Posts Tagged ‘2018 MWV Ice Fest’
Beta For MWV Ice Fest Clinic Participants
For all those who are signed up for clinics, this blog post is for YOU! The Clinic Crew! There are a final few reminders to Ice Fest attendees as we go into the one week countdown. We are really excited about all the folks who are coming to the 25th Mount Washington Valley Ice Festival! Here are a…
Read more...Access Fund Silent Auction Night THIS Friday!
Every year at Ice Fest, we hold a silent auction to raise funds for non-profits that work hard to support the New England climbing community. This year, we are excited to be working with the Access Fund as our official beneficiary. Locally, Access Fund and Northeast Regional Director, Mike Morin have been hard at work on a…
Read more...Still Room & Time To Sign Up For Ice Climbing Clinics!
Hey Folks! A lot of ice & mixed climbing clinics are filling up but there is still some room from beginner to advanced clinics! You can still sign up for Mixed Climbing on FRIDAY with Katie Bono and Bayard Russell! Katie Bono just came in 3rd in the Ouray Ice Park Competition and Bayard is…
Read more...Adidas Demo Gear
Adidas Outdoor is bringing demo gear to this year’s Ice Fest. Check out their Adidas Terrex line for everything you need for a day in the mountains. Insulation, jacket, and fleece layers….even boots all designed with your warmth and performance in mind. Be sure to stop by their table at IME to see what they…
Read more...Liberty Mountain bringing Grivel Demo Gear
Nothing better than a freshly stacked pile of tools, crampons, ropes and helmets waiting for you to try out for the day on the house, is there? Liberty Mountain is brining back a stacked demo fleet of Grivel hard goods again this year. We just wanted to highlight two NEW TO ICE FEST items thrown…
Read more...Printable Ice Fest Schedule Is Here!
Here you go folks! A big printable schedule for the whole Mount Washington Valley Ice Fest weekend! DOWNLOAD THE PRINTABLE ICE FEST SCHEDULE! CLICK HERE: https://www.mwv-icefest.com/schedule/ Check out all the events from the demos, clinics, evening shows, Apres Hour at IME, Boogalow’s Food Truck, Coffee from Frontside Grind, Bagels from Bagels Plus and MORE! And share…
Read more...Tuckerman Brewing Company bringing the beer!
The awesome folks at Tuckerman Brewing Company are generous year after year donating free beer at MWV Ice Fest. We are so thankful they constantly support the climbing community and it’s so much fun to see their new brews every year. Like last year, we are trying to reduce our waste and will be…
Read more...Don’t forget to book your lodging!
Don’t wait to book your lodging! We all know this is the one thing we all procrastinate on but North Conway Lodging still has some room left! Call soon and mention you are a part of 2018 MWV Ice Fest and take advantage of what NorthConwayLodging.com is offering Ice Festers: 20% off these lodging options…
Read more...Local Love for Clinic Participants
Opening up your participant packet can feel a lot like Christmas with all the local love that is shown for our Clinic participants by some of our favorite local spots! As if killer instruction in beautiful New England locations wasn’t enough! We wrangled a bunch of awesome deals for you from our good friends in…
Read more...Shout Out to the IMCS Guides!
This morning we want to give a shout out to the guides of the International Mountain Climbing School – the hometown heroes of the Mount Washington Valley Ice Fest. This crew has an incredible amount of experience climbing and adventuring in the White Mountains and beyond. Both personally and professionally, these guides have done it…
Read more...Janet and Freddie Wilkinson are guiding!
Two of our favorite people and guides are back this year at Ice Fest! We are lucky to call them our friends and local climbing community, even though they have been all over the world as professional climbers. Between these two, they have years and years of expertise and are some of the most fun…
Read more...UnTapped Maple and Good To Go Foods
Whats the best way to keep your ‘tude from going south on a long day outside? FOOD! These two companies were started by New Englanders looking for REAL and EASY food to eat in the out of doors and we love it! UnTapped uses real maple syrup to deliver a burst of energy that won’t leave…
Read more...Ice Fest Clinics Are Filling Up!
Hey Folks! Just a friendly reminder that clinics are filling and and to not wait, or you may miss out on nabbing the clinics you’re most psyched for! Below is some beta on some awesome clinics that still have some room in them! C.A.M.P. Light & Fast Clinic…
Read more...Rab is back and bringing demo gear
We’re psyched to have Rab back at Ice Fest this year. Rab was conceived for climbers by climbers in Sheffield, England and has been making bomber gear to keep you warm and dry in the elements ever since. “More than thirty years since our founding, we continue to find inspiration in the untamed spirit of…
Read more...Sterling Rope- Welcome Back!
Did you know that we are lucky enough to have some of the best ropes in the world be from a local New England company? Sterling Rope is out of Biddeford, Maine and they engineer and manufacture the best ropes to climb on that you can find in any gear shop. Their DRY XP is one example…
Read more...Welcome Back Julbo!
WE LOVE THIS COMPANY! Julbo is back with some of the latest glasses for you all to check out. They are also bringing along a few new sunglasses, coming soon, called the Shield, as well as all of their other awesome products you all are hopefully familiar with. The Shield will feature out REACTIV…
Read more...Welcoming back Jim Shimberg, Alain Comeau, Lindsey Fixmer & Bob Baribeau!
Morning folks! We want to welcome back a handful of guest guides this morning who are legendarily known to be amazing guides! If you’re lucky in signing up for clinics with any of these guides, you’ve scored big! We want to send a big welcome back to Jim Shimberg, Alain Comeau, Lindsey Fixmer and Bob…
Read more...Black Diamond is here again!
Year after year we get so excited to welcome back this awesome company and we know it’s a good day when we can officially welcome back Black Diamond to the 2018 Mount Washington Valley Ice Fest. This company is awesome and are so committed to both the ice climbing and skiing communities. Black Diamond will…
Read more...Patagonia Bringing Josh Wharton & Anne Gilbert Chase!
Happy New Year indeed! We have more sweet news that Patagonia is sending two more of their stellar athletes to guide and be apart of the 2018 Mount Washington Valley Ice Fest! We want to send a big welcome to Josh Wharton and Anne Gilbert Chase. Both of them have been to the MWV Ice…
Read more...Friday Night at Ice Fest!!
Happy New Year, Ice Festers! May it be a year full of cold temps, fat ice, and big sends! To ring in the New Year, we’d like to make a big announcement about the Friday night show at the the 25th Annual Mount Washington Valley Ice Fest! We will be showing the film, Mixtress, and Jesse…
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