Ice Climbing Clinics

Learn how to ice climb in the Ouray Ice Park with personalized instruction from expert guides. Our winter basecamp in the San Juan mountains is a perfect launching point for ice climbing in the Ouray Ice Park and frozen waterfalls throughout Ouray and Silverton. Skyward Mountaineering’s co-owner, Vince Anderson has been guiding in the Ouray Ice Park for over 30 years and has curated our ice climbing course curriculums with a unique approach to teaching ice and mixed climbing movement, how to lead ice climbing and advanced systems for increasing efficiency in the mountains. Our ice climbing clinics are based in the Ouray Ice Park with unparalleled access to ice climbing terrain at a variety of difficulty levels.

comprehensive curriculums based on decades of instruction

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Beginner to advanced ice climbing clinics

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No prerequisites needed for the intro to ice climbing course

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Courses are full day (8 hours) programs, ranging from 2-3 days in length

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Ouray, Colorado

Learn How To Ice ClimB In the Ouray Ice Park

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Intro To Ice

Beginner 2 day ice climbing course

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Steep Ice

Intermediate 3 day ice climbing course

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The Art Of Mixed Climbing

Intermediate 2 day mixed climbing course

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LEarn To Lead

Intermediate 3 day ice climbing course

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