Yankee Rock & Ice

Yankee Rock & Ice recently released a second edition to its comprehensive history of all things climbing in the Northeast: originally published in 1993.  The first edition was written by husband and wife team, Guy and Laura Waterman.  Laura and the late Guy put forth a tremendous body of work when it comes to the…

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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…

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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…

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Petzl is back!

Petzl is back at Ice Fest this year!  A warm welcome back to these big time supporters of MWV Ice Fest, they will be bringing the goods to demo once again, as well as some really sweet guides and climbers.  Petzl will have you SET UP in the hard goods department, so everyone from the…

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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…

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