Ice climbing continues to grow! And with it are several 'mark your calendars NOW' events that bring us climbers together for fun, friends, ice climbing, and usually lots of beer. Check out the starred events to get your hands on DRY ICE Tools and ICICLES!
NORTH AMERICA
MCA Ice Climbing Festival September 21-23 2018 Glacier Park Resort AK (near the Matanuska Glacier) Events are based out of campsites #9 3/4 in the open field by the river and closer to the toe of the glacier.
Portland Alpine Festival November 13-18 2018 Portland OR
Bozeman Ice Festival December 5-9 2018 Bozeman, MT
Sandstone Ice Festival January 4-6 2019 Robinson Park Quarry, Sandstone, MN
Adirondack International Mountain Fest January 11-14 2019 Keene Valley, NY
*Ouray Ice Fest January 24-27, 2019 Ouray, CO
Smuggler's Notch Ice Bash January 25-27, 2019 Smugglers Notch, VT
Catskill Ice Festival January 25-28 2019 New Paltz, NY
Mt. Washington Valley Ice Festival February 1-3, 2019 North Conway, NH
Cody Ice Fest February 7-10, 2019 Cody, Wyoming
Lake City Ice Climbing Festival February 9, 2019 Lake City Colorado
Duluth Ice & Mixed Fest February 2019, Duluth, Minnesota
Michigan Ice Fest February 13-17, 2019 Munising, MI
Valdez Ice Fest February 15-18 2019 Valdez, Alaska Get REALLY psyched with this:
Rock Spot IceFest February 15-24 2019 The Flume Gorge NH
Southern Ontario Ice Fest February 22-24 2019 Maynooth, Ontario, Canada
INTERNATIONAL
KAILAS ICE CLIMBING FESTIVAL Dec 30-Jan 2 Sugunaing National Park Shuangquiao Valley, China
Remarkables Ice & Mixed Festival Aug 15-18 2018 Queenstown NZ
Portillo Ice Fest Aug 17-19 2018 Portillo, Chile
Erzurum Ice Climbing Festival Jan 24 2018 Uzundere, Erzurum, Eastern Turkey.