Open Climbing with Guides

We had the idea that maybe folks come to the Ouray Ice Fest to climb. Weird, right? For the 2025 Ouray Ice Fest, each day we will hang 4-6 ropes on routes in the Schoolroom. Our guides will coach, mentor, and generally be resources to support you with whatever aspect of ice climbing you’d like. The goal will be to create a supportive environment in which you can climb with highly skilled partners. We’ll check everyone off for belaying and we’ll ask you to belay when you’re not climbing, so our guides can help climbers on the ice.

Prerequisites:

• Participants must have climbed ice previously and understand how to belay.