Early Season Ice Climbing

Nathan Smith on an October ascent of Golden Spike WI4 M5, Uintas, Utah.

Don't wait for the ice to come to you, go chase it down. Nathan Smith, Liberty Mountain employee and author of the Utah ice climbing guide, Beehive Ice, shares his tried and true tactics for jump starting the ice climbing season:

Graffiti Cleanup in Little Cottonwood Canyon

This week, a volunteer crew from the Salt Lake Climbers Alliance and staff from Liberty Mountain conducted a graffiti cleanup in an area of Little Cottonwood Canyon called the Swamp.

Save the Ouray Ice Park

Please join Grivel, Rab, and San Juan Mountain Guides in supporting the efforts to construct new concrete anchor pads for the Ouray Ice Park.

The forest surrounding the Ouray Ice Park has been devastated by beetle kill and many of the anchor trees are being removed. These concrete anchor pads will allow for continued access to the ice park terrain.

Please make a donation to this project so that it is done in time for the upcoming ice season.

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