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Our guide team puts a lot of time into testing and reviewing some of the best gear in the industry. This catalog of the ice climbing gear our team uses is broken into categories: Clothing, Gear Essentials, Ice Specific, and Overnight
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CLOTHING
FOOTWEAR
Ice Boots - La Sportiva G5 Evo
Overnight Ice Boots - La Sportiva G2 Evo
Overnight Cold Weather Mountaineering Routes - La Sportiva Spantiks
UPPER LAYERS
Synthetic Sun Hoodie - Arcteryx Women’s Taema Hoody and Men’s Cormac Hoody
Fleece - Arcteryx Women’s Delta Hybrid Hoody and Men’s Delta 1/2 Zip Neck Hoody
Insulation Jacket - Arcteryx Women’s Practitioner AR Hoody and Men’s Practitioner AR Hoody or for a warmer option Proton LT Hoody
Insulation Vest - Arcteryx Women’s Atom Vest and Men’s Atom LT Vest
Hardshell Jacket - Arcteryx Women’s Alpine Guide Jacket and Men’s Alpine Guide Jacket
Cold Weather Synthetic Climbing Jacket - Arcteryx Nuclei SV Parka
Belay Parka - Arcteryx Women’s Alpha Parka and Men’s Alpha Parka
BOTTOM LAYERS
Synthetic Base Layer - Arcteryx Women’s Rho Heavyweight Bottoms and Men’s Rho Hybrid Bottoms
Synthetic Pant - Arcteryx Women’s Gamma SL Pant and Men’s Gamma Quick Dry Pant
Heavier Weighted Synthetic Pant - Arcteryx Women’s Gamma MX Pants and Men’s Gamma MX Pant
Stormshells- Arcteryx Women’s Beta LT Pant Hadron
Puff Pants- Arcteryx Men’s Nuclei Pant
ACCESSORIES
Approach Glove - Black Diamond Mid Weight Fleece Glove
On Route Climbing Glove - Showa Tem-Res 282
Colder Weather Climbing/ Belay Glove - Black Diamond Patrol Glove
Emergency Mitts - Black Diamond Superlight Mitt and/or Absolute Mitts
Sun Hat - Smile Mountain Guides Happy Camper 5 Panel Hat
Water Bottle
Food: Energy Bars, Fruit, Sandwiches, Trail Mix. 100 Calories an hour!
Sunglasses - Julbo MONTEROSA 2
Goggles - Smith Brand
Midweight Balaclava - Outdoor Research Protective Essential Midweight Balaclava
Beanie - Outdoor Research Vigor Hybrid Beanie
Sunscreen/ Lip balm
Buff - Smile Mountain Guides TieDye Neck Gaiter
GEAR ESSENTIALS
Helmet - Petzl Sirocco or Petzl Meteor
Harness - Petzl Hirundos
Communication Devices
Cell Service - Smart Phone
Remote Garmin InReach Mini
Remote (Multiple Climbing Parties ) - Wouxun Dual Band VHF/UHF 200 Handheld Commercial Radio
Climbing Backpacks
On Route Climbing Pack - Black Diamond Blitz 20
Crag Pack - Hyperlite 2400 Ice Pack
Multi-Day Pack - Hyperlite 3400cm Ice Pack
Guide Tarp- Function before Fashion
Guidebook - Mountain Project
Ice Gear Specifics
Dynamic Climbing Rope(s)
1:1 w/ walk-off or 30 m rappels - Petzl Volta Guide 9.0 mm, 60 m
1:1 w/ more than several rappels - x2 Petzl Paso Guides 7.7 mm, 60 m, different colored ropes
Ice Tools - Petzl Nomics
Crampons - Petzl Darts
Small Assortment of Camalots - Black Diamond Ultralight C4’s
Single Stopper Set - Black Diamond Stopper Set Classic #5 - #11
Ice Screws - Petzl Laser Speeds
3 Alpine Draw - Petzl Pur’Anneau 60 cm, x1 Camp Photon Wire Gate
Quickdraws ( Same # as Ice Screws ) - Camp Photon Wire Express KS Dyneema
120 cm Sewn Sling - Edelrid Aramid Cord Sling 6 mm
Plaquette Styled Belay Device - Petzl Reverso
5 Locking Carabiners - Petzl Attache
Anchoring Sewn Sling - Petzl Pur’Anneau 180 cm
Anchoring Cordelette - Sterling 5.9 mm Powercord 18’
Autoblock Cord - Sterling Hollowblock 2
Ice Screw Clippers - Petzl Caritool
V-Thread Tool - Jsnare
Rappel Ring or Quicklink - Petzl GO 8 mm Quicklink
Knife - Petzl Spatha
Rope Grab - Petzl Tibloc
Headlamp - Petzl Swift RL
Overnights
Shelter - Black Diamond Firstlight, or Nemo Kunai 2 person
Sleeping bag - Mountain Hardware Phantom Alpine 15 deg
Stove - MSR Reactor Kit
Sleeping Pad - Thermorast NeoAir XLite or ZLite So