Sandstone Ice Festival

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Minnesota's original Ice Festival celebrates the coming of winter. The festival takes place in Robinson Park in Sandstone MN.

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 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.

Did you miss the festival?? don't worry you can still take a guidfed ice climbing class with Sandstone's local guide service Hard Water Sports. Classes offered throughout the winter and are fully outfitted with all essential gear. Call 651 302 1774 for guided ice climbing classes in Sandstone MN. 

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This event is free and open to the public. There is a fee for the climbing clinics.