Ouray Ice Festival 2012

[IntrepidXJ]

Sunday, January 8, 2012

On Sunday, Amanda and I headed down to watch the ice climbers at the Ouray Ice Festival. We have always wanted to go check it out, so it was nice to finally make it down there. I'm not a climber of any sorts (and have no interest in starting), but it was definitely fun to watch.

This is not my usual 'photography subject,' but it was fun trying to take photos of something new. Here's some of the photos I took while we were there...feel free to tell me what you think...

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7168/6671101081_4932b16580_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6671101081/)
Ouray (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6671101081/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7006/6663279281_37b7fc1ce8_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6663279281/)
Ouray Ice Park (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6663279281/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7167/6663182449_3d6423da91_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6663182449/)
Climbing (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6663182449/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7029/6663311249_198068f417_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6663311249/)
Concentration (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6663311249/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7141/6663349299_a773d0f807_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6663349299/)
Spectators (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6663349299/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7032/6663381531_5b8dae230a_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6663381531/)
Swing (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6663381531/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7024/6663091983_e42820e95f_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6663091983/)
Climbing the Ice (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6663091983/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7007/6671057709_ca58a3348a_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6671057709/)
In Motion (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6671057709/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7143/6663552381_e84d6b742d_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6663552381/)
Falling Ice (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6663552381/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7168/6671038481_2ed9847e63_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6671038481/)
Festival (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6671038481/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7017/6663493333_b9d694533b_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6663493333/)
Hang On (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6663493333/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7014/6663121999_d7f191b817_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6663121999/)
Ice Wall (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6663121999/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7020/6671020233_89b6bbe674_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6671020233/)
Blue Ice (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6671020233/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7166/6663147505_27ec0f09b0_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6663147505/)
Icicle (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6663147505/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7010/6664623047_f02fe87159_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6664623047/)
In the Ice (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6664623047/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7014/6664606371_0e949cdbed_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6664606371/)
Two Climbers (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6664606371/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7030/6670975961_e3305ae01b_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6670975961/)
Ice Park Overview (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6670975961/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7152/6670957227_13f4c3eb63_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6670957227/)
In the Clouds (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6670957227/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7031/6670714319_67d7c17b1e_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6670714319/)
Mountain & Clouds (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6670714319/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr

Ouray Ice Festival Photo Gallery (http://flic.kr/s/aHsjxVu7kn)

[accadacca]

Nicely done! :2thumbs:

[Audilard]

The "Ice Park Overview" picture almost seems like an architectural model. Beautiful place!

[Sandstone Addiction]

Your pictures are amazing, no matter what your subject is.

Thanks IntrepidXJ.

[Sombeech]

Awesome shots :cool2:

[IntrepidXJ]

Thanks all :)

[scarbones]

Heading down there tomorrow to climb. We go every year the week after the festival. You missed a shot of the hot springs in town, the reward for a day spent on the ice. Some great shots.

[dollysmith23]

Amazing trip!!!!!wish i could do the same!

[Wasatch Rebel]

Nice pics! Makes me want to go back there. We were in Ouray in September and saw the ice climbing ravine---of course, there was no ice there then, but we did get to see the first snowfall of the season. Beautiful.

[DCZ]

Thanks for the report Randy - another place I've got to go see!

Rick

[faithshen]

What a great adveture you have, my mom love mountain climbing with her friends :)