WinterFest Ice Climbing World Cup

Two Events – One Weekend

Ice Climbing World Cup
100+ athletes from over 25 member associations are set to contest the coveted UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup lead and speed titles. Six venues on three different continents will offer unique ice towers, exciting routes and supreme technical challenges.

WinterFest
Longmont’s own, Climbing Collective, has combined the fifth stop of the World Cup tour with Colorado’s premier winter festival featuring local food, beer, vendor village & kid’s zone.

General Admission tickets starting at $10
VIP tickets available for the ultimate WinterFest experience

Returning for the 2nd year in a row, Longmont Climbing Collective will host the International Ice Climbing World Cup from February 21st-22nd, 2026. Join athletes from around the world as they compete in both dry tooling and real ice climbing.

Colorado’s premier WinterFest features local food trucks + beer, vendor village, kids area, and a thrilling competition of the world’s best ice climbers in Longmont!

Ice climbing is a climbing discipline that involves ascending routes consisting of frozen water. To ascend, the ice climber uses specialist equipment, particularly double ice axes and rigid crampons.

Dry-tooling is a form of mixed climbing that is performed on bare, ice-free, and snow-free, routes. As with mixed climbing, the climber uses ice axes and crampons to ascend the route, but uses only rock climbing equipment for protection; many modern dry-tooling routes are now fully bolted like sport climbing routes.

Saturday February 21st and Sunday February 22nd 2026. Full schedule here.

The US World Cup is hosted by Colorado’s premier climbing facility.

The Climbing Collective

155 Pinnacle St Longmont, CO 80504, United States

[email protected]

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