Carolina Climbers Coalition

Carolina Climbers Coalition Founded in 1995, the Carolina Climbers Coalition is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to Preserving, Protecting and Expanding Your Climbing Opportunities.
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Preserving, protecting and expanding climbing access in the Carolinas since 1995

The latest from Ship Rock closures. The repaving project on the Blue Ridge Parkway was much needed, but causing these i...
08/24/2026

The latest from Ship Rock closures. The repaving project on the Blue Ridge Parkway was much needed, but causing these intermittent closures.

1997! Carolina Climbers’ work with Forest Service has been going for a while now. Here’s to the climbers in 1997 that st...
08/23/2026

1997! Carolina Climbers’ work with Forest Service has been going for a while now. Here’s to the climbers in 1997 that started/ continued a precedent of collaboration and service that continues today! We are proud to serve Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests!

⛏️ ⛏️Two trail days this weekend!WNC Folks: Join the C4 crew at Chimney Rock Village Boulders this Sunday in Chimney Roc...
08/20/2026

⛏️ ⛏️Two trail days this weekend!

WNC Folks: Join the C4 crew at Chimney Rock Village Boulders this Sunday in Chimney Rock.

Piedmont Folks: Come out to Moore’s Wall for a trail day at Sentinel Buttress on Sunday.

Next weekend, our Trail Daze of Summer stewardship series with Black Diamond and On the Road and Off wraps up with two more trail days on August 29th at The K**b Boulders and Nature Preserve, and Buckeye K**b. Spots are still open for Buckeye K**b. Sign up at the link in our bio!

After the trail work wraps, it’s time to celebrate at the End of Daze party! If you showed up for 3+ trail days this summer, then you’re automatically entered to win prizes from Black Diamond. We’ll have food from W***y B’s Grill Foodtruck, brews from Booneshine, Bald Guy Brewing, and Fiddlin’ Fish Brewery, plus climbing-themed games and activations from Black Diamond and the C4 crew. Good times guaranteed.

Courtyard between Footsloggers and Rock Dimensions
139 Depot St, Boone, NC 28607

Thank you to Footsloggers and Rock Dimensions for hosting, and to On the Road and Off and Black Diamond for making it all happen.

🔗 Sign up for trail days and the End of Daze party at carolinaclimbers.org/events or at the link in our bio

The Roadless Rule protects 45 million acres of our country’s National Forests. Roadless areas are open to a wide range o...
08/19/2026

The Roadless Rule protects 45 million acres of our country’s National Forests. Roadless areas are open to a wide range of outdoor recreation activities, and they protect clean water, wildlife habitat, and support local economies across the country.

Right now, those protections are at risk. A proposed rollback by the USDA could remove protections for 25,121 miles of hiking trails, 10,794 miles of mountain biking trails, hundreds of miles of rivers, and 10,000 climbing routes.

Here in the Carolinas, The Roadless Rule protects roughly 144,000 acres in North Carolina alone, a large portion of it within the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests. That includes beloved areas like parts of Linville Gorge, along with the crags, approach trails, and backcountry access that NC and SC climbers depend on every season.

If the rule is rolled back, some of our favorite places could be opened to road building and logging, which would fundamentally change the outdoor recreation experience.

Public comment is open now through September 21, 2026. Learn more about what’s at stake and how to take action. Outdoor Alliance makes it easy with their action alert tool available at the link in our bio or at: https://bit.ly/45FRw8y

Write your lawmakers and let the agency know you want to see roadless forests protected. It takes less than 5 minutes and could make all the difference.

📸 Hawksbill climbing. Photo by Mike Reardon.

Peregrine Falcon closures are lifted. Huge thanks to all climbers following the closures! Additional thanks to USFS, N....
08/18/2026

Peregrine Falcon closures are lifted. Huge thanks to all climbers following the closures! Additional thanks to USFS, N.C. Wildlife for the collaboration on protecting this great species!

HOUND EARS REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! The wait is over! Registration for this year’s Hound Ears Bouldering Competition ta...
08/17/2026

HOUND EARS REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!
The wait is over! Registration for this year’s Hound Ears Bouldering Competition taking place on Saturday October 3rd is officially open.

Grab your spot now, it will fill up fast! Head to https://www.triplecrownbouldering.org/ or the link in our bio.

Triple Crown Events

We are flying rocks here in Table Rock State Park, SC in prep for a new staircase! This week and next, we will be workin...
08/15/2026

We are flying rocks here in Table Rock State Park, SC in prep for a new staircase! This week and next, we will be working to rehabilitate the Pumpkintown Wall Trail. This trail saw one of our largest wild fires and one of the largest landslides following Hurricane Helene, all in the last few years. Big thanks to SC State Parks for helping us with rigging yesterday and for Pickens County Parks, Rec, and Tourism for the grant support to help us rebuild the trail! The Pumpkintown Trail leads to South Carolina’s finest multi pitch rock climbs, but you’re best to wait for the cooler months. Yesterday’s trail work included highs in the mid 90’s. Sweaty fun!
Pickens County South Carolina State Parks Pickens County Tourism

08/13/2026

Peregrine closure updates from USFS!

Join us in welcoming three new members to the CCC Board of Directors! Chris Braund, Southern Piedmont Area Rep: a 30-yea...
08/13/2026

Join us in welcoming three new members to the CCC Board of Directors!

Chris Braund, Southern Piedmont Area Rep: a 30-year Southeast climber based in Charlotte, who helped establish the first bouldering comp at Rumbling Bald and has long worked on access and preservation.

Elizabeth Stavish, Treasurer: co-owner of Fox Mountain Guides and Climbing School in Asheville, bringing an MBA and a background in nonprofit finance and management.

Jamie Broday, Community Engagement Coordinator: a private climbing instructor and co-founder of Branded AF Marketing, focused on helping others find the same community climbing gave her.

Welcome, Chris, Elizabeth, and Jamie! 👏🏽 Learn more about these folks and the rest of our Board of Directors at carolinaclimbers.org/about-ccc/board

Y’all, these before and after graffiti removal shots from last weekend’s trail day at Jump Off Rock are wild! Huge shout...
08/12/2026

Y’all, these before and after graffiti removal shots from last weekend’s trail day at Jump Off Rock are wild! Huge shout out to this crew for putting in some serious work scrubbing those beautiful boulders clean 🧼 and removing trash from the trails.

We’ve got a few more August trail days coming up!
🪏 August 15: Buffalo Creek
🪏 August 23: Moore’s Wall
🪏 August 23: Chimney Rock Village Boulders/Ghost Town Trail
🪏 August 29: Buckeye K**b

Celebrate a summer of stewardship at our End of Daze Party August 29th in downtown Boone from 5-8pm in the courtyard between Footsloggers and Rock Dimensions Inc. in Boone, NC

All who attended 3 or more trail days this summer will be entered into an epic prize drawing from Black Diamond and On the Road and Off at our End of Daze Party. We’ll have beer from Booneshine Brewing , Appalachian Mountain Brewery and Cidery, Bald Guy Brew and Fiddlin' Fish Brewing Company and W***y Bs Grill Foodtruck foot truck on site! Don’t miss this party!

More info about all trial days and the End of Daze party at carolinaclimbers.org/events or at the link in our bio.

Huge thanks to organizers and thanks to Trust for Public Land for support to CCC for serving Jump Off Rock.
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A bit about our work with Trust for Public Land: “This work is part of the Appalachia United Outdoors project, which is supported by a federally funded $10M grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission to the Trust for Public Land. Federal funding for the project represents 55% of the total project cost of $18M.”

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