[ February 18, 2012; February 19, 2012; ] Vertfest 2012 is here – Prepare for a weekend covered in snow and slathered with awesomesauce!

For the sixth year in a row, Outdoor Research is bringing you the most incredible celebration of backcountry and sidecountry verticulture the world has ever seen: Vertfest is back with a vengeance in 2012, and is kicking off on Saturday, [...]

[ February 11, 2012; February 12, 2012; ] The 2012 Knuckle Basher Ice Festival is coming Saturday and Sunday, February 11-12th. Canmore, Alberta will once again be home to this incredible weekend of ice hosted by MEC with clinics led by Yamnuska Mountain Adventures. The weekend also features demos, photography clinics, an evening with Jen Olsen, and coincides with the Canmore Winter Carnival.

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[ February 3, 2012; February 4, 2012; February 5, 2012; ] Friday, February 3 through Sunday the 5th is the 19th Annual Mt. Washington Valley Ice Festival in North Conway, NH. This year promises to be one to remember. The list of guest guides, including OR athletes Bayard Russel and Emilie Drinkwater is enough to inspire attendance, and the evening programs featuring Will Gadd, a film [...]

[ January 5, 2012; January 6, 2012; January 7, 2012; January 8, 2012; ] The Ouray Ice Festival takes over the park January 5th – 8th. A long weekend full of clinics, demos, a comp showdown with some of the best climbers in the field, good times and great brews with awesome folks. We’ll see you there! Swing by the OR booth for demos of gloves, gaiters, puffy jackets [...]

“The opportunity to explore the accessible powder stashes with the most passionate locals is the mission. Getting it the best we can is our objective.” This winter, Neil Provo, Molly Baker, and Zack Giffin are subscribing to the gypsy life and taking off on a two-month tiny house road trip in celebration of a passion-driven, low impact, ski bum lifestyle while searching for fresh talent to add to the OR athlete roster. Follow along, here on VertiCulture.

[ October 7, 2011; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] The Pirates of Rad are coming to Seattle! See their slideshow and hear tales of their climbing adventures in Alaska this past spring.

“In the winter of 2010, Mark Allen called me about a photo he had come across of a glacier in Alaska of which we had never heard. We determined that it was possibly [...]

[ September 17, 2011; September 18, 2011; ] The 30th anniversary Pocatello Pump will be held Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 17-18 at the basalt crags of Ross Park in Pocatello, ID. The weekend will be filled with incredible competition and camaraderie at the country’s longest running climbing festival. Join in for the comp, a vendor fair, party, live music, food, fun and friends! [...]

[ October 7, 2011; October 8, 2011; October 9, 2011; ] For the 9th year, the Red River Gorge hosts the biggest and best fall climbing festival. Mark your calendars for October 7-9th. More details to come but plan to visit us at the festival! We’ll see you there. Upcoming information can be found here and on the RRGCC site.

[ September 30, 2011; October 1, 2011; October 2, 2011; October 3, 2011; October 4, 2011; October 5, 2011; October 6, 2011; October 7, 2011; October 8, 2011; October 9, 2011; ] RiverRocks is a fun-filled, family-friendly, environmentally-conscious event that celebrates the Tennessee Valley’s incomparable natural resources, the health benefits of an active, outdoor lifestyle and Chattanooga’s commitment to environmental stewardship and land conservation.

From rock climbing and trail running to kayaking and rowing, cycling and off-road biking, hiking and hang gliding, there is something for everyone, expert [...]

[ October 1, 2011; ] Saturday, October 1st marks the Southeast’s premier 50k trail race!

The Stump Jump features 5,000+’ of elevation gain through the Tennessee mountains and will put the burliest to the test. For those looking for a shorter alternative, there is an 11k option.

Course maps, directions, and event registration can be found on the Rock Creek Stump Jump [...]