5 reason to register for the Sandstone Ice Festival
1. Hear the Sandstone Ice Festival guest speaker.
2. Demo gear from Black Diamond, Scarpa, La Sportiva and Mt Hardware.
3. Free winter camping in Robinson Park, camping clinics and demo pulks.
4. Fabulous door prizes from Atomiks, Mt Hard Ware, Redpoint, and many more awesome sponsors.
5. Your contribution helps to pay for the production and promotion of the Sandstone Ice Festival.
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Intro to Ice Climbing
Intro to equipment, clothing, keeping warm tips, crampon fundamentals, swing and hooking the tools, reading ice, removing tools, testing placement, planning the line, the climbing “flow,” resting, pulling bulges, down-climbing
Intro to Mixed Rock and Ice Climbing
Hooking on sills, turning pick sideways on features, Brew-meisters, pick jamming and torquing, laybacks off features, switching to rock climbing and back, matching tools (leashless)
Intermediate and Advanced Technique
Monkey-hanging, back-stepping, stemming, high stepping, reaching and stepping through, staggering placements, matching tools (leashless), pacing, traversing, efficiency, cauliflowers and chandelier ice, rotten ice, pillars, hanging pillars and curtains, thin ice.
Women’s Ice Climbing Clinic
Women's clinic covers a diverse array of techniques, approaches and styles from beginner to advanced, depending on the needs of the attendees. There is no prerequisite for experience, and all levels of expertise are welcome.
*Clinic participants should come dressed for the cold weather and are required to bring their own harness, boots, and helmet. There will be a limited supply of demo gear available, please show up an hour early for clinics if you need demo equipment.
**Demo equipment please support the businesses that support the Ice Fest.
Classes and times are tentative and may change, Please check back for the final schedule.
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