Well maybe not fluffy powder, but hard to complain for a weekday morning in mid-May. This ski season in CO (my first here) was pretty mediocre, and certainly didnt live up to any of the CO hype. As the lifts started shutting down, the local snowpack was looking pretty grim, and plenty of [...]

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It has been quite a while since I posted anything on the blog. Mostly this is a result of too much rock climbing, and too little time up in the mountains. Hopefully that will change if we start getting into more spring like weather at some point. In the mean time, here [...]

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Headed out with Doug to give the east gully of the first flatiron a go. A recon last weekend showed some good ice formed part way up the route, and the fresh snow + cold temps gave me some hope that things might go. After some deep wallowing (AK training for Doug [...]

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Did some bolted mixed climbing at Vail on Sunday with Joe, Doug and Jesse. Led Cupcake Corner, then we toproped Frigid Inseminator and 7th Tentacle, while Doug and Jesse climbed the much harder routes to the right. First “real” sport mixed (meaning actual rock and ice) leading I’ve done. I tried to [...]

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Last weekend I decided to turn 30 and take a trip up to Cody, WY with Chris. Although the forecast was a little warm, we had faith that Cody would still deliver, and it did. The combination of huge ice routes and minimal crowds make Cody one of the more appealing ice climbing [...]

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Chris and I got out for a great day of ice climbing on Saturday. We climbed the classic moderate Jaws in RMNP. In spite of the cold morning temperatures in Boulder, temps on the climb were pretty Balmy. Luckily, we were up and down early enough to keep things from falling down. [...]

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There is something to be said for doing an ice climb in plain view of your office. Although the upper route wasnt formed, we did climb some fun, and previously unreported, terrain.

Reedited the video and uploaded to youtube, so it can be viewed in HD without going to facebook.

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Got out for a fine day of ice climbing yesterday with Joe and Becky. We headed up the RMNP classic All Mixed Up on the east face of Thatchtop. The usual 4AM departure had us hiking the glacier gorge trail around 5:15 AM. We made fast time on the well packed trail [...]

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When I moved to CO in April, I immediately became obsessed with perusing the internet looking for compelling climbs. One that caught my eye more that most others was the North Face (or NE, or E) of Notchtop in Rocky Mountain National Park. Unlike many of the climbs I came across, where the [...]

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Colorado Ridge – Kingfisher (IV, 5.8, C2)
Jah Man – Sister Superior (5.10+)
10/17 – 10/18
Last weekend Chris and I headed out to the desert to enjoy the perfect fall weather. The long drive distance to the desert is a bit of a deterrent, but once you get there it suddenly seems entirely worth. We [...]

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