You need a lot of gear to ice climb. Most of us throw crampons, screws, boots, harness, helmet, slings, 鈥榖iners, rope, and everything else we鈥檒l want at the cliff into a big bin in the back of the car. We鈥檒l later load the stuff into a pack to haul to the base of the climb.聽
The North Face . The company created the Ice Project, an ice cragging pack that lets you actually organize all of your gear. Designed with input from , the tub-style pack easily holds boots as well as two sets of axes. Crampons get their own pocket.
The pack has a removable ice-screw holder that protects delicate threads. The front panel, which comes with a special stuff pocket for extra layers, unfolds into an insulated pad you can sit on while booting up. The exterior has backpack straps, plenty of handles, and a ski pack-style helmet carry.
$200,