![]() “What’s important is to send the message that the Ouray Ice Park is open and welcoming to all,” O’Neil said.Īll In Ice Fest, a new inclusive festival at the Ouray Ice Park, aims to grow the Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC), LGBTQIA2S+, and adaptive ice climbing communities. O’Neil said the park also expects Phil Henderson, leader of the Full Circle Everest Expedition, the first all-Black expedition to attempt to summit Mount Everest in 2022, will speak and run some clinics at All In Ice Fest. The festival will feature clinics, an apprentice alpine guiding program and other events at the Wright Opera House in Ouray. 7-9 led by program director Elizabeth Sahagún, a Mexican-American neuroscientist and alpinist. ![]() And we want them to come together as a community at the park,” he said. “Now, there’s huge representation of women in the ice climbing world and community in the park, but there are very few Latina women or Black climbers. “Traditionally, ice climbing is very much a privilege sport,” said Ouray Ice Park Executive Director Peter O’Neil. The Ouray Ice Park will host two new events this winter, expanding the footprint of what has quickly become one of the country’s premier ice climbing venues.įor the first time in its history, the Ouray Ice Park will host the All In Ice Fest, a three-day festival to grow the Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC), LGBTQIA2S+, and adaptive ice climbing communities. Elite ice climbers from around the world will travel to Southwest Colorado to compete in the 2022 North American Ice Climbing Championships at the Ouray Ice Park in February.
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