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Climbing, Adventure, Gear & Choss
Local Flavor – Interview with Ryan Jennings, Pt 1
What can I say, the new features just keep coming, as each month I’ll be interviewing prominent local climbers. Our first victim local interview is with Ryan Jennings, who grew up in the area, then moved away for a bit before relocating back to the valley with his wife in 2002. Ryan is one of […]
Backup That Rappel or Else!
Picture this: It’s the end of a long day of cragging. You’ve been pushing it hard all day, and with the light fading you’re anxious to get back to the car and some ice cold PBR’s. You rig the last rappel, a full 30m off the ground, and cast off. Soon after leaving the anchor […]
Coal Creek Craggin’
As I’ve mentioned before, the ice cragging options in Redstone are generally pretty slim. But what if I told you there is a place that is exploding with new route potential, where you can walk from thirty seconds to five minutes to an incredible variety of climbs, from stout WI 5 pillars to M10 cave […]
Wallpaper Download – The Drool
Yet another new monthly feature here on SplitterChoss.com will be a wallpaper download of the month. I’ll try to make it something that matches the season, so for February it’s ice climbing, next month maybe a desert shot, and so on. This month’s shot is from the second pitch of the Drool, in Redstone. Typically […]
Avocado Gully – Route of the Month
One of the unique and appealing things about ice climbing is how it can change from day to day. One day the ice is fat and plastic, the next it could be thin and brittle. The same climb can offer an incredible variety of climbing experiences as the season progresses. And nowhere is this more […]
The 4th Annual Glenwood Ice (and Snow) Festival
Well, yet another underground festival has come and gone. This one is a little tame compared to StoneyFest, but still a great time. For the last four years, we’ve had an informal ice (and skiing) festival centered out of Glenwood Springs. Folks come to join us from all over the West, and usually we have […]
Cloudveil Winter Sale On Now!
I guess it’s that time of year again, when companies are looking to empty their inventory of winter gear to make room for spring. Still seems rather wintry to me, but what do I know. Anyways, head on over to Cloudveil.com and you can find a bunch of great deals, from 30% to 50% off. […]
The Pencil Area
Welcome to the first of many new regular monthly features here on SplitterChoss.com. My recent bout with the flu gave me some time to line up an editorial calendar of sorts for the year, and one of things I have in store is a featured crag each month. Enjoy! When it comes to ice climbing […]
More Shots Fired in Coal Creek!
Wow, just when you thought you’d seen it all… I got an email this afternoon from a climber who went to scope the ice in Coal Creek and came across a guy shooting at the ice formations hanging from the cliffs up there. Sounds like he got some of them to fall to the road, […]
Wandering the Web
As I’ve mentioned already, backcountry skiing is the choice activity this month, but our training program is in full swing. We’ve taken a sample program out of the book Training for Climbing, and it’ll be interesting to see what kind of results we get. And while plastic is all I’m pulling for now, there’s still […]
Alpine Climbing “Lite”
Towering walls of rock surround me on either side. I press my back to the wall behind and swing my tools for some purchase in whatever lay beneath the snow. Finding something, I gingerly move on and continue up the pitch. Up close, I could be in Rocky Mountain Park or some other alpine climbing […]
Bulldog Creek Dog Walk (IV WI 4+)
Hayden Carpenter and Tom Bohanon recently repeated an obscure ice climb on the south side of Mt Sopris. Given a brief mention in Jack Robert’s ice guide, Bulldog Creek Walk is described as being 100 meters of WI 4. What they found was seven pitches of ice in a remote setting that makes for one […]
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