This season marks the 11^th Annual “Waterfall Ice” Festival, a four day event held over President’s Day weekend February 13-16, 2009 in CODY, WYOMING.

Our event sponsors and vendors have expanded to an astonishing selection of the best-named brands in the industry.  We are excited and proud to have the support of these fine sponsors and hope you will attend the event to participate in raffles and the silent auction fundraiser. < ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = urn:schemas-microsoft-com

Once again, we are still able to offer the cheapest weekend registration fee and best party for any ice climbing festival in the region.  We will still offer FREE on-ice tool seminars that are offered Saturday 8am – 4pm, Sunday 8am – 4pm and also on Sunday the 4^th annual “RESCUE EVAC” fund raiser course.  At many of these various waterfall locations you can climb with athletes, gear reps and just fun ice climbers.  A tremendous selection of demo gear from Petzl, Mammut, Mountain Hardwear, LaSportiva and more will demonstrate and assist you during your ice climbing experience.

 The 2009 nightly entertainment will be action packed all weekend.  Friday night the climbers “Pot Luck” slide show and round #1 of the 9^th annual “Tough Axe” dry tool pull-up contest.  Saturday night the final round of the pull-up contest and Mammut will present the “Tough Axe” awards. We will then have the .00 raffle were thousands of dollars of gear and goodies are won.  NEW for 2009 we have an amazing airplane ride up the south fork valley to photograph and get once in a lifetime views of this “diamond in the rough” climbing area on a .00 ticket! Then the popular silent auction will benefit the local Wilderness Response Team and Search and Rescue.  We will then be privileged to have the 2009 Ouray Colorado Women’s champion and Mountain Hardwear pro athlete Dawn Glanc slide show.  Sunday evening we will enjoy a Cody local slide show of the valley’s “Top 25” frozen waterfalls presented by Monster energy.

The 2009 on-line pre-registration fee is .00 before February 03.  Nightly dinners are available for minimal prices and don’t forget your complimentary beverages all weekend.

We hope to see you register on-line soon and get your 2009 FREE SWAG bag.  The first 50 pre-register on-line will get an extra prize from southforkice.com.

 Until then climb safe.

 Don Foote & the SFI committee

http://www.southforkice.com