International Commission for Ice Climbing Competitions

UIAA’s International Commission for Ice Climbing Competitions (ICICC) is responsible for framing the rules & regulations for Ice Climbing Competitions. It also ensures quality of the competitions as per UIAA terms and standards.

ICICC is also responsible for the administration and development aspects of ice climbing sport. It has been organising the Ice Climbing World Cup competitions since 2004. ICICC has also been involved in making rules for these competitions simpler and fairer to encourage mass participation.

ICICC as part of its development activities organises courses for route setters and judges for ice climbing competitions. These technical courses help the aspirants judges and route setters to get informed and equipped with the latest rules and innovations, with the sport involving technical expertise.

At the Saas Fee Ice Climbing world Cup event in February 2008, we carried out a questionnaire survey to get a feedback from the climbers on the organisation of the UIAA World Cup events and their perception of the UIAA. Read the full report.

For more information, contact the UIAA office.