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	Icicle technical hire equipment - 2025 prices
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Buying technical kit is expensive, so at least half of those on our trips hire the kit they require.
We have a large stock of rental equipment, from top brands in our Windermere shop & in resort.

LAKE DISTRICT - clients can collect hire equipment in person from our Windermere office.

ALPINE - in the core season, (late June to early Sept), hire kit can be collected in resort.

SKI - we work with several Alpine ski hire kit partners, who offer client preferential rates.

HIRE - kit is allocated on a first come first served basis, with reservations after balance paid.

GUIDES - provide all technical protection equipment (e.g. ropes, pro & cams) on guided days.

UNGUIDED - if extending a stay to climb, please bring your own kit. Use is at your own risk.

Kit hire notes

Exclusive
We don't rent kit to anyone not on an Icicle course. It's exclusively for our guests.

Prices
Valid for all orders from;
01/10/2024 - 30/09/2025

Terms
1. Items are hired on a first come, first served basis.
2. Kit hired is exclusively for use on guided days.
3. Payments in £GBP paid by card in our UK shop.
4. No refunds for use for parts of days / weeks.
5. Damaged / lost kit must be replaced immediately on a new for old basis, of the identical model.
6. Crampons are only rented for use on B2 or ideally for B3 boots.
7. You are responsible for consequences of kit failure if mis-used or re-adjusted.
8. To reserve hire kit, please e-mail our office.
9. We only stock boot sizes UK sizes 4 to 13.
10. Once you have paid for hire kit, no cancellation or refund is possible for all or part of the order.
11. Rental organised (date of payment) less than 7 days before a trip has a £20 surcharge.

B3 boot size chart
Read boot fitting notes at the base of this page, to gauge what size to rent.

UK	Euro	-	UK	Euro
4	36		9	43.5
4.5	37		9.5	44
5	37.5		10	44.5
5.5	38		10.5	45
6	39		11	45.5
6.5	40		11.5	46
7	40.5		12	47
7.5	41		12.5	47.5
8	42		13	48
8.5	43		-	-

Equipment hire bundles

Alpine bundle (throughout the year) = £100 / week	Harness, helmet, classic mountaineering ice axe, 12 point crampons, 1x sling, 1x prussic, 1x belay device, 2x screw gate karabiners.

Ski tour bundle (December to May) = £100 / week	Harness, axe, crampons, sling, prussic, 2x karabiners, Transceiver, Shovel, Probe.

Off piste bundle (December to April) = £60 / week	Harness, 1 x sling, 1 x karabiner, Transceiver, Shovel, Probe.

Avalanche kit (December to May) = £50 / week	Avalanche Transceiver, Shovel, Probe.

Mountain essentials - hire individual items
Rental item	Examples	Week	Day	Course suitability	Value
Harness	Black Diamond Bod	£20	£5	Any	£44.99
Helmet	Half Dome / RocStar	£20	£5	Any	£49.99
12 Point crampons	Sabretooth / G12's	£40	£10	Any to technical	£150.00
Icefall crampons	Cyborg / Rambo's	£40	£10	Advanced tech ice	£195.00
Classic Ice Axe	Camp Neve / Grivel	£20	£5	Non tech courses	£75.00
Tech Pair Ice Axes	Black Diamond / Grivel	£30	£15	Advanced & ice	£350.00
B3 Boots	Sportiva / Scarpa	£40	£10	Any	£250.00
Rucksack c.35l	Berghaus / Simond / BD	£15	£5	Any	£150.00
Trekking poles (pair)	Technique Extreme	£15	£5	Climbing courses only	£50.00
Running poles (pair)	A2-16 PTO / Leki	£25	£10	Running courses only	£100.00

Technical safety kit pack
Rental item	Examples	Week	Day	Course suitability	Value
1 x Sling	120cm tape sling	£15	£5	Any course, but please note that items cannot be hired separately.	£6.50
2 x Karabiners	Screw Gate Karabiners				£9.99
1 x Prussic Loop	1.5m cord loop, 6mm				£3.00
1 x Belay Device	ATC or Camp Piu				£14.99

Winter courses avalanche kit
Rental item	Examples	Week	Day	Course suitability	Value
Avalanche ARVA	Ortovox / BCA Tracker	£30	£10	All winter courses	£189.00
Snow Shovel	Ortovox Beast	£15	£5	All winter courses	£45.00
Avalanche Probe	Ortovox / BD USA	£15	£5	All winter courses	£49.00

Avalanche safety airbag
Rental item	Examples	Week	Day	Course suitability	Value
Avalanche airbag	BD Halo 28 JetForce	£100	£20	All off piste courses	£799.99
Try before you buy - rent one of these units for a week long Icicle course, and if you purchase a unit from us within a month of your course, not only do you receive a client discount (see kit discount booklet sent with booking), but also the cost of your rental is discounted from the price too, so you make massive savings.
Safety technology - First avalanche airbag system to use jet-fan inflation. Repackable airbag & rechargeable electronics system. Avy tools pocket, helmet holder and ice-axe attachment. Updated firmware. Features;
A. PIEPS automatic self diagnosis performs full system check on every startup B. Travel-friendly, fully rechargeable lithium-ion battery support 4+ deployments per charge C. Cordura airbag made from puncture-resistant automotive material is easy to repack for practice and multiple deployments D. Jet fan inflates 200 L airbag in 4 seconds, and automatically deflates after 3 minutes to create a potential air pocket

Above are the prices of hire equipment, that our Windermere shop in the UK offers by the week. We only offer day hire prices for use in the UK, where kit is returned the same day. The day hire prices are indicative of what you would pay for this equipment in rental shops in the Alps, so you can budget effectively.

Renting boots? How to ensure a good fit and to avoid blisters, by sizing correctly

Many people are worried about hiring boots, and for many good reasons; we've all heard horror stories of crippling ski boots, or hiking boots that were worn it to someone elses foot shape. With B3 mountain boots, which is all we hire, you avoid these issues if you size correctly.

B3 boots have a soft insulation lining (usually thinsulate), and a stiff sole. This means that the padded inner is far softer than many boots, and the inflexible sole unit (designed as such to fit crampons) never bends into someone elses gait. In addition the toungue unit can be adjusted to alter the inner volume of the boot, to suit any foot shape.

When selecting a boot size, you should intially size compared to your best fitting and most comfortable pair of trainers, and then most people find one full size larger is ideal for B3 boots (i.e. size 11, if you are a size 10 usually).

The reason for slightly oversizing is twofold; your feet swell slightly with fluid retention when at altitude or if they are hot, and you want to avoid black toenails when kicking in with crampons or on a steep descent. This slight extra space avoids these issues, but on the flip side you need to ensure that the heel doesn't lift, and is securely laced into the boot.

For ski touring boots, we recommend the same slight oversizing, as per mountain boots. When trying on rental boots, it has to be your responsibility to ensure that they are a good fit before you accept them, and if they don't fit you should change them at the first opportunity. Blisters could stop your trip. Make sure you don't get them in the first place!