White Mountains, NH

The White Mountains are a mecca for ice climbing - offering day trips to remote back-country adventures from lower-angles flows of ice and overhanging walls, to multi-pitch cascading waterfalls and alpine climbing on Mount Washington. We offer professional instruction and guided ice climbing trips there from November through March.

Popular locations for ice climbing include:

Cathedral Ledge - located just outside of North Conway, it provides single and multi-pitch ice and mixed climbing on routes such as: Goofer's Direct, Repentance, and many others.

Crawford Notch - located on County RT 302, it includes; Frankenstein Cliff (Standard Route, Dracula, Chia, etc.), Mount Webster (Shoestring Gully and others), Mount Willard (Cinema Gully, Hitchcock Gully, etc.), and Willey's Slide.

Franconia Notch - located on RT 93 near Lincoln, Franconia includes a large amount of ice: - Cannon Cliff (Black Dike, Fafnir, Omega, etc.), the Flume, and more.

Kancamagus Highway - includes many areas such as; Champney Falls, Painted Walls (Way in the Wilderness, etc.), Sundown, and more.

Mount Washington - backcountry, alpine-style routes consisting of long approaches and descents, and involved climbing. Areas such as; Tuckerman's Ravine, Huntington Ravine (Pinnacle Gully, Odell's Gully etc.), and Kings Ravine.

Rumney - this famous sport climbing area offers many great ice climbing routes during the winter.

Finishing the second pitch of the Black Dike, Cannon Cliff, NH

Please view our Schedule to see when we are planning our next trip.

We supply all the necessary technical climbing equipment needed - please check out the Gear List specific to your activity for what is actually supplied and what you'll be required to bring.