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Los Alamos Canyon Ice Climbing Climbing

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Routes in Los Alamos Canyon Ice Climbing

	Coca Cola Classic, The T WI4
	Diet Coke T WI4+
	Grandpa Greenwall S M5
	Larry R. Walkup, The T WI2-
	Loki T WI4
	Love Me Lika A Reptile T WI5+
	Ramp, The T WI3
	Toxic Orb, The T WI3

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Access Issue: April 2024 - The Road to the Los Alamos Reservoir is Closed on Weekdays until June 2024 Details

The Los Alamos Canyon Reservoir and the road leading to it will be closed starting Monday, April 22, 2024, through mid-June 2024 for watershed mitigation work on the damaged stream channel.

The reservoir and road will be closed to hiking on weekdays until the work is complete, however they will open for foot traffic on weekends. Hikers should park at the Los Alamos County Ice Rink as parking is not allowed near the reservoir road.

The repair project is a collaboration among the Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities (DPU), Keystone Restorative Ecology and Natural Channel Design. Large equipment and dump trucks will be used to move materials along the roadway for use in the stream channel. The materials will be placed to slow down the velocity of runoff water without scouring away natural sediment.

DPU Deputy Utility Manager Clay Moseley said the project will ensure stabilization of the canyon’s watershed and public access to the reservoir for recreational purposes, as well as prevent the road from becoming a liability during particularly wet seasons.

The road and reservoir will open again for recreation daily after the project is complete in June.

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Description

This area is mostly north facing keeping it cold and a great wintertime training ground for ice and mixed route. The rock is mostly welded tuff and does not offer very secure gear placements unless it is bolts or good ice.

Bolted sport climbing routes exist in the canyon further upstream along the dirt road that leads to the Los Alamos Reservoir. These routes are seldom climbed despite being in place for nearly twenty years.

Getting There

Once in town on Trinity, take a left on Daimond and continue to the first stoplight. A left will take you to the hospital. Instead take a right and drop into the canyon and park at the ice rink on your left at the bottom of the hill. Parking at the ice rink, or the newer lot just east of the ice rink gets you access to the ice and mixed climbing.

To reach the majority of the rock climbing, continue on the road past the ice rink to the hairpin turn and park at a dirt lot at the hairpin. Walk the gated-off LA Reservoir dirt road for about a mile. The climbs are up the hill on the right in a treed area.