Welcome back Grivel!

Welcome back Grivel!  Grivel is celebrating its 200th year of making mountaineering equiptment.  In 1818, a few years following the first summit of Mont Blanc, a family of Blacksmiths- the Grivel family- began forging tools particular to the new sport of mountain climbing.  Today the heart and soul of Grivel is still in Courmayer, Italy,…

Read more...

Tuckerman Brewing

The official beer of MWV Ice Fest!  Tuckerman Brewing is taking care of all our frosty beverage needs, all weekend long, again this year!  These awesome folks show us the love big time… from hosting our guides kick off dinner before the weekend to so, so many tasty kegs at Apres and Evening events, Ice…

Read more...

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,…

Read more...

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...