CRAGS

08/01/2026

Join Us All on Saturday August 1st at 6pm for our Annual Lover’s Fest Party & Fundraiser!

This is only -some- of the awesome prizes we have for tomorrow!

Hosted by:

CRAGS – The Local Climber’s Coalition
Lover’s Leap Guides
Strawberry Station General Store

Kickoff the 2026 trail work season at Lover’s Leap and help raise funds for trailwork, stewardship, policy and advocacy work.

With help from the Bay Area Climbers’ Coalition & Tahoe Climbing Coalition, Blue Granite Climbing Gym, Tahoe Gear Exchange, Women’s Lead Club, our national partners at The Access Fund and American Alpine Club and many other partner organizations, local climbing gyms and both climbing industry & local sponsors.

Lover’s Fest is our grassroots, local, self-produced annual event.

We do it a little differently every year but every time we have a great party! Please join us this Saturday!

It’s like Burger Night but bigger better faster and more!

Check out live music from LoCoVille and Wet Wreckless!

Eat drink and rock and roll! BBQ dinner plus sides, snacks and drinks!

$20 ‘redpoint’ admission gets you food, drink, and raffle tickets + live music

$30 ‘onsight’ admission gets you food, drink, raffle tickets, live music AND the custom 2026 CRAGS Tshirt

$8 a la carte Burgers if you’re really on a tight budget…

$Buy more raffle tix = donate more money and have more chances to win prizes from our sponsors and community partners.

We’ll have some free cold b**r (21+) from Touchstone Brewing / Pintworks and NA options!

BYO from the best b**r and NA selection at Strawberry Station! – Support Squirrel and Jen!

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PLUS FREE CLINICS with Lover’s Leap Guides on Sunday Aug 2

Meet for CLIMBER COFFEE at 8am at Strawberry Station General Store
Climbing clinics with Lover’s Leap Guides 8:30am-1pm

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2026 Trailwork Season Begins!

We have volunteer opportunities coming up and we need your help! Sign up for trailwork on the CRAGS Event Page. Links in bio!

Sat Aug 1 8a-12p Climber Coffee + Trailwork

Sun Aug 2 8a-1p Climber Coffee + FREE Clinics with Lover’s Leap Guides

See you all tomorrow! Gonna be rad!

07/27/2026

It’s party time. And it’s trailwork time. And you thought we forgot!? Good things are worth the wait!!!

Join Us All on Saturday August 1st at 6pm for the Annual Lover’s Fest Party & Fundraiser!

Hosted by Strawberry Station General Store, Lover’s Leap Guides & CRAGS.

Kickoff the 2026 trail work season at Lover’s Leap and help raise funds for trailwork, stewardship, policy and advocacy work. With help from the Bay Area Climbers’ Coalition & Tahoe Climbing Coalition, Blue Granite Climbing Gym, Tahoe Gear Exchange, Women’s Lead Club, the Access Fund and many other partner organizations and sponsors.

Lover’s Fest is our grassroots, local, self-produced annual event. We do it a little differently every year but every time we have a great party! It’s last minute but join us this Saturday!

It’s like Burger Night but bigger better faster and more!

Check out live music from LoCoVille and Wet Wreckless !

Eat drink and rock and roll! BBQ dinner plus sides, snacks and drinks!

$20 ‘redpoint’ admission gets you food, drink and raffle tickets + live music

$30 ‘onsight’ admission gets you food, drink, raffle tickets, live music AND the custom 2026 CRAGS Tshirt!

$Buy more raffle tix = donate more money and have more chances to win prizes from our sponsors and community partners.

$8 à la carte burgers

We’ll have some cold b**r from Touchstone Brewing Company and NA options!

BYO from the best b**r and NA selection at Strawberry Station! – Support Squirrel and Jen!

PLUS FREE CLINICS with Lover’s Leap Guides on Sunday Aug 2

* Meet for CLIMBER COFFEE at 8am at Strawberry Station General Store

* Climbing clinics with Lover’s Leap Guides 830a-1p

Check out the CRAGS website events page for trailwork signups! Links in bio.

* Friday July 31 8a-2p Climber Coffee + Trailwork
* Sat Aug 1 8a-12p Climber Coffee + Trailwork
* Sun Aug 2 8a-1p Climber Coffee + FREE Clinics with Lover’s Leap Guides

Meet Strawberry Station every day!

For trailwork:
* Please bring closed toe shoes, long pants, gloves, work clothes, food and water! No exceptions.
* Gloves and safety glasses are available – BYO if you have them!

Let’s party!
And let’s do some dirty work!

07/26/2026

Mid summer is here and that means Tahoe bears are starting to think about how easy it is to eat off of us in prep for the fall and winter.

Please make sure to close lock clip etc all bear boxes cars and dumpsters.

Please use the clip every time on the Lover’s Leap Campground dumpster.

Do not leave any food or scented items out on your picnic table or in your tent. Use the bear boxes.

Strawberry Station and Lover’s Leap Guides have donated bear boxes located below the East Wall and Lower Buttress for food/pack storage to keep squirrels and other rodents out of your food as well.

We’ve also stocked both of those boxes with stop the bleed first aid kits and Stokes litters/baskets for self rescue.

If you see an issue in the campground please feel free to use the CRAGS issue reporting form on our website or email the recreation officer for Eldorado NF.

Don’t forget we’ve got rattlesnakes here too but they’re pretty chill and happy so just leave them alone. They like it around 70 degrees and seem to be most active at dawn and dusk in the summer. Give them space and let them be.

Enjoy summer climbing and check out us out this weekend at Lover’s Fest Strawberry Station hosted by us CRAGS and Lover’s Leap Guides

Live music. BBQ. Prizes. Fun food drink swag and rock and roll. Be there or be square.

07/26/2026

Attention climbers

2026 peregrine falcon closures are lifted on the Central Wall of Lover’s Leap

(And at West Chimney on Sugarloaf)

Our falcons appear to have had two successful fledglings this year. Despite some tough weather they were very active and can be seen flying hunting and having a speedy time in the air many days.

All climbs on Central Wall are now open.

Please continue to respect our birds by not approaching or disturbing the falcons if you see them.

Please do not fly drones at the cliff. We have many bird species common and rare including a Golden Eagle which I just spotted for the first time this year last week.

Remember that the Central Wall is slightly more adventurous, dirtier and less climbed. Be bold and brave but be careful and attentive.

Enjoy and check us out for Lover’s Fest this next weekend Aug 1!

06/30/2026

Thanks to TCC's VP and our Board President for representing!

The U.S. Forest Service’s policy would require local authorities to create “climbing management plans” that regulate climbing practices.

05/27/2026

Lover’s Leap Campground is open for the season. We have a new host - say hi & play nice. 

Day use $10 & overnight camping $36 stay same as last year. Costs have remained stable for several years despite confusion around which passes provide discounts - we will clarify ASAP. Water & bathrooms are open.

Please be bear aware - last year bad food storage led to a bear being caught & euthanized. We’d all like to avoid that - there are bear boxes, please use them. We replaced the carabiner on the dumpster twice last season because it got stolen - please don’t do that. 

Please be fire conscious - it’s shaping up to be a bad fire year. Consider skipping your campfire esp if windy, keep fires in metal rings & dead them out completely. Every year locals put out multiple camp fires that are left burning. Everyone is worried about this fire season.

Over the past three months & CRAGS have donated time + money to clean & restock the bathrooms. 

Over the last 3 years we have negotiated with Royal Elk & EldoNF to have the bathrooms remain unlocked over-winter which has reduced the amount of literal shxt we find out at the crag. I carried a full wag bag out from the East Wall last week left behind by someone… Open bathrooms have only been possible because of the relationships we’ve built with the FS personnel who are often on our side - recreationalists - and not the side of ‘the man’ or rising costs - they’re understaffed, underfunded & under-resourced. 

I have been asked by a number of locals in South Lake & Strawberry to remind everyone that there is NO CAMPING including on the SLIPPERY FORD road - which is signed.

There is also no camping on Strawberry Lane. There is free dispersed camping on FS land.

Falcon closures remain in effect for the Central Wall. Birds are nesting just right of the first pitch belay of Eagle Buttress. Lover’s Chimney & Bookmark are outside of the closure and are open.

Burger Night runs every Saturday. 6-9pm. $5 burgers.

Save the date —> Lover’s Fest Annual Party returns Saturday Aug 1st! 

CRAGS launching trailwork signups this week! Stay on established trails only!

04/11/2026

We’re hanging out The Boulder Field today for USA Climbing divisionals

It’s rainy so even though we’d rather be climbing rocks it’s fun to see the powerhouse climbers of the next generation pulling down for a spot at nationals.

Big thanks to The Boulder Field for their ongoing donations and support to help local access and stewardship work. We can’t do it without community partners and support. Carlo Traversi The Boulder Field and team have been consistent supporters - huge thanks!

If you climb outside then it’s imperative that you join the Access Fund - get a joint membership with your local climbing organization like us CRAGS or our partners in Tahoe Tahoe Climbing Coalition (TCC) or the Bay Bay Area Climbers Coalition

We need your dollars locally as much as the AF needs your support nationally so don’t be afraid to hit the links in bio and drop a tip in our jar. It’s tax deductible so that makes it cool.

When you’re out at the crag remember that your small impact isn’t so small anymore now that there are 10million active climbers in the US. Let us know if you see an issue. Keep an eye out for closures and take care of the local communities where we recreate.

Keep an eye out as we start rolling out our spring summer and fall schedule.

We have trail days and other events coming up and we will need your help!

See you all at the gym or on the rock…