Hospital Boulders, Alabama - 2012
The Access Fund partnered with the Southeastern Climbers Coalition (SCC) to acquire the Hospital Boulders in northeastern Alabama to save the property from being sold to the highest bidder at auction. The purchase placed the Hospital Boulders in climber-friendly hands forever. The SCC will own and ...
Holy Boulders, Illinois - 2012
While private landowners have historically allowed climbing access at the Holy Boulders, known for its Fontainebleau-like perfect sandstone friction and aesthetic lines, they decided to sell the property, putting the boulders at risk of indefinite closure. With a narrow window of opportunity to ...
Hueco Rock Ranch, Texas - 2012
The Access Fund and American Alpine Club (AAC) partnered to place the iconic Hueco Rock Ranch in climber-friendly hands.The Access Fund provided leadership and acquisition expertise, as well short-term funding from the Access Fund Climbing Conservation Loan Program, putting the Ranch under contract ...
Deep Creek, Tennessee - 2011
The AF provided an off-cycle grant to the Southeastern Climbers Coalition to acquire a critical property necessary for public access to Deep Creek on the Cumberland Trail, a sport and trad crag quickly growing in popularity just outside Chattanooga, TN.
New River Gorge Climbers Campground, West Virginia - 2010
AF provided an Access Fund Climbing Conservation Loan of 90k to the American Alpine Club to purchase 40 acres adjacent to Junkyard Wall in the New River Gorge. The loan provided permanent parking access for Junk Yard Wall and walking access to other popular crags such as the Bridge Area, as well as ...
Jailhouse Rock, California - 2010
When a fast-approaching subdivision was likely to block future access to Jailhouse, AF partnered with the local climbing community and landowners to secure a permanent access easement and conservation easement on 75 acres encompassing Jailhouse Rock in exchange for a $100,000 Access Fund Climbing ...
Carcass Crag, Vermont - 2010
CRAG-VT signed a purchase and sale agreement to annex the cliff through a boundary line adjustment on their Bolton Quarry climbing area. With the support of the Access Fund and local climbers, CRAG-VT completed the land purchase, adding three additional acres of rock to the Bolton Quarry property ...
Rumbling Bald West Side Boulders, North Carolina 2010
The Carolina Climbers Coalition and the Access Fund will purchase and conserve the Rumbling Bald West Side Boulders in North Carolina. The Access Fund provided a bridge loan of $72,000 from the Access Fund Climbing Conservation Loan Program to finance 90% of the purchase price for the 6.12 acre ...
Pendergrass-Murray Recreational Preserve, Kentucky - 2003, 2006 & 2010
The Access Fund provided the Red River Gorge Climbers Coalition (RRGCC) with short-term financing to pay off its seller-financed loan at the Pendergrass-Murray Recreational Preserve in Kentucky’s Red River Gorge. Through aggressive fundraising and two grants from the Access Fund, the Red River ...
Lower Index Town Wall, Washington - 2009
The Access Fund Climbing Conservation Loan Program's first pilot project was a $10,000 bridge loan to secure an option agreement for the acquisition of the Lower Index Town Wall in Washington. The Access Fund partnered with the Washington Climbers Coalition (WCC) to save this popular Seattle-area ...
Steele Cliffline, Alabama - 2009
The second successful Access Fund Climbing Conservation Loan project was a $20,000 bridge loan to Southeastern Climbers Coalition (SCC) to help facilitate the purchase of a 29-acre cliff line in Steele, Alabama. The SCC was set to close on 25 acres of the Steele property using money from its own ...
Farley Ledge, Massachusetts - 2009
The Access Fund Climbing Conservation Loan Program provided Western Massachusetts Climbers’ Coalition with short-term financing to pay off an existing $30,000 bank loan on 7 acres of land at the base of Farley Ledge in Erving, Massachusetts.
