Build a Community of Inspired Advocates
We are climbers, and we are a powerful force for good.
[PHOTO CREDIT] City of Rocks, Idaho. Ancestral lands of Shoshone-Bannock and Núu-agha-tʉvʉ-pʉ̱. © Nikki Smith.
We are climbers, and we are a powerful force for good.
[PHOTO CREDIT] City of Rocks, Idaho. Ancestral lands of Shoshone-Bannock and Núu-agha-tʉvʉ-pʉ̱. © Nikki Smith.
Each of us has an incredible opportunity to influence the future of climbing and the greater conservation movement.
[PHOTO CREDIT] Salt Lake City, Utah. Ancestral lands of Newe Sogobia, Goshute, and Núu-agha-tʉvʉ-pʉ̱. © Abbi Hearne.
A powerful movement of climbing advocates is gaining momentum, and it's driven by people just like you. Every day, climbers all across the country are taking action to protect the lands and outdoor experiences we love.
At Access Fund, our job is to make sure you’re the most effective climbing advocate you can be—whether that’s elevating your voice to lawmakers on urgent conservation and access issues, providing grants for local projects and rebolting efforts, connecting you with volunteer opportunities at your local crag, or helping you minimize your environmental impacts. We are climbers, and we are a powerful force for protecting the places and the sport we love.
The only question is, where will you plug in?
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.
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 remains unchanged.
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 represents the collective voices and interest of American climbers by drawing on hundreds of years of combined experience in:
Public Lands Policy & Advocacy
Stewardship & Conservation
Land Acquisition & Protection
Grassroots Organizing & Advocacy
Climber Education
Risk Management & Landowner Support
[PHOTO CREDIT] © Andrew Burr