IceCyclesmodelled ice formation

This estimates whether ice has FORMED. It says nothing about ice QUALITY, bonding, or whether a route should be climbed.

Modelled from weather data. Not an observation of ice, and not advice.

Ouray Ice Park, CO

The model estimates whether ice has formed. Ice quality and bonding are not observable from weather data and are not modelled. How the model works.

The park makes this ice

Ouray Ice Park is farmed: an operator runs water overnight and decides what exists in the morning. Whether ice is there is their answer, not this site’s, and their conditions page is the thing to read.

Reported by Ouray Ice Park

The park’s own status for its areas, not this site’s. Read at 00:24 UTC; it changes through the day, so their page is the one to trust.

0 open anchors, counted by the park rangers.

  • Alcove/Pic of the Vic area to the Upper Bridge Closed
  • Between the Bridges Closed
  • Deep South Closed
  • Five Fingers area Closed
  • Gazebo Wall Closed
  • Graduate School Closed
  • Kiddie Wall Closed
  • Lead Area Closed
  • New Funtier Closed
  • Outhouse Wall (aka Shithouse Wall) Closed
  • School Room Closed
  • Scottish Gullies Closed
  • South Park Closed
  • Stump Wall Closed
  • Two Eyed Dog Closed

Full conditions report from the park

155 routes across 15 areas. None has a confirmed position, so they are listed here without a model estimate.

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Ice festival

Ouray Ice Festival — late January

The people who actually know this venue, once a year in one place.

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