Photo & Video

Here’s a nice selection of some of the events and projects the Idyllwild Climbers Alliance has conducted and participated in.

Past Events

ICA Trail Clean-up, June 14, 2025

Suicide Rock climbers trail
Tahquitz Rock trail, near Lunch Rock
Tahquitz Rock, north climbers trail
Auction and Schwag
Auction items

Climbers Festival 2022

Deadfall on Tahquitz North Gully
Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit
Giving back!
Auction and schwag

Climbers Festival 2017

Gettin’ the goods
AAC support
Auction items
Slackin’
More auction items
Founding member, Jim Pinter-Lucke

Climbers Festival 2015

Trail crew
Before/after- Lunch Rock trail
Auction stuff
Andy Smith, SBNF-SJRD

Climbers Festival 2014

Poster
Gathering
ICA Founding member, Jim Pinter-Lucke
Andy Smith, USFS, SBNF-SJRD
Hauling deadfall
Great work!

Climbers Festival 2013

Getting organized
Trail work
Suicide Rock trailhead stairs
Gathering

Climbers Festival 2012

Getting organized
Lunch Rock trail- Before
Lunch Rock trail- After
Mike Graham, Jim Pinter-Lucke
Schwag and goodies

Climbers Festival, 2011

Trail crew
Getting organized
Post-project gathering
Stonemasters debut!

Projects

Suicide Rock trail, downed trees, Spring 2025

Wind events during the 2024-25 winter brought down several large trees that blocked sections of the Suicide Rock climbers trail. Members of the ICA in conjunction with USFS trail crew workers Tanya Pino and Kevin Cadieux did significant cutting with manual crosscut saws to regain passage on these trails. A particularly huge, notorious tree located near the start of the trail had fallen across the trail over 10 years ago, and took significant cutting and hauling effort to remove.

Halfway up the trail
USFS crew Kevin Cadieux, Tanya Pino; ICA member Jim Dover
Before: this monster fell over 10 years ago across the lower trail
Several hours of crosscut work needed to remove this monster behemoth
Driving in wedges
After

Suicide Rock stairs, Fall 2024

Suicide Rock trail stairs, 2023
Suicide Rock trail stairs, 2012
Repurposed mortarless block donated by local contractor
After installation retaining wall blocks and stair repair
After installation retaining wall blocks and stair repair

Graffiti Removal, Tahquitz Rock

This graffiti was located at the base of the North Face of Tahquitz Rock (near ‘El Whampo’). It had been there for a few years before removal occurred, requiring hauling of water from the creek below, numerous tools, a biodegradable graffiti remover solution, and a lot of scrubbing.