Adventure programmes
Training ground:
the entire Kumaon Himalaya.
Rock, water, snow and sky — every discipline The ICE teaches has been practised here for a quarter century, with safety learned the hardest way: in real rescues.
Rock
Rock Climbing
Our founding discipline. 56 training camps and 5 competitions on the natural crags around Pithoragarh have produced climbers who went on to Everest, Pumori and Dhaulagiri.
Programmes run from one-day taster sessions for schools to multi-day certification-style camps: anchors, belaying, rappelling, top-rope and lead progressions — on real Himalayan rock, not a plastic wall.
Rope
Waterfall Rappelling
Our signature: 25+ rappelling camps, crowned by the Birthi Fall Rappelling Expedition 2020 — a descent beside a 126-metre curtain of Himalayan water, flagged off by the District Magistrate of Pithoragarh.
We rig every descent with double-safety systems and instructor lines. If you can walk down a staircase backwards, we can teach you to walk down a waterfall.
Water & snow
Rafting & Snow Skiing
River rafting on the Kali and Gori — border rivers with grades to match every crew, from family floats to serious white water. Five structured training programmes conducted to date, alongside kayaking exposure camps.
Snow skiing camps run in the high Kumaon winter, building the mountain movement skills that feed our mountaineering pipeline.
Sky
Aero Sports at Chandak
The Chandak ridge above the Soar Valley is one of Kumaon's natural launch points. The ICE has run para-gliding and para-sailing exposure programmes here — eight kilometres from Pithoragarh town, a world above it.
Wild & free
Wildlife & Nature Safaris
The Askot Musk Deer Sanctuary, 54 km from Pithoragarh, is a hidden wildlife corridor — home to musk deer, snow leopard, Himalayan black bear, snowcocks, tahr, bharal, cheer pheasants, koklas and chukars.
We lead guided nature walks and safari-style outings through the sanctuary and the high forests around Munsiyari, timed for the best wildlife activity and led by naturalists who know the terrain.
Culture
Village Homestay
& Culture Trails
Live with Rung (Bhotiya) families in the Darma and Johar valleys — Dugtu, Dantu and the old trade villages of Milam and Burfu — communities that carried salt and wool over the Tibet passes for centuries.
Days here mean butter tea, buckwheat rotis cooked over a kitchen fire, and stories of a trade route the border closed but the culture never forgot. No hotel comes close.
Light & sky
Photography & Stargazing Expeditions
Sunrise on all five Panchachuli summits from Dantu. The snow-drawn ॐ on Om Parvat. Adi Kailash mirrored in Parvati Kund. These border valleys hand a camera more than most ranges ever will.
Far from city light pollution, our high routes — Khaliya Top, the Vyas valley, Milam — open onto some of the clearest night skies in the Indian Himalaya. We pace itineraries around golden hour and moonless nights for anyone travelling with a camera or a tripod.
Beyond recreation
Rescue training &
Clean Himalaya live here now.
Disaster-management training and our IMF cleanathon expeditions have their own home — a responsibility distinct from recreational adventure.
Schools & NCC
Adventure camps, climbing tasters and nature-safari days aligned to youth programmes.
Corporates
Team expeditions, leadership-on-the-rope days, offsite treks with full logistics.
Individuals & families
Join scheduled camps and treks, or build a custom skills progression with our instructors.
Photographers & culture travellers
Homestay circuits and stargazing itineraries built around your interests.
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