Nice Ice Climbing Silo- South of Chicago! Celebrating our 10th Season of Ice!

what do you guys use for a nozzle at the top. I have been playing around with some different types for my home ice wall, but havent found the perfect combo yet. Yours is looking good!

Dill wrote:what do you guys use for a nozzle at the top. I have been playing around with some different types for my home ice wall, but havent found the perfect combo yet. Yours is looking good!

We are using old garden hoses with small holes drilled in them...mostly. A misting nozzle helps too.

Pix from today and tonight under the lights

If you are not here climbing.... you are missing out BIGTIME!!

That is looking pretty nice!! If I lived a little closer I would be there. Thanks for the info.

Dill wrote:That is looking pretty nice!! If I lived a little closer I would be there. Thanks for the info.

Come down and make an over night of it- we can put you up or maybe you could even camp at the silo....we can see. We also have some nice hotels nearby.

Check out our video shot when the ice was new and thin and no snow on the ground. Nice climbing though:

youtu.be/32uGqdzd73Q

Now this is pretty wild!

Stick'n the fun back into FUN!

Ryan Williams wrote:I don't know why some people are being such dicks to the OP. Get a life. Speaking as someone who has lived in both climbing paradise and climbing hell (currently London), I'd sure go check this place out if it was all I had (and I don't even ice climb).

Word! Just sayin.
Some people are squatty little nozzles who feel closer to man size when they're able to take shots from afar.

Sweet outfit. You need a disco ball up there. . . that'd turn ya some profits! Shit, you be pumpin a disco ball, I rollin out der' maself!

Umph! wrote: Word! Just sayin. Some people are squatty little nozzles who feel closer to man size when they're able to take shots from afar. Sweet outfit. You need a disco ball up there. . . that'd turn ya some profits! Shit, you be pumpin a disco ball, I rollin out der' maself!

We have all the light- lasers, fog machine. Looking to have a night climbing jam soon. Just need some climbers to make the trip out

Climbers- join us this Wed. AM by 8 AM for Fox News who are coming out to do a couple of live segments on our Ice! Let us know if you can make it out to be a climber.... PM me for details and location

Fox News shoot Wed. AM-- Ice still looks good and should have ice still for the weekend....

Thanks MF' /;-) It's a real fun job. I've seen bigger ones done many years ago, but don't think they've kept up on the effort as much as we have here the last 2 winters. We peaked with last weekends conditions so far this season; hope to grow it bigger and better into Feb. if possible.

Looks awsome. Maybe I find some time to head up there in Feb.
Makes me miss my old outdoor 20' wall. Good job.

Looks like you folks have two TR anchors. Is that correct? Also, from the pictures, it looks like the routes would go at somewhere from 3+ to 4+? I'm wondering if your nice ice would be suitable to take a group potentially consisting of some first-timers to.

looks like everyone is haveing fun I was raised nearby,spent my adult life in the tetons,and was forced to move back for 6 mos stints,awhile
back. So I kind of know about midwest liveing. A great big hats off to everyone involved. You have too make the best of what you have! Some are just luckier than others. Ever think about 3/8 studs
drilled in with bolted gym holds for summer time entertainment. Just sayin I would If I lived there

dan zika wrote:looks like everyone is haveing fun I was raised nearby,spent my adult life in the tetons,and was forced to move back for 6 mos stints,awhile back. So I kind of know about midwest liveing. A great big hats off to everyone involved. You have too make the best of what you have! Some are just luckier than others. Ever think about 3/8 studs drilled in with bolted gym holds for summer time entertainment. Just sayin I would If I lived there

Hey Dan: We do happen to have an indoor bouldering gym area there too- Heated.

Check out the video of Fox News out today at the Silo!

myfoxchicago.com/dpp/good_d…

Nice climbing tonight with the Ice Lights. Thanks to Drew for joining us:

Thanks to Dirk , Dave and friends and all who came out to climb ice today. A bit windy, but the ice held up for many ascents. See what the 50 temps coming up Mon-Tues will do to the remainder of the formation.

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Some night climbing the other evening.... looks like climbing might be done for awhile with the warm temps coming this week. We will be out Monday AM if anyone want to join us.

How did your ice hold up today? I climb a lot at the silo in Cedar Falls IA and it looked like a shower.