Ben Mirkin

Our friend Ben Mirkin is back!  Pictured on the Beckey-Chouinard route in the Bugaboos last summer, Ben lives, guides and teaches here in New England year round.  Ben is a professor at Northern Vermont University, just over the border in the North East Kingdom of VT.  Last year Ben added to his already beefy credentials…

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Matt Shove

Matt Shove is the owner of Ragged Mountain Guides in CT, founded in 2010. Matt instructs all over the Northeast, he also leads technical courses and mountain trips in ranges and crags all over the US.  He has conducted training programs for elite mountain warfare soldiers, and the US Coast Guard, and was a Technical Editor for…

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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…

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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…

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MWV Ice Fest- year 27!!

Leaf peeping’ season is coming to an end someday soon folks.  We’ve got some fun tricks up our sleeves, and tons of treats as well as we head into our 27th year of celebrating  winter climbing in New Hampshire.  Lots of awesome returning guides from IMCS and guest guides, both local and from the wide…

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