Acquisition History

Naturaland Trust was awarded a grant to secure public access to Big Rock Mountain, a popular granite dome and bouldering area in the Nine Times Forest of South Carolina. Naturaland Trust recently acquired the 1,648 acres that contain Big Rock Mountain and this access parcel provides a safe way for ...

Access Fund partnered with Truckee Donner Land Trust (TDLT) to acquire the Black Wall area of Donner Summit. The 10-acre property includes the popular and historic Black Wall, Peanut Gallery, and Road Cut trad and sport crags, as well as the access trail to the popular Space Wall. Access Fund holds ...

Duluth Climbers Coalition (DCC) was awarded funding to help acquire Casket Quarry, an important regional ice and mixed climbing crag in Minnesota, in partnership with the City of Duluth. Land acquisition is the first step for transforming Casket Quarry into a new city park that will welcome and ...

The Ragged Mountain Foundation was awarded funding for the purchase of the North end of the Ragged Mountain Main Face from the town of New Britain, CT. The Ragged Mountain Main Face is a historic site, containing some of the most difficult climbs in North America in the 1930s. A majority of the ...

With a narrow window of opportunity, the Access Fund applied $152,000 of loan funding to secure temporary ownership of a critical access point to the Homestead in central Arizona to save the area from indefinite closure. With over 250 sport climbs on 12 limestone walls, the Homestead is one of the ...

The Access Fund partnered with the Clifton Climbers Alliance (CCA) to acquire Eagle Bluff in central Maine for permanent conservation and recreational access. The Access Fund secured an Option Agreement to purchase Eagle Bluff and a recreational lease to re-open this incredible area. After six ...

The Access Fund and Carolina Climbers Coalition (CCC) partnered to complete the acquisition of a large portion of the Hidden Valley climbing area (also known as ‘Abingdon’) in southwest Virginia. The property provides access to hundreds of single-pitch sport, mixed, and traditional climbs on ...

Western Colorado Climbers’ Coalition (WCCC) purchased Television Wall and Lower Mothers Buttress in Unaweep Canyon to culminate a 25-year history of conservation and public access in the canyon. A Climbing Conservation Loan bridged the gap and WCCC is fundraising and looking to subdivide the road ...

Blount County was awarded funding for the purchase of 20 acres adjacent to Palisades Park near Oneonta, Alabama. The private property features approximately 750 feet of bluff for rock climbing and scenic views, as well as several large, quality boulders. The acquisition will protect the forested ...

The Access Fund provided a grant and additional fundraising support to the Minnesota Climbers Association (MCA) to protect a high quality boulder field in Sandstone, Minnesota. The Parks and Trails Council of Minnesota (PTCM) is taking the lead in the acquisition with critical support from the ...

The Access Fund partnered with the Red River Gorge Climbers Coalition to protect 309 acres in Beattyville, Kentucky. Access Fund provided a $200,000 Climbing Conservation Loan and $10,000 grant to support RRGCC's purchase. Named the Miller Fork Recreational Preserve, the land includes several miles ...

The Access Fund provided a grant and matching Climbing Conservation Loan to Wilderness Land Trust to protect 1,250 acres in the northern reaches of Castle Crags Wilderness near Mt. Shasta, California. The acquisition will provide public access to moderate multi-pitch granite, winter ice climbing, ...