Top 10 Climbing Advocacy Wins of 2022
A new year is on the horizon, and everyone here at Access Fund is focused on what 2023 has in store: new projects, new adventures, and another awesome…
Climbers Donate Land to Grayson Highlands State Park
Access Fund and Central Appalachia Climbers Coalition are thrilled to announce a new land donation to Grayson Highlands State Park, in southwest Virginia.
Sometimes the Only Way to Save a Climbing Area is to Buy It
Imagine climbing with your friends in the woods, on perfect granite blocks, only 20 minutes from downtown Atlanta, and returning a week later to see the…
Climbers Permanently Protect Privately Owned Michigan Crag
Generous Donation Makes Slugg’s Bluff the First Climber-Owned Climbing Area in Michigan The Upper Peninsula Climbers Coalition (UPCC) is thrilled to…
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…
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…