From Feb. 22-23, the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA) is bringing the Ice Climbing World Cup to Longmont, where athletes will compete for the first time on U.S. soil since 2019. So for this edition of our Weekly Why column, Boulder Weekly set out to understand why Longmont is hosting the Ice Climbing World Cup. In fact, they were one of the only locations in the country being seriously considered since the 2019 World Cup. Around 150 athletes will compete in Longmont, and the 25,000 attendees at the 2019 Denver World Cup made it one of UIAA’s most well-spectated climbing events ever. For Hylenski, it’s a chance to bring ice climbing into her community and show Longmont to the world.