Northeast Mountain Guiding
Northeast Mountain Guiding
8215 Camberly Road
Huntersville, NC 28078
ph: (704) 765-9949
alt: (848) 468-6735
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Ice Climbing
The Northeastern United States has some of the most amazing ice climbing around and great opportunities for beginners! You'll enjoy a day of climbing some great frozen waterfalls that come back year after year. We also offer multi-pitch ice climbing courses. If you're looking for an extreme adventure on the ice then YOU FOUND IT!
Be sure to check out our Andes Mountains Ice Climbing courses!
Intro to Ice Climbing
Course length: 1 day
Location: Adirondack State Park, NY; Smuggler's Notch, VT; Delaware Water Gap NRA, PA and NJ; Catskills, NY
Prerequisite: none
Ratio: 3:1
Cost: $135-$225 USD per person, cost depends on location
*All technical gear is included
*2 day courses are available
Course description: The day starts on the ground discussing safety, basic ice climbing gear, movement on the ice, axe and crampon techniques, balance and body positioning. The 2nd part of the day you'll be climbing on waterfall ice of various heights putting together what you learned. Then we move on to belaying, rappelling, climbing knots and hitches and much more!
For group trip dates please see our Course Calendar
Intermediate Ice Climbing
This course is for experienced rock climbers or people who have climbed on ice before.
Course length: 2 days
Location: Adirondack State Park, NY; Smuggler's Notch, VT; Delaware Water Gap NRA, PA and NJ;
Prerequisite: prior rock or ice climbing experience
Ratio: 3:1
Cost: $165-$285 USD per person, cost depends on location
*All technical gear is included
Day 1: We start by going over more advanced techniques while moving on ice, anchor types, ice climbing anchor placement and how they work, physics, belaying, multi-pitch techniques, anchor rigging, ice conditions and much more!
Day 2: You'll put everything you learned into play on the ice while climbing in a single-pitch and multi-pitch (mock) environment.
For group trip dates please see our Course Calendar
Northeast Mountain Guiding
8215 Camberly Road
Huntersville, NC 28078
ph: (704) 765-9949
alt: (848) 468-6735
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