WELCOME TO MOUNTAINFEST 2016 January 15 through 18, 2016. CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF MOUNTAINFEST! Clinics | Instructors | Registration | Schedule Mountainfest is an annual celebration of ice climbing and mountaineering featuring guest athletes who entertain us with tales of climbing adventures, instructional clinics taught by visiting climbers and local guides, demo gear, and a […]
We have been waiting for winter and it is here! The ice is building and with very cold weather coming things are going to go OFF! Next weekend should bring great conditions to most climbing areas. This was Solo’s first trip to “The Lake” and everything went well. He was not intimated by the size […]
Solo looking for Ice at Arethusa Falls
New Hampshire The beginning of this ice season has been anything but consistent. We’ve had thigh deep snow topping out of Huntington Ravine in October followed up by spring-like temperatures on the high summits for weeks with only splashes of short cold spells here and there. Usually I can get a sense of what the […]
The Newest Member of the NEice Air Fleet – SOLO AERIAL VIDEO AND PHOTOS IN A BACKPACK Solo does more than just get cool aerial shots: It gives me a full Cinematic toolkit in the software — “an automatic crane, dolly, jib, boom, slider, tripod and, of course, helicopter”. Now I can concentrate on filming and what the camera sees and let […]
A sure sign that the winter season has started! Greetings Harvard Cabin Mountaineers, Bet you were wondering when you’d see another cabin update. I know because I found a few inquires in a dusty corner of my inbox…sorry I didn’t get to them sooner. I’m sure you’ve been making plans to get up to the […]
With the North American championships only weeks away the organizers scramble to repair the newly constructed tower damaged by strong winds on Wednesday. “Financially, this is a big blow,” he said. “We were trying to go bigger this year. We wanted to be able to run the men’s and women’s competitions simultaneously.” – Joe Josephson Read more here… […]
On the day of the Black Dike ascent on October 19th, I was in Huntington Ravine to scope out what, if anything, had formed after only two days of below freezing temperatures. I chose a winding line up Yale Gully, avoiding the slab sections that had a coating of ice that was almost immeasurable to […]
THE KRONOS, THE WORLD’S FIRST ‘T’ RATED TECHNICAL ICE CLIMBING TOOL MADE OF WOOD “Just amazing, a ‘T’ RATED wood ice tool. The future is here!” – Doug Millen Fellow Ice Climbers, We are extremely proud to finally release the KRONOS Wood Ice Tool. You can get yours HERE. The KRONOS is the World’s First […]
A Trip Report by Ryan Stefiuk – bigfootmountainguides.com The MV (marine vessel) Leif Ericson crunches through sea ice in the Cabot Strait. The ship’s hull groans and 2-3 meter thick ice buckles underneath. Cracks in the ice expose the intimidating midnight blue waters of the North Atlantic. I see the long low hills of the […]
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