It’s Our 30th Anniversary!

30TH ANNUAL OURAY ICE FESTIVAL: JANUARY 23RD - 26TH, 2025

The 2025 Ice Fest event schedule will be released this December. Stay tuned!

2024 Ice Fest Schedule

Thursday, January 18th

kickoff night with rab and the aac: double header

Movie Premiere: “Jirishanca”

  • Screening of the movie will be followed by a LIVE Q&A with Vince Anderson

  • 6pm - 8pm @ the Ouray Community Center

  • Doors open @ 5:30pm

Winter Pool Party

Sponsored by: Rab, the American Alpine Club, and Upslope Brewing Company

Friday, January 19th

daily events:

Outdoor Gear Expo

  • 8am - 4pm @ the Vendor Village next to the Lower Bridge within the Ice Park

  • Browse sponsor tents and demo gear from some of the top companies in the outdoor industry

Walk-up climbing wall

  • 10am - 3pm @ the Kid’s Wall next to Dick’s Chalet within the Ice Park

  • FREE walk-up climbing

fest clinics

  • 9am - 4pm throughout the Ice Park

  • More info here

competition

fireside chats with aaron mulkey and Lakpa Rita Sherpa

  • 10am - Q&A with Aaron Mulkey | Sponsored by Black Diamond

  • 1pm - Q&A with Lakpa Rita Sherpa

  • Location: Vendor Village across from the Information Booth

Apres Party sponsored by yeti

 

evening events:

Adventures with Will Gadd Sponsored by Black Diamond

  • “20 Adventures of a Lifetime and Lessons Learned”: From ice climbing in South Africa to climbing with legends Jeff Lowe and Ueli Steck, Will Gadd discusses lessons and tactics for adventure risk management.

  • Presentation will be followed by a LIVE Q&A with Will

  • 6pm - 8pm @ the Ouray Community Center

  • Doors open @ 5:30pm

Sponsored by: Black Diamond

Saturday, January 20th

daily events:

Outdoor Gear Expo

  • 8am - 4pm @ the Vendor Village next to the Lower Bridge within the Ice Park

Walk-up climbing wall

  • 10am - 3pm @ the Kid’s Wall next to Dick’s Chalet within the Ice Park

Kids’ Climbing college

  • 10am - 3pm @ the Kid’s Wall within the Ice Park

  • FREE walk-up climbing for kids

fest clinics

  • 9am - 4pm throughout the Ice Park

competition

fireside chats with will gadd and marcus garcia

  • 10am - Q&A with Marcus Garcia

  • 1pm - Will Gadd with Climb Avy Aware: “Ice Climbing and Avalanches—Survival Tips”

  • Location: Vendor Village across from the Information Booth

 

evening events:

“A Fine Line” with graham zimmerman sponsored by scarpa

  • In his recently released memoir, “A Fine LIne,” Graham Zimmerman asks - How do we reconcile our love of outdoor adventure with the inevitability of loss in high-risk sports?

  • Presentation will be followed by a LIVE Q&A with Graham

  • 6pm - 8pm @ the Ouray Community Center

  • Doors open @ 5:30pm

  • Sponsored by Scarpa

Petzl Party

Sunday, January 21st

daily events:

Outdoor Gear Expo

  • 8am - 1pm @ the Vendor Village next to the Lower Bridge within the Ice Park

Walk-up climbing wall

  • 10am - 1pm @ the Kid’s Wall next to Dick’s Chalet within the Ice Park

Kids’ Climbing college

  • 10am - 1pm @ the Kid’s Wall within the Ice Park

fest clinics

  • 9am - 1pm throughout the Ice Park

competition

  • The Youth Competition will be taking place in the Scottish Gullies beginning at 8:30am

fireside chat with the ice farmers

  • 10am - Bill Whitt and Billy Mac, two of the original Ice Farmers and founders of the Ouray Ice Park, chat about decades of climbing and farming ice in the San Juans.

  • Osprey Packs will also be in attendance with Always Choose Adventures to present Billy Mac the FIRST oxygen adventure pack!

  • Location: Vendor Village across from the Information Booth

Online Auction

thursday January 11th - Monday, January 22nd, 2024

Banner Photo By: Sam Murch