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Engaging climbers and community to protect and preserve climbing areas in the Front Range!

We are a local climbing organization working to protect and preserve climbing areas on Colorado's Front Range and beyond. The mission of the BCC is to mobilize the local community and partners to care for the environments we impact as climbers, and enrich the outdoor experience for all. Our stewardship programs include trail building, anchor replacement, waste management and more.

05/29/2026

It’s here! Our summation and celebration of all things stewardly and generally awesome we did last year. It was a big year— our fifteenth!— and we are proud to share the results of our work and highlight some of the dedicated volunteers, sponsors, and community members that made it all possible. As we dig in this summer on trail work, anchor replacement, raptor monitoring, and WAG bag distribution and activate even more volunteers from our community, we hope this 2025 Annual Report will serve to inspire and embolden you— we are on a good path as an organization, and we are excited to keep delivering for you.

To read the 2025 Annual Report, visit the following link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KwxFpsh58TWTaZlvR_8lfPnycv6zOwVs/view

05/15/2026

🌟ORGANIZATION HIGHLIGHT🌟

2026 Boulder Retreat: Aug 26-29th. Application Deadline: June 1st

Genuine Climbing empowers women affected by cancer by providing free outdoor rock climbing retreats that foster healing, connection, and renewed confidence. Through multi-day retreats and community programs in Gardiner, NY, and Boulder, CO, participants are invited into a supportive environment where they can try something new, reconnect with their bodies, and build meaningful relationships with others who understand their journey. No prior climbing experience is needed, and every program includes instruction, gear, lodging, meals, and other wellness activities at no cost.

Cancer often brings isolation, fear, and a loss of identity, and many women face barriers to accessing supportive outdoor experiences. Genuine Climbing removes those barriers, creating space for women to rebuild strength, rediscover joy, and feel supported every step of the way. Participants consistently report increased confidence, reduced anxiety, and a renewed sense of hope, with many describing the experience as life-changing.

Any woman over the age of 21, with any type of cancer, in any stage of treatment, recovery or survivorship, is welcome to apply at https://genuineclimbing.org/apply-for-retreat/

Applications will be accepted until the deadline of June 1st.

05/12/2026

The Eagle has landed! 🦅🦅🎉🎉

BCC volunteers have confirmed two hatchlings are present in the Golden Eagle nest on Eagle Rock. We watched as the adult fed the two little fuzz balls and shaded them from the hot afternoon sun. What a good parent!

After last year’s inviable egg, this is especially exciting news. We look forward to bringing you more updates as the chicks grow and prepare to join their parents in the skies over Boulder Canyon.

Stay up to date on all active wildlife closures across the Front Range by visiting our Closures page via the link in our bio.

📸: .manzi

04/30/2026

It’s springtime, and it’s time to give back to our climbing areas!

Join Movement and the Boulder Climbing Community on Saturday, May 9, to improve climbing access at the Darkside boulders on Flagstaff! Register at the link in bio.

04/28/2026

On Saturday, April 25th, BCC rebolting volunteers spent the day replacing fixed hardware on 12 routes at Mine Hole Crag in Boulder Canyon.

66 aging bolts were upgraded to stainless steel glue-ins that were provided by . This brings us to 200+ bolts replaced so far in 2026 🎉

A huge thank you to all the volunteers who came out despite the cold to improve climbing safety in Boulder Canyon!

Are you interested in getting involved to help the BCC replace bolts across the Front Range? Visit the “Anchor Replacement Program” link in our bio to learn more!

04/22/2026

BOULDER CANYON ACCESS UPDATE

Based on BCC Raptor Monitoring volunteers’ observations, the USFS Boulder Ranger District has lifted the wildlife closures for Blob Rock and Bitty Buttress. These areas are now REOPENED to climbing! The WAG Bag station at Blob Rock has been reinstalled and refilled as well. Thank you to all our dedicated volunteers for providing the observation reports that make the early reopening of these crags possible!

The Golden Eagles have settled in on Eagle Rock this year, and the Peregrine Falcons are back at Vampire Rock. The closures for Eagle Rock, Vampire Rock, and Black Widow Slab will remain in place until July 31st. For a full list of Front Range Raptor closures, visit our Closures page via the following link:
https://www.boulderclimbers.org/annual-raptor-closures-2

Happy climbing y’all!

04/15/2026

We did It! Really, YOU did it! Our weeklong Stewardship Kickoff Campaign closed on Monday night, and we're proud to share with you that we surpassed our goal! We raised more than $7,000, and as a result, we unlocked another $3,000 in matching funds! That's more than $10,000 for stewardship work in 2026, from trail building to eagle monitoring.

We're feeling some big feels right now-- mostly immense gratitude and swelling pride. We asked you all to join this campaign by contributing what you could-- and dozens upon dozens of you did in a big way! Many of you joined as annual or monthly contributors, which sustains the BCC's crucial functions over the long term. More than a few of you threw down larger contributions than ever before. Many of you are also familiar names and faces who have volunteered with us over the years (doing even more to make the stewardship happen!). We see all the ways, big and small, you show up for stewardship, and our gratitude is deep. We couldn't be more proud to be part of this big, unique community of climbers who believe in taking care of the places where we love to play-- and who put their money where their mouth is. Thank you for believing in the BCC and supporting all that we do!

04/13/2026

It’s the final day of the Stewardship Kickoff Campaign!

Today, we want to highlight and thank all of our volunteers. SO many of you who are members or make regular donations to support our work are also volunteers, and we love working with such a big slice of the Front Range climbing community. Our volunteers make every aspect of the work the BCC does possible; we couldn’t accomplish our stewardship projects without your hard work and effort. You show up for everything from hauling heavy rocks and painstakingly removing rusty bolts to tabling and helping run BCC events. It takes a village to care for the places where we climb, and we’re so proud and grateful to work alongside all of you who roll up your sleeves to make good things happen out there!

We are 89% of the way to our goal! We only need to raise $750 by the end of the day to unlock our $3,000 match. That means that any donation you make today is effectively going three times farther, making even more program work possible this year. Help us get over our goal, donate by 11:45pm tonight to support climbing stewardship!

https://givebutter.com/2026-stewardship-kickoff-campaign-reaojk

04/11/2026

It’s day 6 of the Stewardship Kickoff Campaign, and today, we’re highlighting two programs: WAG Bags and Advocacy

Almost everyone has had the unfortunate experience of finding a gross present left under a rock (or out in the open) at a crag. The BCC’s Human Waste Program is focused on making sure you never have to experience that again. Every year, we supply approximately 3,000 WAG Bags for free to the Front Range community via our 16 trailside WAG bag stations. WAG Bags are your best friend when the coffee kicks in at the wrong time, and, just like your shoes, crash pad, or rope, they should be an essential part of your climbing kit! Human waste mars our beautiful crags, pollutes our watersheds, and can jeopardize access if land managers deem it too problematic!

Speaking of land managers, did you know the BCC works with more than nine different land management entities to protect and expand climbing access? Through our stewardship work, formal partnership agreements, and advocating for the best interests of climbers at policy planning meetings, the BCC champions the climbing community’s ability to continue climbing at the places we love. Over the years, this deep rapport-building work has led to reopening of new climbing development in multiple places, collaborations to create new crags and new access, and more focused seasonal closures that protect sensitive wildlife and allow for longer climbing seasons where appropriate.

Help support clean and accessible crags by donating to our Stewardship Kickoff Campaign today!

https://givebutter.com/2026-stewardship-kickoff-campaign-reaojk

04/10/2026

It's day 5 of our Stewardship Kickoff Campaign and today we're talking Raptors.

The Raptor Monitoring Program is one of the BCC's longest-running programs and is instrumental in balancing conservation and recreation in Boulder Canyon. We install closure signage and wildlife cameras, and communicate the closures that protect our resident Golden Eagles and Peregrine Falcons to the climbing community. The observations our volunteer monitors provide to the Forest Service limit closures to only the crags with active nesting sites and lead to early reopenings of climbing areas with unused alternative nests.

In 2025, a new Peregrine Falcon nest was identified on Vampire Rock. Due to input from the BCC Raptor Monitoring Program and our wildlife biologist partners, the resulting closure was applied to just 2 crags. Without that crag-specific approach we recommended, 23 crags could have been affected (including Sleeping Beauty, Animal World, and Avalon)! This targeted closure kept climbing open while providing the Peregrines with the space needed to successfully fledge 2 chicks!

Help fund the important work the Raptor Monitoring Program does by donating today!

(https://givebutter.com/2026-stewardship-kickoff-campaign-reaojk)

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