Posts Tagged ‘Guest Guide’
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…
Read more...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…
Read more...Karsten Delap
Welcome back Karsten Delap! Karsten is joining us from Brevard, North Carolina where he is the proprietor of Fox Mountain Guides. Fox Mountain Guides is the only AMGA certified rock guide outfit in the southeast! Karsten is the Head of Alpine Programs for Fox Mountain Guides. Climbing professionally and recreationally, Karsten finds himself in exotic…
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…
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