Posts Tagged ‘Guest Guide’
Marcus Garcia
We are stoked to announce that our friends at Sterling Rope are sending Marcus Garcia our way this year for Ice Fest! An accomplished climber and instructor, Marcus owns Durango Rock Lounge, where he dedicates most of his waking hours to teaching the next generation of climbers. Check out this Rock and Ice Article about…
Read more...Katie Bono
Big Thanks to CAMP for bringing Katie to Ice Fest this year! Katie is an accomplished all around mountain athlete with speed records and competition climbing wins. She now adds medical student to her impressive CV. Check out her recent submission to Arcteryx’s Bird Blog. We love what this crusher has to say about balancing…
Read more...Graham Zimmerman
Welcome to MWV Ice Fest Graham Zimmerman! We’re psyched to have you at Fest both as presenter and instructor this year. Graham is an Outdoor Research athlete, alpinist, filmmaker, photographer, writer, and climate activist. He currently resides in Bend, Oregon with his partner and labradoodle (two separate entities). In 2010 he won New Zealand’s “Alpinist…
Read more...Emilie Drinkwater- Outdoor Research Athlete
Welcome back to MWV Ice Fest Emilie! We’re so stoked to get this Outdoor Research athlete and super dialed guide back to instruct for us in 2020. Emilie currently lives out in Salt Lake City, Utah, but grew up here in the Northeast! Emilie was just the 9th woman (and 100th American) to obtain an…
Read more...Keith Sidle
New guest guide alert!! Welcome to Ice Fest, Keith! Keith Sidle first discovered ice climbing right here in the Mount Washington Valley over a dozen years ago, and hasn’t missed a season since. Keith has been guiding for the past nine years, splitting time between MWV winters and the Tetons in the summer. In his…
Read more...CAMP brings back Jesse Huey!
Big welcome back to our friends at CAMP USA! We’re psyched to have these guys back in our corner supporting another awesome MWV Ice Fest. They’ve got tons of rad gear NEW FOR 2019 and we can’t wait to try the heck out their demo fleet this year! C.A.M.P. stands for history, innovation, quality and…
Read more...Hometown Heroes – The IMCS Guides (Part 2)
We’re back this morning to give a shout out to the remaining guides of the International Mountain Climbing School – the regular cast of characters that can be found guiding and exploring in the White Mountains on a daily basis. These folks have logged an incredible amount of time in the mountains, at the crags, and on…
Read more...Hometown Heroes – The IMCS Guides
It’s time to celebrate the guides of the International Mountain Climbing School – the regular cast of characters that can be found guiding and exploring in the White Mountains on a daily basis. These folks have logged an incredible amount of time in the mountains, at the crags, and on the backcountry ski runs that the…
Read more...Nadav Oakes and Alex Teixeira
Nadav Oakes Welcome to MWV Ice Fest, Nadav Oakes! Born and raised in Israel, Nadav started his climbing career there. He taught and trained rescue units as well as military rescue and special ops teams. While living in Israel Nadav spent much of his free time exploring new areas for climbing and canyoneering in Jordan.…
Read more...Lindsay Fixmer and Jim Shimberg
Welcome back Lindsay Fixmer! With a background in coaching and managing climbing gyms, she is a dialed instructor and loves to focus on technical skills with her clients. In 2017 Lindsay went on a climbing expedition in India with fellow crushers Anna Pfaff and Savannah Cummins. Despite limited weather windows while on the Tetleh glacier,…
Read more...Josh Wharton
Josh Wharton is back for MWV Ice Fest 2019! Josh is a Black Diamond, Scarpa, and Patagonia athlete (all awesome supporters of MWV Ice Fest!!). We love having him come East to guide for the event. Josh is originally a granite stater! This year Josh traveled to the remote Huayhuash range in Peru and attempted the southeast…
Read more...Peter Doucette
Peter Doucette is back! Peter is the principal guide and owner of Mountain Sense Guides. He is not only a native NH climber, but still resides right here in the Mount Washington Valley. Here he is perfectly poised to take advantage of the fickle weather and transitional conditions that seem to define his high-end ice…
Read more...Karsten Delap
Welcome back Karsten Delap! Karsten is joining us from Brevard, North Carolina where he is the proprietor of Fox Mountain Guides. Fox Mountain Guides is the only AMGA certified rock guide outfit in the southeast! Karsten is the Head of Alpine Programs for Fox Mountain Guides. Climbing professionally and recreationally, Karsten finds himself in exotic…
Read more...Ben Mirkin
Welcome back to Ice Fest, Ben Mirkin! Ben lives in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, where he is a full time professor, Dad as well as mountain guide at Mooney Mountain Guides. Ben is a great instructor and has a more than proficient knowledge of the Whites, stemming all the way back to his days in…
Read more...Matty Bowman
Returning for his third Ice Fest, we’re thrilled to have Matty Bowman back. Matt resides just north of Mount Washington in Berlin, NH and co-owns White Mountain Cafe and Bookstore in Gorham, NH. He fell in love with the mountains while in college in Maine, but it was his move to the valley to take…
Read more...Ian Osteyee and CAMP are back!
Welcome back Ian Osteye and CAMP to MWV Ice Fest 2019! Ian Osteyee is a climber out of Lake Placid, NY. He is the owner and principal guide at Adirondack Mountain Guides. We’re psyched to have him back guiding MWV Ice Fest this year. Ian has been a regular on the guest guide scene here…
Read more...Matt Shove
Rumor has it we’re getting close to rolling out our clinic offerings for 2019 and we’ve got guest guides on the brain! Time to start rolling out some of our guides for Ice Fest’s 26th year! Excited to say Matt Shove is back! Matt will be leading clinics all weekend, if you sign up with…
Read more...Jordan Cargill
MWV Ice Fest welcomes back Jordan Cargill! Jordan is a MWV native, raised right here in the valley! He started his climbing career on Cathedral Ledge in town as a high schooler, but ski racing took up much of his effort for several years before he returned to climbing, and his love of it took…
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...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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