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Elevation: 6,600 ft
GPS: 38.83385, -104.83068
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Shared By: Leo Paik on Oct 25, 2006
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Okay, this is going to tickle a few of you out there to say "what the...." This area has been notoriously tight in coughing up information on rock and/or ice. Once, there was even a Colorado Springs website which hosted a bit of information on ice. Well, some of it has been added to the database. Some is already in guidebooks such as Cameron Burns' delightful Colorado Ice Climber's Guide, Colorado Springs Area p. 217-220. So, everyone is secretive about the ice, but as my youngest child is taught in preschool, "let's share."

Within C. Burn's guide are:

Silver Cascades, WI2, 2p.
Green Mountain Falls, WI1-2
Gillette Falls, WI2-5, check out access issues 1st.

There likely is more ice in the Cheyenne Canyon drainage with the right conditions.

Higher up:

Blind Assumption, 300-1000'
The Ole 6, 4p, 450'
Total Abandon, 3p, 400'
Y Couloir, 2000' vertical

North Cheyenne Canyon:

The Phantom, 80'

Buried within our database is even two comments one
then and two about Helen Hunt Falls, and now Saint Mary’s Falls.

Getting There Suggest change

Colorado Springs is located on the Front Range, about 70 miles south of Denver. From there, you'll need to look at each of the specific subareas.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Colorado Springs & vicinity

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WI4+ M4-5
 38
Total Abandon
Trad, Mixed, Ice, Alpine 3 pitches
WI5 M5
 22
Blind Assumption
Trad, Mixed, Ice, Alpine 3 pitches
 24
Y Couloir
Alpine
WI3-4 M6
 7
The Phantom
Mixed, Ice
WI4-
 54
Hully Gully
Ice 2 pitches
M2-3 Mod. Snow PG13
 13
Right Couloir of Three Little Pi…
Mixed, Snow, Alpine 4 pitches
WI4 M5
 5
Blind Luck
Trad, Mixed, Ice, Alpine 5 pitches
M8
 5
Three Dragons
Trad, Mixed, Alpine 5 pitches
WI3-4 PG13
 4
Waltzing Matilda
Ice, Alpine
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b WI3-4 M5-
 6
Toga Party
Trad, Mixed, Ice, Alpine 4 pitches
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b M7
 5
Holy Moly
Trad, Mixed
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c WI3 M6+
 7
The Ole 6
Trad, Mixed, Ice, Alpine 4 pitches
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
Total Abandon Pike's Peak > N Face of Pike's Peak
 38
WI4+ M4-5 Trad, Mixed, Ice, Alpine 3 pitches
Blind Assumption Pike's Peak > N Face of Pike's Peak
 22
WI5 M5 Trad, Mixed, Ice, Alpine 3 pitches
Y Couloir Pike's Peak > N Face of Pike's Peak
 24
Alpine
The Phantom N Cheyenne Canyon
 7
WI3-4 M6 Mixed, Ice
Hully Gully N Cheyenne Canyon
 54
WI4- Ice 2 pitches
Right Couloir of Three Litt… Pike's Peak > N Face of Pike's Peak
 13
M2-3 Mod. Snow PG13 Mixed, Snow, Alpine 4 pitches
Blind Luck Pike's Peak > N Face of Pike's Peak
 5
WI4 M5 Trad, Mixed, Ice, Alpine 5 pitches
Three Dragons Pike's Peak > N Face of Pike's Peak
 5
M8 Trad, Mixed, Alpine 5 pitches
Waltzing Matilda Pike's Peak > Oil Creek Tunnel Area
 4
WI3-4 PG13 Ice, Alpine
Toga Party Pike's Peak > N Face of Pike's Peak
 6
5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b WI3-4 M5- Trad, Mixed, Ice, Alpine 4 pitches
Holy Moly N Cheyenne Canyon
 5
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b M7 Trad, Mixed
The Ole 6 Pike's Peak > N Face of Pike's Peak
 7
5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c WI3 M6+ Trad, Mixed, Ice, Alpine 4 pitches
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