This intensive climbing course serves as an introduction and primer for the season.  We will teach new skills and techniques and make friends along the way.

Lake City is like a quieter version of Ouray, but with the comfort of tents with wood burning stoves at all of the bases. You can walk from any lodging in town to the ice park, and the brewery is right at the edge of the ice park for the end of the day.

Skills covered include:

• Efficient movement is safe movement
• Belaying fundamentals
• Rope management
• Knots
• Gear selection and use
• Ice screws and placement on vertical ice
• Anchors
• Top roping considerations
• Leading ice