This weekend he finally gets to compete in an international event close to home when the Longmont Climbing Collective hosts the first ice climbing World Cup event held in the U.S. since 2019.

On Saturday, Perez got to compete with athletes from around the world in Longmont at the Ice Climbing and Dry Tooling World Cup. Held at Longmont Climbing Collective in east Longmont, the event ...

With so many Colorado destinations, Longmont seems like a head-scratcher to host this international event. So for this edition of our Weekly Why column, Boulder Weekly set out to understand why ...

The ice pillar will also be used for a speed climbing event on the first day of the World Cup. LCC has embraced the ice climbing and dry tooling communities in advance of the World Cup.

What began as a modest gathering of climbers in 1991 has blossomed into one of North America’s largest ice climbing festivals. The multi-day Michigan Ice Fest gave climbers of all skill levels ...

At Wildcat Canyon at Starved Rock State Park, frozen waterfalls are just right — in the right kind of weather — for ice climbing.

But in contrast to the Valdez event, these celebrations tend to be larger and, at times, more chaotic, says Kevin Lindlau, an ice climbing athlete and competitor who regularly teaches clinics at ...