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Ice Climbing

Wyoming > Rock Springs

Description

Every winter a few ice climbs form around Rock Springs and Green River. All are short, but provide great local access to steep ice for training.

The Cruel Jack's climbs are the most consistent and are usually climbable after New Years.  

The rest of the climbs require significant snowfall, then a week or two of thawing followed by a heavy late winter snow storm.  The best conditions usually occur late February into March.

Getting There

The majority of the ice climbs are in the foothills of White Mountain, on the north/west edge of Rock Springs.

Routes from Left to Right

WI3+
 1
● Cruel Jack's Left
Ice
WI3+
 1
● Cruel Jack's Right
Ice
WI5+ R
 1
● The Knight
Ice
WI5 R
 1
● Leaning Tower of Power
Ice
WI3+
 1
● Waterfall Above the Water Tank
Ice
WI4+
 1
● House of Cards
Ice
WI4- R
 1
● Heart Smear
Ice
WI5+ X
 1
● Heart String
Ice
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
● Cruel Jack's Left
 1
WI3+ Ice
● Cruel Jack's Right
 1
WI3+ Ice
● The Knight
 1
WI5+ R Ice
● Leaning Tower of Power
 1
WI5 R Ice
● Waterfall Above the Water Tank
 1
WI3+ Ice
● House of Cards
 1
WI4+ Ice
● Heart Smear
 1
WI4- R Ice
● Heart String
 1
WI5+ X Ice

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All known ice climbs that have formed or have come close to forming. It takes an exceptionally snowy year for the majority of these to come in.
[Hide Photo] All known ice climbs that have formed or have come close to forming. It takes an exceptionally snowy year for the majority of these to come in.
A formation I've called The Knight. Located above Knight Oil Tools
[Hide Photo] A formation I've called The Knight. Located above Knight Oil Tools

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Davin Bagdonas
[Hide Comment] This is excellent to see! Mountain Project can be such a dump for useless info, but this is truly an exemplary use of sharing knowledge. So cool to have ice climbing out in the Wyoming desert. I can't image the amount of what must be out there in the far away places in the desert if this stuff is so well concentrated in one little area. Thanks for posting! Mar 21, 2019