Catalina Shirley, 22, is looking forward to a competitive adventure in February that involves twisting herself into a pretzel, then climbing horizontally over free-hanging air, underneath a cube, ...

Lurking in the background of today’s climbing news — between flashy bouldering videos, alpine first ascents and the latest 5.15 sport routes — lies the exciting and fast-paced, yet least understood ...

The ice climbers and dry toolers are almost here. For Longmont Climbing Collective, the Ice Climbing and Dry Tooling World Cup is just around the corner. The competition, set for Feb. 22 and 23, will ...

Colorado is the place to be this winter; from the X Games to WinterFest, there is endless opportunity for some fun in the snow. Longmont, Colo. is adding to the fun of WinterFest by hosting the UIAA ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Arvada’s Ian Umstead has competed internationally in two sports, first in Europe as a young cyclist aspiring to race professionally, now as an elite ice ...

COLORADO SPRINGS — Shelby Holmes will be sporting the nation’s colors after being selected to the USA Ice Climbing team. Her travel to the competition site will be much shorter than most as the World ...

Catalina Shirley competes in the 2019 Ice Climbing World Tour in Denver. Credit: Levi Harrell / UIAA There’s forty feet of ice towering above Catalina Shirley. The Lafayette resident is moments away ...

DENVER (KDVR) — For the first time since 2019, the UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup is returning to the U.S. in 2025 with a stop in Colorado next month. The event is part of the 2024-2025 UIAA Ice Climbing ...

Edmonton will host an international ice climbing competition alongside YEG Ice Fest in the heart of the river valley at Louise McKinney Riverfront Park during the last weekend in February. The ...

The competition was part of the 16th annual Arc’teryx Bozeman Ice Climbing Festival held last week in Bozeman and nearby Hyalite Canyon. Despite the name of the festival, there was no ice on the ...

A towering ice climbing wall is on the rise in Edmonton’s picturesque river valley. Dozens of metres of scaffolding, plywood and burlap are in place in Louise McKinney Riverfront Park. They’ll provide ...