The Intermediate Ice Climbing course is generally for those who have completed the Intro to Ice Climbing course or the equivalent, or for those who have significant rock climbing experience but have yet to try ice. This course can be one, two, or three days. Extending the course to multiple days will allow you to get more comfortable climbing steeper ice and explore more terrain.

The rates on this Intermediate Ice Climbing offering apply to most local ice climbing options that fit within a normal (8 hour) day. Ice climbing options that are advanced, remote, or take up a long (8+ hour) day may be billed at a higher rate and be capped at a 2:1 climber to guide ratio. Please see the Standard & Extended Rates section further down the page for more info.

This course is available as a private or pre-existing group.

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Online bookings are subject to guide availability and other factors such as weather and climbing conditions. After receiving your online booking, we will get back to you within 1 business day via phone or email to confirm your booking. In the event that we cannot accommodate your booking, you have the option of having your payment refunded or applied to a future booking.

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SMG accepts credit cards, PayPal, checks, and cash. Payment is due in full 7 days before a booking (or at time of booking confirmation when a course/trip is less than 7 days away). An exception is made for payment by check or cash...in these cases, payment is due in full at or before the course/trip.

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If you have to cancel your booking, please give us as much notice as possible. If you cancel 30+ days before the booking, we’ll apply the deposit/payment towards another booking at a later date or you can request a refund. If you cancel from 14-29 days before the booking, we’ll apply the deposit/payment towards another booking at a later date. If you cancel 13 days or sooner from the booking, for any reason, the deposit/payment is forfeited.

Weather & Winter
Winter courses/trips are rain or shine. If SMG cancels a booking due to weather, we will reschedule you for an alternate date of your choice.

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Ice climbing instruction and guided climb at Frankenstein Cliffs in Crawford Notch, New Hampshire.

Course Information

In this course we’ll further hone your ice climbing technique:

  • There will be an emphasis on the idea of the self belay using your ice tools. The self belay is simply placing your tools so securely that you can essentially rely on them as a belay for keeping you attached to the ice.
  • You will also learn about rope work, placing & removing ice screws, and anchor building.
  • We’ll teach you how to “read” the ice, to see the weaknesses where tools want to stick and also to learn the places where the ice is weak and prone to break.
  • We’ll also go over the all important subject of how to get down. This includes how to place v-threads and we’ll talk about when it might be necessary to use two v-threads and many other tricks for rapelling safely.

Standard & Extended Rates
Examples of standard rates:

  • Single and multi-pitch guided ice climbing in Crawford Notch and other cliffs in and near the Mount Washington Valley.
  • Ice climbing instruction.

Most intermediate ice climbing objectives will fall within our standard rates. Rates and examples of locations/objectives where extended rates apply:

  • Private (1 person) – $425 per day, Group of 2 – $280 per person per day.
  • Alpine ice and mixed climbs in Huntington Ravine on Mount Washington.
  • Remote cliffs in the White Mountains or long (8+ hour day) intermediate ice climbs.

Feel free to contact us anytime if you have questions about rates or would like a quote.

 

Mountains, Cliffs, & Routes

Popular routes for this course include:

  • Standard Route at Frankenstein Cliff
  • Cinema Gully on Mt. Willard
Difficulty

Intermediate

Length

One to Multiple Days

Season

Winter

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