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The Iowa Climbers' Coalition exists for the purposes of keeping Iowa climbing areas open and conserv

10/12/2026

Volunteers Needed: Help Care for Prairie Creek!

Jackson County Conservation is hosting an invasive species removal workday at Prairie Creek Recreation Area on Saturday, November 14, and they’re looking for volunteers to help. The goal is to remove invasive plants, including greenbrier and bush honeysuckle, helping care for the natural areas we enjoy spending time in.

Event Details:
When: Saturday, November 14, 2026, from 9:30 AM–12:00 PM
Where: Prairie Creek Recreation Area, 1215 East Summit Street, Maquoketa, IA 52060
Meet-up location: Main pavilion, just off East Summit Street
What we’ll be doing: Lopping, dragging, and piling invasive plants near the Prairie Creek rock shelter, a short walk from the pavilion.

What to Bring
Dress for the weather and outdoor fieldwork. Be sure to bring work gloves and wear closed-toe shoes and long pants. Wear layers or a jacket, and plan for clothes that can get dirty!

How to Sign Up
Please register at least 48 hours in advance by contacting Jackson County Conservation:
Phone: (563) 652-3783
Email: [email protected]

The event may be canceled due to inclement weather, including rain, snow, or cold temperatures. Check Jackson County Conservation’s page for cancellation announcements.

09/29/2026

🎨 CALLING ALL ARTISTS & CREATIVE CLIMBERS! 🧗‍♀️

We want YOU to help design the next Iowa Climbers Coalition t-shirt!

We’re opening up the design process to the climbing community and looking for artists, graphic designers, doodlers, and creative climbers with an idea that captures the spirit of Iowa climbing.

Your design could be artistic, funny, bold, simple, weird—we want to see what you come up with!

🏆 What does the winning designer get?
👕 A FREE ICC t-shirt featuring their design
🎨 Recognition as the artist behind the shirt
📣 A shoutout from ICC
🌐 A chance to have your other artwork featured on the ICC website

You don’t have to be a professional designer. If you’ve got an idea and can turn it into a design, send it our way!

📩For more details, a link to download the ICC logo, and a submission link, click the link in our bio!

Help us make the next ICC shirt something the Iowa climbing community can be proud to wear!

Tag an artist who needs to see this 👇

09/04/2026

🔥 Prairie Creek Prescribed Burns — Heads Up, Climbers! 🌾

Prairie Creek Recreation Area park managers are planning prescribed burns sometime between September and November. Burn dates will depend on weather and site conditions, so please be aware of possible temporary closures or changes to access.

Prescribed fire is an important part of maintaining healthy prairie ecosystems. It helps control invasive plants, encourage native species, and promote a diverse, healthy landscape. 🌱

Thanks for staying aware, respecting closures, and giving park staff space to safely do this important work!

07/30/2026

🚨Prairie Creek Trail Day🚨

August 16th at 10am we are having a trail day at our newest climbing location, Prairie Creek recreation area in Maquoketa. We are looking for some volunteers to help us move/split rocks. If you’re able to help out please sign up using the link below. If the signup sheet is full you’re more than welcome to come help anyways! Thank you for contributing to the climbing community and helping us keep Iowa’s climbing area sustainable!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090448A8AA2CA6F58-64878360-prairie #/

06/12/2026

🚨NEW IOWA CLIMBING ALERT 🚨

The wait is almost over.

Clear your calendars because Prairie Creek Recreation Area goes live on Mountain Project Tuesday, June 16th! This first phase of development will feature 31 brand-new sport routes on some of the best limestone Iowa has to offer.

Months of effort. Countless volunteer hours. One incredible new crag for the people!

Whose ready to tie in?🧗

06/08/2026

Wanted to honor and say a big THANK YOU to everyone who helped with the Prairie Creek development project! We seriously couldn’t have achieved any of it without you guys. So much love and appreciation for our climbing community. A few folks we weren’t able to obtain a photo of but certainly deserve to be mentioned here are . These guys crushed it and really made this project come to life. Huge thanks to all three of you! ❤️

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06/05/2026

We have some exciting news to share about a NEW CRAG that we are currently developing at Prairie Creek Recreation Area in the town of Maquoketa!!

The ICC has been in the process of communicating and meeting with the Jackson County for months, and we are finally seeing some of that hard work pay off! We received a permit to start developing two of the main cliff lines in the park and we haven’t wasted any time! Multiple people have volunteered their time and energy the last two weeks to clean, bolt, and do trail work to help get this new area ready to climb! We currently have 31 routes bolted and ready to go(Many more to come still), ranging in a range of difficulties from first time climber, to the well season crusher.

More info to come so stay tuned! And if you want to donate to help us with purchasing bolts, glue, etc. (because the ICC needs it) please donate on our website!!

11/09/2025

Thank you so much to everyone who came to help take care of our beloved park, Pictured Rocks! Got lots of work done today before some weather came in, and there is still more to be done! If you didn’t get the chance to come today there will be some people continuing some trail work from 10am to Noon tomorrow (11/9). It’s honest work and a meaningful way to give back! Hope to see you there! 🤗

10/22/2025

Join us on November 8th (rain date Nov. 9th) for a Trail Day at one of our favorite climbing spots: Pictured Rocks County Park. This is a great opportunity to help maintain and improve the trails, ensuring that our beloved climbing areas remain safer, accessible, and enjoyable for everyone.

If you’ve got any trail maintenance tools (e.g., gloves, safety glasses, shovels, rakes, tamper, 5 gallon buckets, handsaw, chainsaw, hatchet, loppers, etc), please bring them along! We’ll have some gear on hand, but the more the merrier.

Here’s a link to a sign up sheet for the potluck! If you’d like to run the grill, let us know that too!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RNRCUL1eRwaKCEUh3OB5qcVSDh-qLlfOcJvL6J0zCk4/edit?gid=1895283187 =1895283187

We will see you there!

05/13/2025

See you this Saturday! Meet at the pavilion by the north parking lot by 9am.
Here is a list of tools you can bring that would be of help:
Safety glasses
Work gloves
Sledgehammers
Tampers
Loppers
Pickaxes
5-gallon buckets
Shovels
Rakes
Chainsaws
Anything else you think might help!

Address

1215 E Summit St.
Maquoketa, IA
52060

Website

https://www.iowaclimberscoalition.org/

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