Posts Tagged ‘NH Ice Climbing’
NEice
We are so lucky here in the Northeast to have a resource like NEice.com. If you haven’t visited the site yet, it’s time. Doug & Co have been undertaking a major overhaul of the whole site over the past couple of years and its the go to resource for conditions reports, practically in real time,…
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...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...Outdoor Research is BACK as Headlining Sponsor!
Hey Folks, winter is moving in here and we gotta start sharing more of the goods with y’all! We just got word from our great friends at Outdoor Research that they will be back again as the Headlining Sponsor to this year’s 2019 Mount Washington Valley Ice Fest! These guys and gals have been going…
Read more...Access Fund Silent Auction Night THIS Friday!
Every year at Ice Fest, we hold a silent auction to raise funds for non-profits that work hard to support the New England climbing community. This year, we are excited to be working with the Access Fund as our official beneficiary. Locally, Access Fund and Northeast Regional Director, Mike Morin have been hard at work on a…
Read more...Still Room & Time To Sign Up For Ice Climbing Clinics!
Hey Folks! A lot of ice & mixed climbing clinics are filling up but there is still some room from beginner to advanced clinics! You can still sign up for Mixed Climbing on FRIDAY with Katie Bono and Bayard Russell! Katie Bono just came in 3rd in the Ouray Ice Park Competition and Bayard is…
Read more...Welcoming Back Ice Climbing Guides: Ryan Stefiuk, Erike Eisele, Elliot Gaddy & Karsten Delap!
The incredible roster of guides is still coming in hot folks! Tonight we want to welcome back four more awesome ice climbing guides to the 2018 Mount Washington Valley Ice Fest. They have all spent numerous winters guiding ice in New Hampshire, although 3 out of the four are traveling from quite some distances just…
Read more...Gear Junkies: Outdoor Research Athlete’s Favorites!
Hey there gear junkies! Are you still looking to refine your ice climbing kit or what your layering system is? We thought we would ask the Outdoor Research athletes that are coming to guide, what pieces are their “must haves” this winter. You know, the piece you can’t leave home without and is probably really…
Read more...Welcoming Back Our Friends At The American Alpine Club
We are excited to let you all know that the American Alpine Club will be at this years Ice Fest to answer all your questions about who they are, what they do, and why you should join. But to get you started, we wanted to let you…
Read more...Patagonia Bringing Josh Wharton & Anne Gilbert Chase!
Happy New Year indeed! We have more sweet news that Patagonia is sending two more of their stellar athletes to guide and be apart of the 2018 Mount Washington Valley Ice Fest! We want to send a big welcome to Josh Wharton and Anne Gilbert Chase. Both of them have been to the MWV Ice…
Read more...Tuckerman Brewing Co. Is Official 2018 Ice Fest Beer Sponsor!
They’re baaaack! The good folks at Tuckerman Brewing Co., located right here in Conway, New Hampshire are proud to be the 2018 Mount Washington Valley Ice Fest beer sponsor. And we couldn’t be more excited! Tuckerman Brewing Co. is very serious about the quality of the beer they brew. They will be bringing a…
Read more...Petzl Demo Gear in the house!!
Petzl is back for another year of supplying a killer demo fleet to Ice Festers to try out. One of the best parts of Ice Fest (can we really narrow it down?) is getting to try out so much sweet gear for the weekend before committing to the purchase. How often do you get to…
Read more...THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
The 2017 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 1200+ people over the course of the weekend…
Read more...Alain Comeau and John Kascenska return to Ice Fest
So lucky to have the local roster stacked SO deep around here, and glad to see all these faces back at Ice Fest once again! John Kascenska will be joining us to teach the three day AIARE Level I Avalanche awareness course. John is a wealth of knowledge. He guides and teaches for the climbing…
Read more...NEIce Soup Kitchen
Doug Millen of NEice will be serving up his famous yummy soup at the AAC table this year once more! You’ll find the NEice.com soup kitchen upstairs at IME during Apres hours from 3:30-5:30 on both Friday and Saturday, at the AAC table. Neice.com provides climbers in the North East with the local beta, mountain conditions, current weather conditions,…
Read more...The IMCS Guides – Part 2
Here’s a brief intro to a few more staples of the North Conway scene, the fantastic crew of guides at International Mountain Climbing School. This gang has an enormous amount of experience, both in our local hills and well beyond, and each one is a pleasure to spend a day climbing with! Craig Taylor has been working…
Read more...Go Where the Locals Go
Start your day at Frontside, grab a flatbread to go for lunch at the crag, or have a beer at the bar in Flatbread’s restaurant inside Eastern Slope Inn. No matter which of these options you chose, you’re doing it right! Frontside Coffee Roaster‘s Dropline blend will be flowing for Ice Festers at the AAC table!…
Read more...Ibex at Ice Fest!
This is not yo’ Grandma’s wool sweater company! Ibex is committed to the Art of Wool, creating exceptional pieces for all your outdoor pursuits. It’s easy care, sustainable, and (best of all) won’t get that funky eau d’ outdoors after just a couple wears. For more on Why Wool check out some info on their website…
Read more...Good To-Go Foods at Ice Fest!
Good To-Go food is a Gourmet dehydrated camp food line based out of Kittery, Maine. You heard that right, you could be eating chef-created food in the backcountry, just add water! We’re psyched to have this awesome New England company join us at Ice Fest this year! Jennifer Scism, cofounder of the company and 4 Star Restaurant…
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