Learn how to Mixed Climb with the Masters!

Odds are, you’ve started hearing more and more about mixed climbing over the last few years. From long alpine routes to short, steep overhanging walls, the limits of this style of climbing are getting pushed further and further all the time. If you have ever thought about giving mixed climbing a try, we are offering…

Read more...

New Clinic for the New Year!

Happy New Year Ice Festers! Our gift to you this New Year’s Day is a brand spanking new clinic! CAMP and Cassin present Climbing on THIN Ice with Guest Guides Ian Osteyee and Ryan Stefiuk! Are you bored with always climbing fat ice? Want to make sure you can handle it when things get a…

Read more...

Welcome Back Sterling Rope!

For many folks around here, Sterling Ropes are THE ropes to climb on. They handle amazingly well, are incredibly compact, and for major bonus points, they are located right here in New England! All their research and development, all their manufacturing, it happens just next door in Biddeford Maine. We love that Sterling is a…

Read more...

Welcome Back Scarpa!

Merry Christmas Eve everybody! We hope this post finds you well. Today we’re here to welcome Scarpa back for 2014! We’re psyched to have their support and to give them a little love today. Scarpa has been around since 1938 where they started as a small family business based in Northern Italy. Since then they’ve…

Read more...

BARRY BLANCHARD: Guest Presenter & Guest Guide!

Barry Blanchard is the man!  He is known world wide as the modern father of Canadian alpine mountaineering and hard ice climbs, and he is coming to the 2014 Mount Washington Valley Ice Fest!  We couldn’t be more excited! He is a Patagonia, Black Diamond & Julbo athlete. Over the past 30 years, Barry has…

Read more...