Ice & Mixed Climbing is a comprehensive instructional guide for climbers looking to build stronger technique, make better equipment choices, and move more efficiently on ice and mixed terrain. In this extensively revised second edition, Will Gadd combines practical instruction with lessons drawn from decades of climbing and teaching.

The book covers essential equipment and clothing, foundational ice-climbing movement, reading ice and choosing a line, efficient tool and foot placement, and strategies for managing risk while approaching, leading, and descending. More advanced sections address glacial ice, unusual ice formations, and drytool movement for mixed climbing.

Gadd also addresses the physical preparation behind stronger climbing, with year-round training strategies designed to support technique and performance. The result is a broad reference that works for climbers developing their ice skills as well as experienced climbers refining movement, systems, and decision-making.

Features

• Detailed instruction for ice and mixed climbing technique

• Guidance for selecting and maintaining ice tools, ropes, ice screws, and other essential equipment

• Clothing and equipment considerations for climbing in cold conditions

• Foundational movement techniques for efficient ice climbing

• Strategies for reading ice, choosing lines, and managing changing conditions

• Advanced techniques for glacial ice and unusual ice formations

• Drytool footwork and movement tactics for mixed climbing

• Risk-reduction strategies for approaches, leading, and descents

• Year-round training plans for climbing performance

• Revised and expanded second edition