Abstract: The ice gripping device is provided with hand and wrist straps and is designed to be worn on the hand or glove of the wearer. It includes an elastic hand strap designed to fit over the hand. It also includes a non-elastic heavy duty wrist strap having a pair of end portions, with one end portion folded over itself and having the end thereof secured by stitching to an intermediate portion of the wrist strap. A buckle is retained by the folded over end portion of the wrist strap and is engageable with the tab end of the strap to secure the wrist strap on the wrist or over the glove of the wearer. The hand and wrist straps are connected by a non-elastic connecting member having a pair of ends, with one end in surface-to-surface contact with the wrist strap. A generally flat metal plate has one or more perpendicular tines extending therefrom for gripping the ice. The other end of the non-elastic connecting member overlies the hand strap and the metal plate.