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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Welcoming Back Some Regional Guest Guides!

We are constantly blown away by how many guides return, year after year, to work the Mount Washington Valley Ice Fest.  This year is no different and here are a few fantastic New England guides that we are stoked to say are coming back! Erik Thatcher is a guide based on the west side of the…

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A Big Welcome to KONG USA!

We’re excited to announce KONG USA as one of our new sponsors to the Mount Washington Ice Fest lineup this year!  These guys are bringing an awesome demo fleet to the event that includes three different types of ice axes for those who are headed up Mount Washington or taking a Glacier Travel & Crevasse…

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Welcome Back Hyperlite Mountain Gear!

“Precisely whats needed.  And nothing more.”  Sounds pretty good to a New Englander, right? This morning we are welcoming back New England’s own, Hyperlite Mountain Gear!  We love these hard-working, dedicated Mainers and their simple, stripped-down approach to backpacks, shelters, and stuff sacks.  Hand-built in Biddeford, Maine using American-made Dyneema Fiber and Dyneema Composite Fabrics…

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Saturday Night at Ice Fest – Raphael Slawinski

Ladies and gents, things sure are good in the valley right now!  Yesterday was our first true snow of the season (MWOBS reports almost 14″ of new snow on the summit!), and we are looking forward to watching that snow and the forecasted cold temps work together to build some serious ice in the lower…

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