Access Fund Announces Eight Fall 2024 Climbing Conservation Grantees
Access Fund is pleased to announce $30,000 in climbing conservation grants to eight awardees to advance new projects in human waste solutions, erosion control, climber education, land acquisitions, data collection, and an economic impact study.
Advocate Spotlight: Sandy Dunlap
Sandy is a reminder that all of us—whether we’re responding to a policy action alert, picking up trash, building a trail, or making a donation—have a role to play in protecting America’s climbing.
Alex Honnold: Help Access Fund Close the Climbing Mentorship Gap
I’m so impressed with the work Access Fund is doing to mentor climbers across the country to care for the lands we love. But they can’t do this work alone.
4 Tips for Talking to Other Climbers About Ethics
Being an upstander doesn’t mean being confrontational—it means starting a conversation kindly, in the spirit of camaraderie and education.
Climbing's Hottest Topics: We Asked, You Answered
Access Fund recently asked climbers to weigh in on some of the hottest topics in climbing to make sure we represent and serve the climbing community effectively. Thousands of you weighed in.
Access Fund Announces 2023 Climbing Advocate Awardees
These awards are our chance—as a climbing advocacy movement—to honor some of the individuals and organizations who stand out for their exceptional commitment to building communities, stewarding climbing areas, and fighting for sustainable and equitable access.
2023 Climbing Advocacy Report
Since 1991, Access Fund has played a critical role in keeping the gates to America’s climbing open. And while some of the ways that we do that work have evolved, our commitment to protecting and conserving the land, fighting for sustainable access, and building a community of climbing advocates ...
Advocate Spotlight: Alyssa Garza
Alyssa’s call to climbing advocacy came in 2015 when Medicine Wall—San Antonio’s one and only local crag—was closed indefinitely by the landowner.
Access Fund Announces Heather Thorne as New Executive Director
“I’ve been a dedicated Access Fund supporter since the team partnered with the Washington Climbers Coalition to save my home crag of Index, Washington 14 years ago,” says Thorne. “As climbers around the country face increasing threats to sustainable climbing access, and the landscapes themselves ...
Artist Spotlight: Lizzy Dalton
Lizzy Dalton is a climber, an artist, and the designer of Access Fund’s 2024 member t-shirt featuring Zion National Park. We caught up with Lizzy to talk about her art, her process, what inspires her, and more.
Top 10 Climbing Advocacy Victories of 2023
From buying climbing areas to building trails to bills in Congress, join us in celebrating another incredible year of American climbing advocacy.
These Challenges Are Too Big to Face Alone
No matter where you live and climb, we’re all seeing changes—from worsening wildfires to dangerous rockfall to startling changes in the ecosystems that climbers love.
