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,…

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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…

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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…

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North Conway Lodging

Time to book your lodging for Ice Fest weekend!  We’re partnering with our friends at North Conway Lodging to get you all deals on your overnight accommodations. North Conway Lodging is offering 15% off rooms for the weekend at any one of their four lodging properties: Eastern Slope Inn Oxen Yolk Attitash Mountain Village Attitash…

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Emilie Drinkwater

Emilie Drinkwater is returning to guide at Ice Fest for 2019.  Don’t let her current digs in Salt Lake City, where she owns and operates Cloudsplitter Mountain Guides, fool you!  Emilie has the Northeast embedded deep in her psyche, which is one of many reasons we’re always so happy to have her at MWV Ice…

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