If you’re climbing or mountaineering, having the right tools is necessary for your success and safety. Here are the best ice axes for your next adventure.

When deciding whether you need an ice axe, consider the time of day when you’ll encounter snowy conditions. If you’re hiking later in the day after the sun has softened the snow, you might ...

The main difference between this and yeah, climbing at like, you know, an indoor rock wall, would be here. You're creating your holds. You're, you're holding these ice and you're swinging in and ...

LONGMONT, Colo. (KDVR) — In February, they came. Eighty-five male and female athletes from 15 countries traveled thousands of miles to Longmont to scale a mere 40 feet. It was the Ice Climbing ...

Longmont gym hosts first ice climbing World Cup event in U.S. since 2019. ... “You do it on a regular wall, using your ice ax equipment to put the tip of your pick into holds.

From naturally frozen waterfalls to man-made ice walls, check out our pick of the best places in the world to go ice climbing, whether you're a beginner or an expert. By Will Gray 6 min read ...

By Charlie Pike Photos by Corey Fitzgerald From our January 2025 issue. Noah Kleiner, an American Mountain Guides Association certified ice instructor, founded the Camden-based Equinox Guiding Service ...

Winter Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor Rob Johnson explains the essentials of choosing and using your first ice axe and crampons for winter mountaineering. Ever year as winter rolls around, you ...

Burke reportedly told detectives that she wasn't able to convince her 67-year-old father to turn the lights off. In frustration, she retrieved an ice climbing axe, proceeded to trip and strangle ...

It’s soft enough to take an ice-ax pick with a single swing, allowing swift, smooth climbing without an excess of kicking or hacking. In a nutshell, it’s the kind of ice alpinists spend their ...