Pumphouse Falls (14)

Statistics

• Date - 01/24/2021
• Elevation - 8,800'
• Route - Pumphouse Falls
• Miles - 0.6
• Elevation Gain - 300'
• ACME Mapper - Link
• CalTopo - Link
• Partners - Nick Quesnel, Matt Williams

Description

I was looking for a quick morning out to climb before the NFL Conference Championship games and was lucky enough to join Nick and Matt.  We each got several laps in at the Pumphouse Falls in Vail, Colorado.  I thought the climbing was sustained WI3+ with short sections of WI4.  We had the climb to ourselves all morning and left at 1:00 pm to get home but still ran into some I-70 traffic.

Photos

Pumphouse Falls

Matt Williams

Matt Williams

Nick Quesnel

Nick Quesnel

James Just

James Just

Nick and Matt hiking out from the Pumphouse Falls ice climb.