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This space is dedicated to some of the great and interesting photos taken by Postmedia photographers while they’re out and about town. A nearly full moon (on right) rises, seen through Christmas lights, on a cold night over 102 Avenue and 124 Street in Edmonton on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020. Photo by Ian Kucerak A cyclist, with skies strapped to their back, makes their way down 109 Street near 75 Avenue, in Edmonton Tuesday Dec. 29, 2020. Photo by David Bloom Frost clings to tall grass near Fox Drive and Keillor Road, in Edmonton Tuesday Dec. 29, 2020. Photo by David Bloom
EDMONTON Local ice climbers won’t have to drive all the way to Jasper to use their crampons and ice picks. Freezing has begun on the new ice wall at the Edmonton Ski Club. Working with the Alpine Club of Canada, the slow process of making a three-storey ice climbing wall will give the ski club a unique attraction around the second week of January. “The scaffolding you see actually supports a belay bar, that belay bar holds up a rope that supports a climber. The ice structure will be in the middle, the ice will be free standing and what people will be able to do is use specialized equipment such as an ice axe and crampons and they’ll be able to climb up the ice,” said Adam Luciuk of the Edmonton Ski Club.
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Publishing date: Dec 22, 2020 • December 22, 2020 • 7 minute read • Snowboarders at Sunridge ski hill on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020 in Edmonton. Photo by Greg Southam /Postmedia
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The limiting of indoor recreational activities during this time of COVID-19 have them running for the hills in Edmonton.
The four local ski hills in the area Edmonton Ski Club, Rabbit Hill, Snow Valley and Sunridge are doing their best to keep up with demand under current restrictions.