February 14th, 2025

Current Conditions and Open Areas

Open anchor count: 204

Open areas (with some spot closures):

Deep South, South Park, Kids’ Wall, Two-Eyed Dog*, New Funtier, Grad School, School Room, Pic O the Vic, Lead Only*, Between the Bridges, Scottish Gullies, Five Fingers, Shithouse Wall, Stump Wall

*Lead only areas are unmaintained and should be treated the same as backcountry ice. Read the route before climbing and make sure you have proper equipment.

PLEASE NOTE:

  • Paradox is hosting their annual Paradox Ice Climbing Event. Join Us!

  • Be mindful of spot closures in areas marked with orange CLOSED signs.

  • Some anchor pads, especially in South Park, have two climbs marked by tags on keychains. One may be open while the other is closed. Closed routes on anchor pads like this will have a CLOSED sign attached to its specific corresponding keychain tag. Check closely!

closed areas:

None!

Current Condtions:

Febuly seems to have moved on out of the region - thankfully. We had to let things be and wait out the warm spell, which did affect some routes and areas in the park. A few routes did need to be closed as some isolated spots simply were becoming rather hazardous to be on, or underneath. All areas, with one exception, are currently open. Read on!

The caveat is that some of the melt we experienced did some passive work with gravity to help fill in and repair the bottoms of climbs after a busy Ice Fest weekend last month. Also, farmers plan to put as much water out as weather conditions will allow to help add some volume to everything in the park. 

We are currently under a Winter Weather Warning through Saturday evening, and right now we are seeing bands of snow come and go. If you’re out this weekend and feeling up for some less-than-horizontal landscaping, grab a shovel, broom, or rake from Dick’s Chalet and take it with you to help clean snow off the routes you’re climbing. Body shoveling works too! Any and all help from the community is valuable in helping us continue to make good ice. 

We’ve got Paradox Sports in the park this weekend for an adaptive climbers event. Saturday 2/15 and Sunday 2/16, SOUTH PARK will be closed to the public and reserved for Paradox Sports’ event.

We’re super stoked the cold rolled back in, and we look forward to seeing everyone this weekend!

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