One photographer said: ” Here ice looks like a vertical column, which reminds you of the Romanesque style, but it is entirely everything out of ice. The height is 30 meters. It is absolutely stunning. Tourists and climbers all around the world come here to experience their own power. In this places it is very difficult to photograph. You need a special flash and other equipment, so without the preparation there is no hope for good picture. Two years ago there was an accident, one climber fell almost from the height of the tenth floor. But now he is again on those frozen waterfalls testing his strength.”


1. Sam Elias climbs Fang, icy tower height of 30 meters, located in Fairplay, Colorado. He almost daily went out to pick up in the Rocky Mountains photographic equipment – but now photographer Keith Ladzinski can capture every frame of historical recovery.


2.Keith Ladzinski took photographs of many brave climbers who decided to climb the sheer walls of ice or frozen waterfall in Colorado and Canada. In the photo: John Walsh, in Golden, British Columbia.

3. Matt Lloyd and Lauren Lee are examing the ice cave in Rifle, Fearpley, Colorado.

4. Matt Lloyd climbs up the icy waterfall in Vail, Fairplay, Colorado.

5. Sam Elias climbs the so-called “ice palace” in Rifle, Fairplay, Colorado.

6. Sam Elias is preparing to rise.

7. Chris Olstrin during the rise in Kuare, Fairplay, Colorado.

8. Matt Lloyd climbs the ice wall in Rifle, Fearpley, Colorado.

9. Chris Olstrin during the rise in Kuare, Fairplay, Colorado.


10. Sam Elias during the ascent to the crown of ice in Vail, Fairplay, Colorado.

11. Sam Elias during the ascent.

12. Chris Olstrin during the rise in Kuare, Fairplay, Colorado.

13. Sam Elias during the ascent.