2:1 guided multi-pitch ice climb in Ouray. Suitable for those climbing WI4-5.

Custom curriculum to have confidence in your tool swings and foot placements.

Advance your ice climbing prowess with this intermediate ice clinic. This clinic will be run with a David Roetzel. Tailored for those ready to build upon their foundational skills. Sponsored by Mammut

Advance your ice climbing prowess with our learn to lead clinic, tailored for those ready to build upon their foundational skills. Get expert instruction for CAMP’s Chris Snobeck

Ice climbing is much more technique dependent than rock climbing. Learn the skills properly in a full-day introduction to the sport of ice climbing. Warning: it’s addicting! By the end of the day you’ll be able to:

• Climb a waterfall up to WI3 (don’t worry, we’ll also teach you what ice climbing grades mean!)

• Have an understanding of some of the inherent risks of climbing ice and how to mitigate them

• Properly belay in a top rope setting and efficiently communicate with your partner

• Identify the ins and outs of ice climbing equipment, including proper fit and use

• Tie a few basic knots to keep you connected to your partner—and the mountain!

Prerequisites:

• None! This is an appropriate course for anyone who is interested in learning about ice climbing, or for climbers looking to refresh their skills for the coming season.

level up your mixed climbing with Joey Thompson. Sponsored by RAB. Take your skills to the next level and learn about the world of rock and ice

In this clinic we’ll approach graduation from being a competent ice climber on top rope to taking the first steps into learning how to lead an ice climb. In a mock lead scenario, we’ll follow the natural progression to safely and efficiently lead an ice climb. You’ll have a chance to learn from our guides:

• Reading the ice and understanding its behavior

• Leader’s movement on ice

• Ice screws: correct placement, mechanics and limitations

• Protection spacing

• Ice screw anchor building and V, A & 0-threads

• Top anchor belay

• Lead belay and back ties

Prerequisites:

• You must be an avid climber with proven experience on waterfall ice.

• Some leading experience on rock (even at the rock gym) is a must.

• Clear understanding of what “leading” means to prove readiness to move into it.

• This clinic is not a “learn how to ice climb” clinic, although some instruction to improve your movement as to guarantee efficiency and safety as a leader will be provided.

We had the idea that maybe folks come to the Ouray Ice Fest to climb. Weird, right? For the 2025 Ouray Ice Fest, each day we will hang 4-6 ropes on routes in the Schoolroom. Our guides will coach, mentor, and generally be resources to support you with whatever aspect of ice climbing you’d like. The goal will be to create a supportive environment in which you can climb with highly skilled partners. We’ll check everyone off for belaying and we’ll ask you to belay when you’re not climbing, so our guides can help climbers on the ice.

Prerequisites:

• Participants must have climbed ice previously and understand how to belay.

This clinic is suited for participants with some ice climbing experience who would like to sharpen their skills on WI4 ice.

This clinic shows aspiring adventure photographers how to create anchors, jug fixed lines and more.

This clinic is suited for participants with some ice climbing experience who would like to sharpen their skills on WI4 ice.

This clinic is suited for participants with some ice climbing experience who would like mileage on ice while also learning about where and how to place ice protection.

This clinic is designed for those curious about the skills needed for alpine objectives. The clinic covers the basics of ice and mixed climbing movement and ice and alpine anchors.

This clinic is designed for beginner climbers/ice climbers. Participants will learn the basics of swinging, kicking, and hip movement.

Taught by one of the mountain guides in the film premiering at Ice Fest, “Ephemeral.” This clinic focuses when not to use the triangle technique and emphasizes efficiency of movement.

This clinic is designed for beginner climbers/ice climbers. Participants will learn the basics of swinging, kicking, and hip movement.

This clinic is an introduction to placing ice protection and building an ice anchor. Participants are in a mock lead scenario.

Learn to manage awkward bulges, thin ice, pillars, and more from accomplished climber and alpinist, Jesse Huey. Jesse is celebrated for his difficult rock climbs, impressive times on notable alpine routes like Slovak Direct, and FAs spanning from Patagonia, to China, to the Sierras.

Enjoy instruction from seven-time competitor at the Ice and Mixed Climbing World Cup, with notable FA’s in Peru, Kyrgyzstan, and China Andres Marin. This clinic teaches maintaining body tension, managing with fewer points of contact, and other movement strategies beyond the basics.

This clinic is suited for participants with some ice climbing experience who would like mileage on ice while also learning about where and how to place ice protection.