The 2025 UIAA Ice Climbing World Tour heads to North America this weekend for the primary of three occasions on the continent. The annual UIAA Ice Climbing World Youth Championships in Ouray, Colorado takes centre stage from 7-9 February.
Saturday 8 February is reserved for the qualification rounds for each the U16, U18 and U20 lead and velocity competitions. Sunday 9 February sees the finals of all occasions. The Championships will welcome athletes from Czechia, Liechtenstein, Mongolia, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Switzerland and hosts the US. The total programme will be discovered right here. Click on right here for an inventory of registered athletes. Livestreaming might be out there from the UIAA YouTube channel. Particulars might be out there shortly.
The occasion might be hosted by the Ouray Ice Park, supported by the American Alpine Membership (AAC), and for the primary time the UIAA Ice Climbing World Youth Championships will happen outdoors of Europe. Ouray is revered as one of many premier mountaineering places on the planet. The park options over 200 routes and is residence to quite a few frozen waterfalls and ice formations. The venue additionally has a wealthy pedigree in internet hosting mountaineering and blended climbing occasions.
The World Youth Championships has lengthy offered a platform for younger athletes to check themselves in opposition to worldwide climbers on world-class constructions and supported by a full UIAA World Cup stage help from scoring to routesetting to judging. A variety of athletes who medalled at youth competitions have since gone on to forge spectacular careers on the senior World Tour, notably the likes of Catalina Shirley, Louna Ladevant, Sina Goetz, Lea Beck, Yannick Glatthard, Aneta Louzecka and Vivien Labarile. Ouray will undoubtedly be internet hosting a few of the stars of the longer term.
Following the World Youth Championships, the ultimate two rounds of the senior World Cup season happen in North America; firstly in Longmont, Colorado from 21 to 23 February after which in Edmonton, Canada from 27 February to 1 March.
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Occasion pictures can be found on the UIAA Flickr channel.
Reside outcomes are out there from the UIAA Ice Climbing web site.
A collection of ‘better of’ pictures for media, ready for the 2024-2025 season, will be discovered right here.
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Picture: UIAA Ice Climbing World Youth Championships 2024 – Champagny-en-Vanoise, France. Picture: UIAA/Julia ROGER-VEYER
