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Poke-O Access
Please respect the owners property rights and don’t trespass. Use the standard trails from the campground to access the cliff. Please see the information below and tell all your climbing friends. Thank You! – Doug Millen Climbers should be aware that the land in front of the Main Face at Poke-O is private. Climbers […]
Waterfall Ice Study
Intuitively we might think that very low temperatures are favorable for creating good waterfall ice conditions. Is it this simple? How do we make the connection between climbers’ observations and a scientific experiment? A study led by the Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l’Environnement de Grenoble, supported by the Petzl Foundation, is providing part of the answer.
ICE CLIMBING AFTER RAIN AND WARM TEMPERATURES
After returning to the car we spotted a party of two top roping the Waterfall, left of where the ice had calved off. We were amazed they were still climbing, as another substantial portion fell off while we were changing into our street clothes.
Smuggs Ice Bash goes BIG with a new venue for 2015!
We are excited to offer Smuggs Ice Bash Participants the opportunity to Climb and Ski by partnering with the Smugglers Notch Ski Resort for 2015.
Our location for all of the demo equipment, and the evening presentations will take place at the Smuggs Ski Resort this year so why not stay within walking distance from where everything will take place and enjoy all the benefits of having everything you need and more right at your finger tips!
Fund Drive 2014
What would the ice climbing season be like without NEice? Think about it! It’s time for the year end Fund Drive Celebrating 15 Years! NEice is a community web site run by volunteers, but we still have hard costs to run and maintain the server and all the related costs. While sponsors and Google ads help, it’s the viewer donations that make […]
2015 Mugs Stump Award Recipients Announced
The recipients of the 2015 Mugs Stump Award were announced at the Bozeman Ice Festival on Thursday. The award, a collaborative effort of Alpinist Magazine, Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd., Mountain Gear, Patagonia, Inc., and W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc., was created in 1993 in memory of Mugs Stump, one of North America’s most visionary climbers. In the 23 years since its inception, the Mugs Stump Award has provided $400,000 in grants to small teams pursuing climbing objectives that exemplify light, fast and clean alpinism.
Renormalized at “The Lake”
Ah! The conditions are getting better and I am back to my normal state, once again, at “The Lake”. Below are a few condition photos from our trip to Lake Willoughby VT on Saturday December 13, 2014. Plenty of challenging ice to climb. There is a good snow pack now for easy approaches, unlike years […]
Rites of Passage
“So far this is type three fun,” Matt comments. The first two pitches have been miserable. The ice is fine, or at least good enough, but the wind and low temperatures are BRUTAL. Up to this point, I’m kicking myself for getting out of bed and passing up on sleeping in with my girlfriend, wasting […]
The Kronos (Update)
At the 2014 Ouray Ice Fest, DRY ICE Co-Owners George Fisher and Ben Carlson revealed their latest innovation, the DRY ICE Kronos, the world’s First Wooden Handled Technical Ice Climbing Tool
Local fundraiser to support Mountain Rescue
The much-anticipated documentary from Sender Films about the epic history of climbing in Yosemite National Park and the counterculture roots of outdoor sports.
