Ski mountaineering is the newest Winter Olympics event in 2026. But there's another high-altitude event that could enter the picture when the French Alps host the Games in 2030. Ice climbing is one of ...

En route, he said that about half of the beginners he teaches have some rock-climbing experience. For the other half, “ice climbing is their first foray into the vertical world.” The outskirts of Cody ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah is becoming a factory for international ice-climbing champions. In Liechtenstein at the end of January, youth athletes from 12 countries competed in the Ice Climbing Youth World ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Nine weeks after wind gusts estimated at 60-80 mph pummeled the Longmont Climbing Collective, peeling off some of its roof panels and damaging others that ...

Before world-class athletes visit Longmont this weekend for the Ice Climbing World Cup, one big piece of the competition needs assembly: the ice wall. Standing nearly 50 feet tall, the wall will be ...

Once upon a time, ice climbing was less of a weekend hobby and more of a general necessity for people living in frozen, icy climes. If you lived in the Alps or the Himalayas before tunnels were ...