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Why the Inflation Reduction Act Matters for Climbers

After a months of projecting, our federal leaders clipped the chains on America’s biggest investment in climate action ever: the Inflation Reduction Act.

Climbers Rally to Restore Popular Midwest Climbing Area

Recently, they completed a three-week crag rehabilitation project in Pictured Rocks, Iowa, where the small-but-mighty climbing community there blew them…

Climbers Buy New Boulder Field in North Carolina

Purchase Secures 32 Acres of Hardwood Forest; More Than 100 Boulder Problems GWALTNEYS TOWNSHIP, N.C. — Carolina Climbers’ Coalition (CCC) and Access…

Access Fund Visits White House to Represent Climbers’ Interests

Interagency Council Reestablished to Understand and Promote America’s Recreation Opportunities BOULDER, COLO. — Today, Access Fund and other outdoor…

Protecting Climbing Starts with Us: A Message from Conrad Anker

Access Fund is on the front lines fighting to keep the gates to climbing open, but success has become more complicated. As threats to the land increase,…

Act Now: Protect Clean Air in California's Climbing Areas

Climbers from around the world visit California’s national parks and wilderness areas to enjoy some of the world’s best climbing, from Yosemite to Joshua…

Energy Development Threatens Climbing in Unaweep Canyon

GRAND JUNCTION, CO — Colorado’s Unaweep Canyon—home to exceptional sandstone and granite climbing—is in the crosshairs of a massive new energy development…

Feeling the Burn: Worsening Wildfires Threaten Climbing

We can’t withdraw and stick our heads in the sand. Our community has to step up into that conversation.

Access Fund Gets Wilderness Climbing Protections Through Congress

Access Fund is thrilled to announce that it has secured critical protections for Wilderness climbing within the landmark Natural Resources Management Act…