Winona Ice Climbing Festival

Friday, Jan 31, 2025 at 9:00am

Winona Ice Park
825 E Lake Blvd

The Winona Ice Fest is a collaborative event between the City of Winona, the Recreation Alliance of Winona, and Big River Climbing Guides. We are so excited to host our second annual ice festival and can’t wait to celebrate the Winona Ice Park and ice climbing with a bunch of friends new and old.

Schedule:

Climbing Clinics all day 9:00 a.m - 3:30 p.m
Clinics topics will include: Intro to ice climbing, leading ice, steep ice, top managed systems and anchoring principles, family intro to ice climbing, and more!
Equipment Demos all day at Vendor Village

All registered guests receive 3 demo cards for the weekend to check out equipment from our festival sponsors. All equipment must be returned to the vendor village by 4:30pm. Demos cards an be used both Friday and Saturday. All equipment is on a first come , first served basis and are available beginning at 9am each day.
Apres’ Ice Climbing Social  at river City Grill 4pm-6pm

Events Downtown 7:00 p.m - 1:00 a.m
(Presentations, Music, and More)


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