Ouray (map)

The town of Ouray from the Camp Bird Mine Road (county road 361); you can see Cascade Falls in the red cliff band in the background

Leave the security of the cave on the third pitch; the ice is very unstable here
Skylight

Nikos following the second pitch up to the protected cave in the midsection of the chimney
Skylight

The awesome 3-pitch Skylight route
Skylight

Nikos at the second belay in an ice cave
Skylight

The Camp Bird Mine road, on the walk into the Skylight area

Looking southeast from the bridge, routes such as Tangled Up in Blue

Looking northwest from the bridge

Leading an unknown line between the bridges…looks easy, but it's 4R
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Nikos following the classic and photogenic Tangled Up in Blue on a cold and snowy day
Tangled Up in Blue

Topping out in the Uncompahgre Gorge
Tangled Up in Blue

Jim and Nikos at the bottom of the gorge, preparing to climb
Tangled Up in Blue

Danger sign found near the entrance to the gorge

In the gorge, in a sea of ice
Tangled Up in Blue

Scoping out routes between the bridges

Rappelling into the base of the gorge to climb Tangled Up in Blue
Tangled Up in Blue

Nikos topping out
Tangled Up in Blue

Jim near the top of the climb
Tangled Up in Blue

Massive amount of ice under the bridge
Tangled Up in Blue