When I think of things to do outdoors in the winter time, my first thought is always of ice skating. Where I grew up, there was always perfect ice on the nearby pond, and all of the kids in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. – Sprouting like watery vines from the top of a 40-foot-high wall built into the side of Snow King Mountain, giant columns of ice tower over people in helmets and crampons clutching ...

Oh, thank God, my whole body exclaimed. After a few swings, the razor-sharp pick I clutched lodged firmly into a cascading frozen waterfall. Shards of ice exploded from the point of contact onto my ...