Welcome back Grivel!

Welcome back Grivel!  Grivel is celebrating its 200th year of making mountaineering equiptment.  In 1818, a few years following the first summit of Mont Blanc, a family of Blacksmiths- the Grivel family- began forging tools particular to the new sport of mountain climbing.  Today the heart and soul of Grivel is still in Courmayer, Italy,…

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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…

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Demo THIS Gear!

Why beat up your own gear, when you could test out, try and beat up this gear?!  This is one of the coolest parts about the MWV Ice Fest.  Check out all the incredible companies you can demo gear from!  TRY BEFORE YOU BUY!  We’re talking jackets, gloves, ice tools, crampons, helmets, harnesses, packs, boots…

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MWV ICE FEST THANK YOU’S & RECAP!

The 2016 Mount Washington Ice Fest was hands down without a doubt our best EVER, but it only happened with many helping hands, sponsors, guides, participants, climbers, talent, and passion!  Wow, we are still coming down from an awesome high, we had a blast this year!  We hosted over 1300+ people over the course of…

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Liberty Mountain & Grivel Demo Gear!

Welcome back Liberty Mountain! Liberty Mountain is the one-stop-shop with everything for the outdoors. They will be sending a demo huge fleet of Grivel vertical ice tools and crampons for climbers to try out during The Mount Washington Valley Ice Fest.  Here is the inside scoop on what you can try before you buy. Choose from two top of the…

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