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Climber Stewardship Day Saturday, June 13 2026 Planning is well underway for the upcoming No Idyll Hands- Climber Stewardship Day– lots of great projects and goodies are in store! Sign up here! Service Projects Trail work: The ‘winter’ was nearly non-existent, so trails are generally in pretty good shape, though there is a bit of […]
Recently found in the garage of a longtime So Cal climbing luminary! This ‘Idyllwild Mountaineering Institute’ poster appears to be at Mission Gorge, waaaay bitd. This ‘California Mountaineering and Technical Rock Climbing School’ poster photo is taken on the uber-classic ‘Ten Karat Gold’ (Weeping Wall, Suicide Rock), with Robs Muir featured. Fantastic history, and many […]
Surprising, unseasonably warm conditions in the San Jacinto mountains have given locals quite a bit of concern for what is to come this summer- daytime temperatures this week have been around 90 degrees. This is extremely unusual for March- these are the kinds of temperatures more commonly encountered well into summer. Snow patches remain in […]
Climber Stewardship Day Saturday, June 13, 20268 am – 5 pmIdyllwild Town Hall The annual Climber Stewardship Day is set- a great chance to give back as a climbing community to a place we all cherish, and an opportunity to hang out with local climbers and score some great gear and swag! Besides the usual […]
February 24, 2026 The recent winter storm has left a good amount of snow across the San Jacinto mountains- the areas surrounding Tahquitz & Suicide had up to 1’ of snow, and coverage is fairly uniform. Currently, the south, west and north faces of Tahquitz Rock have patchy snow, and with the warm weather, there […]
See Something? Say Something! Graffiti. Bad bolts and tat. Damaged trails. No one wants to deal with this stuff in a good climbing relationship. The only way to see change… Real change… Is through good quality communication. Check out the new Report Issues page at the ICA website, where you can easily call out stuff […]