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It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s December and guides are starting to arrive in Ouray for the winter season.\u00c2\u00a0 We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been out exploring some of the area classics–the backcountry ice is coming in quite nicely, and some normally thin routes are in as fat as they’ve been in a long time.\u00c2\u00a0 Currently the weather is temperate and clear, and low snowpack is making for easy approaches to climbs in South Mineral Creek–the road is often closed by this time of year.\u00c2\u00a0 Today Mark Allen, Pat Ormond and I went out to climb the Direct North Face, up in South Mineral.\u00c2\u00a0 Several pitches of great, fun, rambly\u00c2\u00a0climbing with a couple steep pitches thrown in.\u00c2\u00a0 I’d never climbed up in that area–it was nice to explore something new!\u00c2\u00a0 Yesterday I went out with some friends to climb in Eureka–ended up climbing the classic\u00c2\u00a0Stairway to Heaven, which is in great shape, with nice plastic ice and 800 feet of enjoyable climbing–nice to get out on old favorites as well!\u00c2\u00a0 The rest of the Eureka climbs are looking great too!<\/p>\n
The Ouray ice park is still working on building a base of ice and should be open later in the month, giving us access to an\u00c2\u00a0unparalleled ice climbing instruction\u00c2\u00a0venue.\u00c2\u00a0 The backcountry is climbing well; December is a great time to beat the crowds and have some backcountry ice adventures!\u00c2\u00a0 In January we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be in full swing running the gamut of ice climbing programs from beginner to advanced to custom.\u00c2\u00a0 Come on out and climb in Ouray with us!<\/p>\n
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