Oh, thank God, my whole body exclaimed. After a few swings, the razor-sharp pick I clutched lodged firmly into a cascading frozen waterfall. Shards of ice exploded from the point of contact onto my ...

LAKE GEORGE — The Front Range Climbing Company has been farming ice in Eleven Mile Canyon for 15 years in order to annually create an ice wall; over the past two years the wall has become a weekly ...

MUNISING, MI -- Thrill seekers of all skill levels are invited to climb frozen waterfalls at Michigan Ice Fest. Three decades in and the wild, winter festival is still drawing thousands of outdoor ...

Military personnel conduct ice climbing on frozen waterfalls in Vermont as part of specialized mountain training. Using ice ...

The ice axes make a satisfying “thwack” every time a bundled-up climber, one tool in each hand, swings them into the frozen wall. Shattered bits fly off as the line of climbers inches up frozen drips, ...

The art of climbing frozen waterfalls in Yellowstone National Park. Frozen waterfalls are an ephemeral phenomenon found in bitterly cold mountain gullies. Most people are happy just to admire the ice, ...

The Adirondack Mountains are known as an ice climbing destination; there are around 600 ice climbing routes for climbers to tackle when conditions are good. This winter's conditions have been a bit ...

Climbing hundreds of feet up an ice column, with Lake Superior surging below, is not for everybody … but it is for this winter-hungry crew. Traverse City photographer Erik Olsen takes us ice climbing ...

Less than two hours from Chicago, there lies a hidden and frozen gem that draws adventure seekers from all over the country.

MUNISING, MI -- Hundreds of climbers from around the country and around the globe descended on Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in the last few days to climb the picturesque ice formations. What ...

Noah Kleiner, an American Mountain Guides Association certified ice instructor, founded the Camden-based Equinox Guiding Service in 2016. Across Maine, he teaches rock climbing and mountaineering and, ...