Happy Holidays - Explore Big Sky
Happy Holidays - Explore Big Sky
Happy Holidays - Explore Big Sky
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Bozeman ice<br />
Climbing festival<br />
By eMiLy STiFLeR<br />
The 13th annual Bozeman Ice Climbing<br />
Festival December 7-12 in Hyalite<br />
Canyon was a great success. With<br />
participants and visiting pros from<br />
across the state and continent, the<br />
festival kicked off the ice season with<br />
a bang. 60 people per day participated<br />
in on-ice clinics, as per forest service<br />
regulations. With dozens of other<br />
visiting climbers also in the canyon<br />
climbing, Hyalite had a festive atmosphere<br />
for those four days.<br />
The evening events were also a big<br />
hit, with 200-400 people attending<br />
slide shows and films from local<br />
climbers and international superstars<br />
like Adam Knoff, Will Gadd<br />
and Jim Shimburg.<br />
With support form Arc’teryx, Northern<br />
Lights Trading Company and<br />
Montana Alpine Guides, the festival<br />
still has a homegrown feel. Participants<br />
mingled with professional<br />
athletes from one-on-one instruction<br />
to hot chocolate and schnapps<br />
afterward. This followed a somber<br />
event last year, when Canadian<br />
climber Guy Lacelle was killed in an<br />
avalanche in Hyalite.<br />
“The turnout was amazing. People<br />
are showing so much support for the<br />
festival, for plowing the Hyalite road,<br />
and for Guy’s family,” said festival<br />
organizer, Joe Josephson.<br />
bozemanicefestival.com<br />
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sport on Ouzel Falls in <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Sky</strong>,<br />
in world-renowned Hyalite<br />
Canyon or in the alpine flows<br />
of the Beartooths.<br />
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