Lead falls are an indispensable part of rock climbing. Ask any performance-oriented sport or trad climber and they'll tell you: become comfortable with big, safe falls if you want to reach your full ...

Ice climbing isn’t as extreme as many tend to believe; just make sure you go out equipped with the right gear, route, and ice climbing guide. “Having some familiarity with the knots and rope systems ...

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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, ...

The Winona Ice Park is officially open for the 2026 season, welcoming climbers back to one of the largest man-made ice ...

Depending on where you live, it's been a relatively warm winter. A few spots in southern New England have stayed cold enough for people to enjoy a sport called ice climbing. It's been a mild winter in ...

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 ...

The Winona Ice Park officially opened for the season Wednesday. It's located in the Sugar Loaf open space area, and is ...

Dave Pagel vividly recalled the day back in high school, more than 40 years ago, when a teacher introduced his class to climbing. “Climbing is really about puzzle solving, not as much strength or ...

After strapping on all the required safety gear like helmets and crampons for our boots, Margo Talbot gives one last piece of advice before she starts climbing a wall of ice. “If any ice starts coming ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... With her purple ponytail dangling beneath a grey helmet, Ceri Evans kicked one crampon-clad foot, then the other, into the plywood walls of The Ice Coop, a ...