Ice Climbing in Utah County

Utah County has some of the greatest concentration of ice in the state. Provo Canyon in particular has many ice climbs of different grades for people of different skill levels. Provo Canyon is where many of us have learned to climb ice and honed our skills. Other than Provo, there's other canyons with great ice as well. Santaquin is an excellent place to climb and usually is not as crowded as other climbing areas in Utah.

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Squashhead, Santaquin Canyon.

 

Nice fracture line!

 

Early season ice in Santaquin

 

Neil on the same route

 

Rappelling off the first pitch on Stairway to Heaven, Provo Canyon

 

Ammon climbing at Stairway to Heaven.

 

Our secret ice playground. We just found this ice climbing area last season. It's almost untouched by the crowds of Utah climbing. I'm not sure how it's secret has been kept, but we're enjoying it!

 

Becky climbing the wide apron in our secret area.

 

Bean climbing in the same area.

 

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