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December 26, 2012
Published by nate at December 26, 2012
Happy Holidays from the crew at San Juan Mountain Guides. May your new year be full of hero-ice, blower-powder, and splitter hand cracks!
December 22, 2012
Published by nate at December 22, 2012
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Ice Park opening day is always has a festive feel to it. There isn’t really any official fanfare but climbers from all over the state show […]
December 22, 2012
Published by nate at December 22, 2012
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I spent the last four days climbing with Rob from NY. Despite some difficulties from the weather and high avalanche danger in many places, we managed […]
December 7, 2012
Published by nate at December 7, 2012
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Recently, I took great pleasure in climbing “Out of the Mainline,” a unique flow that forms in the Fall Creek drainage. This ice climb rarely gets […]
November 16, 2012
Published by nate at November 16, 2012
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San Juan Ice Conditions Report November 16, 2012 It’s that time of year – ice season in the San Juans has arrived. A few of us […]
November 15, 2012
Published by nate at November 15, 2012
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2013 Ouray Ice Festival Clinics Available for Purchase! The Ouray Ice Festival Clinics are now available for purchase. Click on this link to go to the […]
August 26, 2012
Published by nate at August 26, 2012
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David did a big traverse with us in the Weminuche a month ago and decided he needed some more. For round two we decided to go […]
August 10, 2012
Published by nate at August 10, 2012
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Kevin, Larry and Jerry all came to do a backpacking trip dubbed the ‘Best of the Weminuche’. I have spent a lot of time in the […]
July 27, 2012
Published by nate at July 27, 2012
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David has been hiking in the Weminuche for years. In fact this was his 9th trip to the area. Day 1: David and I got dropped […]
July 4, 2012
Published by nate at July 4, 2012
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Andy and Scott recently joined me on an 8 day Alpine Leadership course. Day 1: We started out at X-rock where we rock climbed in addition […]
June 10, 2012
Published by nate at June 10, 2012
Robert just came out and joined me in some Fast and Light climbing. I had planned a standard solid itinerary but in quickly became apparent that […]
April 12, 2012
Published by nate at April 12, 2012
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Keith had climbed Snowdon multipule times but had never been up the West Buttress or down the Northwest Ridge. We decided to make a day of […]