Ice Climbing

Ice Climbing is an activity of climbing through ice structures or formations. These ice formations may be in the form of frozen waterfalls, icefalls, iceslabs or rocks covered with frozen water flow or ice, or they may be ice structures that are artificially structured. Ice climbing is a crucial part of any mountaineering activity or training.

What makes Ice Climbing beautiful is that it is nature in its raw form and routes are not always the same at any other time, after a first climb. These features make it a unique adrenaline driven action sport. These unique characteristics drive the strong Ice Climbing community all over the world.

UIAA recognises Ice Climbing as a competitive sport and is responsible for organization and promotion of the Ice Climbing World Cup and International Championships. There are three types of Ice Climbing competitions –

1. Speed
2. Lead difficulty
3. Boulder difficulty