The Ouray Ice Park will open for the season Friday, opening the town’s doors for winter business. The park, which is free to use, features over 150 ice climbing routes made by the park’s “ice farmers,.
Since the 1990s, the mountain town of Ouray has been home to an enormous, man-made ice park that draws climbers from across the globe to try their hands, picks, and crampons against the frozen flows.
For climbers who yearn to feel the satisfying “thwack” of an ice tool setting firmly into a frozen waterfall, however there is still no projected date of completion for the project. He had hoped to ha.