The small town of Ouray, located in South Western Colorado has one of the largest concentrations of ice climbs with in the state and is the home of the now famous Ouray Ice Park. Within the Ice Park, there are hundreds of easily accessible routes that include everything from intro routes to hard steep ice and mixed lines.

 

The local backcountry has numerous multi-pitch classics as well. The skylight area is one of these great locations that host numerous single pitch routes and provides access to the area classics such as the Ribbon WI 4, Bird Brain Boulevard M6 WI 5, and the Talisman M6 WI 5+.

 

The town of Ames, just outside of Telluride has the three pitch classic Ames Ice Hose WI 5 M6.

South of Red Mountain pass and North of Durango is Silverton. Silverton has amazing ice such as Stairway to heaven WI4 and Whorehouse Hoses WI 4.

                                                  

 

 

San Juan Mountain Guides are the premier provider of rock, ice, ski guiding and instruction in the San Juans.

AMGA certified Rock & Alpine guide Chad Peele is a lead guide for San Juan Mountain Guides LLC and spends his winter guiding and instructing in this frozen playground.

"It's tha shit"  

 

For current ice conditions around Ouray, colorado and other areas, please check out Vince Andersons site SKYWARD MOUNTAINEERING    &

San Juan Mountain Guides ice CONDITIONS BLOG

 

 

Recommended offerings:

2 Day Basic Ice Course

2 Day Intermediate Ice Course

 And of course private guiding in which you can move and progress at you own speed, whether within the Ice Park or sending one of the backcountry area classics!

                                                                             

 

The ice is nice and as the warriors say "come out and play"