"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Here’s what you need to know when choosing ice tools, along with my favorite picks for the best ice axes.

On a trip to Wyoming, a novice learns to climb a frozen waterfall, an activity that takes focus, fearlessness and a good ice ax.

An ice axe is an essential piece of winter kit for staying safe in the mountains. It will improve your balance and stability, and can be used to self-arrest should things go wrong. The subject of ice ...

Ultra-light at only 280 g, the GULLY ice axe is designed for technical mountaineering and steep skiing. Its tapered banana-shaped pick and the TRIGREST handrest (adjustable without a tool) ensure the ...

French manufacturer Petzl has been at the cutting edge of climbing and mountaineering equipment (including, of course, ice axes) for over half a century. What began as a family business producing ...

Planetmountain.com is a site about climbing, mountaineering, trekking, via ferrata, freeriding, ski mountaineering, snowboarding, snowshoeing, and ice climbing on all the mountains of the world. It ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The mountaineers in question have travelled down to England's south coast from London, eager to try their hand at a spot of dry ...

Unusually warm weather in the Rocky Mountains has meant the Ouray Ice Park in Colorado has been bare rock. Now that freezing ...

When venturing into the backcountry in winter and even into the shoulder seasons of late fall and early spring, an ice axe is a vital tool for navigating steep snow fields, ice, and scrambles. However ...

The ice axe you’ll want to use for mountaineering and couloir climbs is different than the type of ice tools you’ll need for pure ice climbing. A ski mountaineer or scrambler will have different needs ...