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Ellen S

Boulder, CO
33 years old
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Member Since
Nov 6, 2020
Last Visit: 25 mins ago
219 Points
Point Rank: #6,155 DetailsDrop down
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Best Times to Meet: weekends, I like to go all day!
Likes Trad, Sport, Gym
Leads Follows
Trad 5.10c 5.11b
Sport 5.10c 5.11b
Ice WI5 WI6
Mixed M5 M6
Other Interests
climbing all the damn time
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1 day ago
Bighorn Basin > W
Wet Horse Creek Ice and Mixed
● Here's a track of my drive and hike up to the point where the ice was visible: gaiagps.com/public/ZDmV7GDU… View Comment
Feb 17, 2026
N America > Canada > Alberta > Icefields Parkway > Weeping Wall Area
The Pencil WI6
● If single-pitching the pencil, you can climb and rap with a single 70 from the belay area on a ledge right… View Comment
Feb 17, 2026
N America > … > Alberta > Banff NP > Mt Rundle > Professor Falls Area
Sacre Bleu WI5
● Desccending the drainage directly below it is not 100% straightforward, but still much faster than traversi… View Comment
Feb 4, 2026
N America > Canada > Alberta > Ghost (North, S… > Waiporous Creek
Kemosabe WI5
● This climb went into the shade at noon in late January, owing to the wall left of it. Then. The ice conditi… View Comment
Feb 4, 2026
N America > … > Alberta > Icefields Parkway > Weeping Wall Area > Polar Circus (WI5)
Polar circus topo. See this comment: https://www.mountainproject.com/route/106935613/polar-circus#Comment-202417415
● It took me a while to understand the layout of pitches on this climb. This is what we found. My pitch numbe… View Comment
Feb 4, 2026
N America > Canada > Alberta > Icefields Parkway > Weeping Wall Area
Polar Circus WI5
● It took me a while to understand the layout of pitches on this climb. This is what we found. My pitch numbe… View Comment

Forum Messages View All 523

Regional > Wyoming, Montana, Dakotas
Reply: Joy after pain mixed start
Mar 3, 2026 🤔 that doesn't look very mixed  View Message
General > Ice Climbing
Reply: Best picks for xdreams for cold hard ice.
Mar 2, 2026 Lol, prior post was a slight exaggeration , there are also other factors. I lost 20lbs too. But I can hang on xdreams 2.5x as long as nomics on the same day. And I did get pump… View Message
General > Ice Climbing
Reply: Rate the Season
Mar 2, 2026 20/10. Absolutely insanely good avy conditions up north. Basically didn't snow from early jan until this past Friday.  The Canadians are calling it thin. Yeah sure you can… View Message
Partners > Colorado Partners
Reply: Vail, the fang Friday
Mar 2, 2026 Yeah. That's on the list of possibilities, but I think that the possibility of long stretchy TR falls on ice should be respected, so I would only propose it if my partner is re… View Message
Gear > FOR SALE / FOR FREE / WANT TO BUY
FS Not recalled nomics, variety of pur'ice and kruk picks…
Mar 2, 2026 Besides being not recalled, these babies have upwards of 300 of my pitches on em, including hangdogging directly handle-to-harness style. Believe me, if those handles were gonn… View Message
Partners > Colorado Partners
Vail, the fang Friday
Mar 2, 2026 Finally back in Colorado after an amazing season up north. Leading the fang is one of my main goals for this season. Anyone want to get on it first thing early Friday morning t… View Message

Route Scores View All 12

5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
 49
● Southeast Corner
Trad, Alpine 7 pitches
Alpine Rock > RMNP - Rock > Saber
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a C0 PG13
 22
● M11
Sport, Aid, Alpine 22 pitches
Absaroka Range > Clarks Fork Canyon > Mouth (of the Clark's…
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
 212
● West Face Variation Direct
Trad 2 pitches
Central Oregon > Smith Rock > (s) Monkey Face
5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c V2- 5+
 2
● Shitter Crack
TR, Boulder, Alpine
N America > … > Bugaboos > Applebee bouldering
Easy 5th 1+ 3 I 5 M 1c WI2-3 M2-3 Mod. Snow
 71
● The Flying Dutchman
Trad, Mixed, Ice, Snow, Alpine
CO Ice & Mixed > RMNP - Mixed/Ice > Long's Peak/Mt Meeker…
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a C0
 5
● Old Woman Crack
Trad, Aid
High Desert > Old Woman Mount… > Old Woman Spire aka P…
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
● Southeast Corner Alpine Rock > RMNP - Rock > Saber
Avg:  49
Ellen:
5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad, Alpine 7 pitches
● M11 Absaroka Range > Clarks Fork Canyon > Mouth (of the Clark's…
Avg:  22
Ellen:
5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a C0 PG13 Sport, Aid, Alpine 22 pitches
● West Face Variation Direct Central Oregon > Smith Rock > (s) Monkey Face
Avg:  212
Ellen:
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad 2 pitches
● Shitter Crack N America > … > Bugaboos > Applebee bouldering
Avg:  2
Ellen:
5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c V2- 5+ TR, Boulder, Alpine
● The Flying Dutchman CO Ice & Mixed > RMNP - Mixed/Ice > Long's Peak/Mt Meeker…
Avg:  71
Ellen:
Easy 5th 1+ 3 I 5 M 1c WI2-3 M2-3 Mod. Snow Trad, Mixed, Ice, Snow, Alpine
● Old Woman Crack High Desert > Old Woman Mount… > Old Woman Spire aka P…
Avg:  5
Ellen:
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a C0 Trad, Aid
5.8 C0
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