are expert climbers with a passion for sharing their local knowledge of the mountains and helping climbers learn and improve their techniques.

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Beginner to advanced ice climbing

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No prerequisites required

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Full day (8 hours)

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Ouray, Colorado
Rifle, Colorado

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Ouray Ice Park

Beginner toproping to advanced ice climbing on steep pillars

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Ouray Backcountry

Intermediate to advanced multipitch ice climbing

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Rifle Mountain Park

Intermediate to advanced toprope ice climbing on steep pillars

Skyward Mountaineering offers guided ice climbing throughout Colorado, namely Ouray Ice Park, Ouray backcountry multipitch routes, Silverton backcountry multipitch routes, Lake City, and Rifle Mountain Park. Our access to these incredible ice climbing venues combined with our decades of experience recreating and guiding in the mountains provide the backbone for all of our guided trips. Skyward also offers instructional ice climbing clinics, each are customized to provide climbers with the unique skillset necessary to climb efficiently and safely on waterfall ice climbs.

  • Skyward Mountaineering is an AMGA Accredited Business, that means we’ve gone through rigorous third party auditing to ensure the highest quality risk management, customer service, ethical business practices, and professionally trained guides.

  • Our guides are expert climbers and skiers with extensive training and personal experience on challenging ascents and descents around the world.

  • We are a small guide service offering customized programs based on decades of guiding and instructional experience.

  • Unparalleled logistics support from start to finish. Our office staff are climbers, skiers and mountain guides so when you call or email us we’ll give you honest and helpful information to increase the success and enjoyment of your trip.