Adaptive Ice Clinic
Mt. Washington Valley Ice Fest is collaborating with MWVAS to hold an adaptive climbing clinic. To enroll or find out more, please email info@mwvas.org Interested participants living with spinal cord injury may qualify for a grant-based scholarship.
Read more...Women’s Learn to Lead: Two-Day Clinic
This is an advanced level course for experienced female climbers ready for the “sharp end.” Participants will gain incredible skills and get individualized instruction from none other than guest guides Kitty Calhoun joined by Kelsey Rex on how to lead ice. Leading is very rewarding but can also be dangerous and scary if you are…
Read more...Black, Indigenous, and People of Color and People of the Global Majority (BIPOC/PGM)
Join guest guides Cindy Su and Janet Wilkinson as we center Black, Indigenous and People of Color and People of the Global Majority (BIPOC/PGM) in ice climbing. This clinic, hosted by Arc’Teryx and Mardi Fuller, will be paced for first time ice climbers, though more experienced climbers can get plenty of climbing and 1:1 instruction…
Read more...One Day Ice Rescue Clinic Presented by Camp
Friday Guides: Matt Shove and Ben Mirkin Saturday Guide: Tyler Allen Presented by Camp Be a good partner, not only with good belay tactics, and stoke but with the skills you need to safely get out of a bad situation. This 1-day course will go over rescuing the second and the leader with anchor-building and…
Read more...Steep Ice
Take your ice climbing skills to the next level. Learn how to move smoothly, without getting pumped! Vertical ice takes on many forms: mushrooms, bulges, cauliflower, candlesticks, chandeliers, pillars, curtains, smears, and flows. Brittle or punky ice, blue or yellow — it takes imagination and experience to move efficiently and confidently on this awe-inspiring terrain.…
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