Fire & Ice

I’m off to the desert for a bachelor party weekend, looks a little warm but should be a good time. Going to the Creek and hopefully ride the Slickrock trail on Sunday, which I’ve never done. If you are going to be in Colorado this weekend, I’d say there’s a good chance the right Laundry Chute on Sopris has ice in it. You can easily scope it from the Crown with a good pair on binoculars. It’s a fun alpine outing, with about 200 feet of ice, followed by some easy snow and rock climbing which spits you out several feet from the summit. If you go let me know how it is. More info about the route is available here.

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Bulldog Creek Dog Walk (IV WI 4+)

Hayden Carpenter and Tom Bohanon recently repeated an obscure ice climb on the south side of Mt Sopris. Given a brief mention in Jack Robert’s ice guide, Bulldog Creek Walk is described as being 100 meters of WI 4. What they found was seven pitches of ice in a remote setting that makes for one […]

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