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In addition to clothing that protects against the wind and cold, anyone attempting to climb steep terrain covered in snow and ice should have mountaineering boots, heavy metal crampons and an ice ax.
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Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
On a trip to Wyoming, a novice learns to climb a frozen waterfall, an activity that takes focus, fearlessness and a good ice ax.
Travel Trends in 2026: Global travel is surging.
—Emma Lumeij, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
The solo climber was glissading, or sliding down on the snow using his ice ax to control his speed, on Sunday, Aug. 10, the Shasta-Trinity National Forest said in a news release.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Every day in Cambridge Bay, after three or four hours of flooding, the team used an ice ax to hack each pump out of its hole.
—Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 May 2025
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Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
On a trip to Wyoming, a novice learns to climb a frozen waterfall, an activity that takes focus, fearlessness and a good ice ax.
Travel Trends in 2026: Global travel is surging.
—Emma Lumeij, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
The solo climber was glissading, or sliding down on the snow using his ice ax to control his speed, on Sunday, Aug. 10, the Shasta-Trinity National Forest said in a news release.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Every day in Cambridge Bay, after three or four hours of flooding, the team used an ice ax to hack each pump out of its hole.
—Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 May 2025
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“Ice ax.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20ax. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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