Ice Climbing

Ice climber

For the avid rock-climber or mountaineer, Estes Park offers a winter-pass-time of climbing ice-formations (such as icefalls, frozen waterfalls, & cliff/rock slabs covered with ice from water flows.  The area surrounding Estes Park and within the Rocky Mountain National Park provides an abundance of alpine & water ice climbing opportunities.

For more information on ice climbing, equipment & techniques:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_climbing

For climbing equipment rental & guides:

Estes Park Mountain Shop:  http://estesparkmountainshop.com/

Colorado Mountain School: http://www.totalclimbing.com/page.php


(Photo compliments of Estes Park Mountain Shop, http://estesparkmountainshop.com/)