2025 Sandstone Ice Climbing Festival

Join us January 10-12th, 2025 for the next Sandstone Ice Climbing Festival

Sandstone Ice Festival is a fixture in the Midwestern ice climbing scene. The vibrant festival celebrates the best of winter adventure sports. It is a gathering of kindred spirits who share a love for all things cold. The Sandstone Ice Festival reaches winter lovers from around the Midwest and Canada.

Come ice climb with friends from the past 15 years of festivals, take a basic, intermediate, women’s, or advanced clinic, scope out new gear at the vendor village and gear swap, warm up by the bonfire, and enjoy a brew from a local MN brewery (after climbing, of course). You can also set you’re own ropes for climbing; the clinics will not take-up the whole quarry.

Never been ice climbing but interested in trying it? With gear rentals, clinics, and a beautiful quarry of farmed and natural ice, the Sandstone Ice Fest is the perfect opportunity to dip your toe into this fun sport!

New for 2025, the MCA is partnering with Midwest Mountain Guides, and the American Alpine Club Twin Cities Chapter to bring a new experience to the ice festival clinics. Also offering clinics, is featured guest, KAF Adventures.

Register for clinics below at their respective websites!