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Andy Hansen climbing in the La Sportiva TX3 approach shoes.

La Sportiva TX Approach Shoes Review

AIARE Flow Chart for Colorado Mountain School. What avalanche training course should I take?

Which Avalanche Training Course is the Right Course for Me?

Max Lurie RAB Boreas Pullover Gear Review. Guiding Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park.

RAB Boreas Pull-On Review

CAMP USA HMS Compact Locking Carabiner Gear Review.

CAMP HMS Compact Lock Review

CAMP Storm Helmet Review. Jayson Simons-Jones Captures Image in Eldorado Canyon.

CAMP Storm Helmet Review

AMGA Certified Rock Guide Japhy Dhungana. Reviews Sterling Evolution Aero 9.2mm Rope.

Sterling Evolution Aero 9.2mm Rope Review

CAMP Flash Climbing Harness Gear Review by Ian Fowler. Alpine Harness, Climbing Harness, and Lightweight Harness.

CAMP Flash Harness Review

La Sportiva Partners with Colorado Mountain School

Guide Gear Review: Scarpa Women’s Gea RS Boot

Cassin Ice Tools. CAMP Helmet and IFMGA guide Mike Soucy.

CAMP USA – Cassin X-All Mountain Ice Tool

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Boulder, CO 80305

341 Moraine Ave
Estes Park, CO 80517

info@coloradomountainschool.com
(720) 387-8944

Colorado Mountain School is an equal opportunity provider and is operated under special use permit with the Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forest.

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Cold nights are doing good things to the ice in #r Cold nights are doing good things to the ice in #rmnp! Here are a few photos of Andrew’s Creek Drainage and the Cathedral Wall 📸 @mtnguidejoeyt
Winter has turned back on. • Our Equipment and E Winter has turned back on. • Our Equipment and Estes Park Facilities Manager @jburkeoutdoor is all smiles this morning at our school and hostel in Estes Park. • 📷 by @mtnguidejoeyt
Great insight below from AMGA Certified Rock and A Great insight below from AMGA Certified Rock and Alpine guide @alpinetothemax - follow him for more! ・・・ Carabiners: lockers, non lockers, HMS, large, small, round stock, etc. The market is flooded with so many different carabiners from so many different manufacturers. How do we choose the right ones for the job? Lockers vs. non lockers - where is it imperative that we use locking carabiners and more importantly why? Any single attachment point requires the added security of a locking carabiner. I hope we can all agree to belay our climbing partners using a locking carabiner (and device). Any tether or clove hitch into an anchor, also a locker. Generally if there is redundancy in the system, locking carabiners are not necessary. For example, in the construction of an anchor with multiple legs, those points do not need to be lockers. To break down the types of locking carabiners, there are: large, small and specialty. All come with a variety of locking mechanisms. I think of the large carabiners as rope movers, I use these for my belay device and tying hitches. Bonus points if it’s a round stock carabiner which helps the rope run smoothly. The small locking carabiners are more of a connector, these carabiners I use for: hanging my ATC from the anchor when belaying from above, connection to an anchor via my tether on rappel and my third hand backup. I generally shy away from specialty equipment because I find it’s uses are limited. However, any specialty carabiner with a mechanism to keep the carabiner oriented properly is great for glacier travel. Stay tuned for tomorrow when I’ll dissect my kit for multi pitch rock and alpine climbing.
Like if you’re psyched for winter. • P.S. Our Like if you’re psyched for winter. • P.S. Our early season AIARE courses are filling up fast, so we just added some more spots. Be warned - they’ll go quick. Link in bio to see availability. • Forecast courtesy of @findopensnow
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