Ice Climbing

• ‘Something I live for’: Avid ice climbers in New Brunswick share the love of their sport

  Ice climbing is quickly gaining popularity in New Brunswick, and those who enjoy it say the winter sport offers the chance to experience breathtaking views. 

  Canada

  Feb 21, 2025
  
• Canadian ice climbers bring thriving sport to world championship in Edmonton

  Even with a torrent of blood flowing from his mouth, knowing several of his teeth were bent out of place, Gord McArthur believed he could get back on the wall.

  Canada

  Jan 27, 2025
  
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• International athletes to compete in UIAA Ice Climbing World Championship and World Cup in Edmonton

  A 12-metre ice wall may stop you in your tracks as you pass by it in Edmonton's Ice District.

  Canada

  Jan 23, 2024
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• The sport of ice climbing is reaching new heights — in Montreal, of all places

  The sport of ice climbing is gaining popularity in as Montrealer's scale the ice covered rocks at at Parc Jean-Drapeau

  Sports

  Mar 12, 2021
• Edmonton Ski Club set to open ice-climbing facility in January

  The Edmonton Ski Club partnered with the Alpine Club of Canada to build a 10-metre ice-climbing facility at the ski hill in the city's core.

  Features

  Dec 29, 2020
• Fitness Served Cold: Can ice climbing lift your fitness during the winter?

  "I wouldn't say that I'm afraid of heights, per se; it's more that I have a fear of falling from a great distance," Mike Arsenault says of his ice-climbing experience.

  Health

  Feb 6, 2020
• ‘The stars aligned’: Ice climbers make first-ever ascent of Canada’s tallest waterfall

  "It's steep, it's elegant, it's all the things that you want. It's this blue streak going into the sky."

  Canada

  Mar 25, 2019
• ‘Captain Adventure’ reflects on ice climbing dangers after Niagara Falls climb

  Will Gadd is back home in Canmore after captivating the world as the first person to climb Niagara Falls, but the death of Mark Salesse has him reflecting on the risks of his sport.

  Canada

  Feb 13, 2015
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• Friends rally around family of ice climber, mother of 2, killed in Pemberton

  Friends of a mother of two who was killed when she was ice climbing in Pemberton earlier this week, are now raising money to help her family left behind.

  Jan 16, 2015
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• Climbers conquer winter blues with ice tower

  If they can't move the mountains to Manitoba, then Manitoba will make mountains of ice.

  Jan 12, 2015