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The American Alpine Club - Washington DC Section includes Richmond, Northern Virginia, DC, Baltimore We are climbers: Gym climbers and trad climbers.

American Alpine Club - Washington DC Section and affiliated Chapters purpose is aligned with the American Alpine Club mission to share and support our passion for climbing and respect for the places we climb. Vision: to unite the community of competent climbers and healthy climbing landscapes. Core Values: to provide authoritative climbing information, knowledge and resources to benefit and inspir

e current and future generations. Community and competency strengthen and embolden climbers to push our limits. Being in DC, the DC Section has a direct role in advocacy and leadership advancing our climbing interest and promote conversation. Sport climbers, ice climbers and alpinists. Boulderers, backcountry skiers and mountaineers. We are largest community of rock scaling misfits in the country and YOU belong here. Climb United!

02/18/2026

Hey DMV climbers, check this out! 👇 on March 11th., at AFI Theatre in Silver Springs, MD from 6:30 pm to 8:30pm is hosting the film event of the season-Catching Pinecones, with Will Gadd’s short Wall of Walls is coming up! If you’ve ever climbed at Carderock or Seneca, or so many other places Jan and Herb put up first ascents, you’ll want to see Catching Pinecones. Honestly even if you’ve never been to those places these two people are some of the most interesting you will ever meet through film.
Tickets are limited! See comments for ticketing link.

09/21/2025

It’s SENDING season once again, os join us in enjoying some cooler fall temps while climbing classic routes at Great Falls.

🔗Sign up at the Eventbrite link in Bio🔗

08/17/2025

Ready to challenge yourself on harder climbs at Great Falls? Join us for our annual August Challenge Sending Social, where we’ll be aiming to find some shade and set some more difficult climbs (in the 5.8-5.11+ range).

🔗Sign up at the Eventbrite link in Bio🔗

07/21/2025

Sending season rolls on through summer this Saturday with the July edition of our monthly Sending Social series. Signup at the link in our bio to join us for another day of fun climbing at Great Falls.

07/20/2025

On the second day of our New Trad Climber weekend, our mentees tackled anchors; and, after waiting out some rain, enjoyed more instruction and small group climbing with many groups heading for Seneca’s summit.

Thanks again to our Education Chair, Tim Murphy, of for leading the event, and to Seneca Rocks Climbing School (aka the Gendarme) for providing classroom space, and to all our mentors for sharing their knowledge and passion:
· Andrew Leich
· Mikey Barro
· James Mazzaferro
· Jakob Hagamann
· Matthew O’Brien

We also want to shout out for their continued support of our mentorship programs!

📸 by Tim Murphy, Jacob H, Mikey B, and Kelly E

07/19/2025

At the start of June, 17 AAC members participated our second annual New Trad Climber Weekend at Seneca Rocks. Through two days of mentors, eleven climbers launched their trad climbing journeys.

On day one, the mentees gathered at to learn about gear placements, multi-pitch rappel transitions, and belay transitions before taking their skills to the mountain for custom small group instruction.

Thanks to our Education Chair, Tim Murphy, of for leading the event, to Arthur Kearns of for providing classroom space, and to all our mentors for sharing their knowledge and passion:
· Andrew Leich
· Mikey Barro
· James Mazzaferro
· Jakob Hagamann
· Matthew O’Brien

We also want to shout out for their continued support of our mentorship programs!

📸 by Kelly E, Lily H, and Sonal G

06/15/2025

Summer sending is in full swing, so join us Saturday for a day of climbing together on the cliffs above the river at Great Falls.

Details and signup are on our Eventbrite at the link in our bio.

📸 by

05/19/2025

Spring has sprung, and it’s time to kick off the AAC DC Section’s climbing season with our first Sending Social of 2025 this Memorial Day weekend! Sign up at the Eventbrite link in our bio in order & join other local climbers to connect and climb on the cliffs above the Potomac River.

05/16/2025

Begin your trad climbing journey with us during our second annual New Trad Climber Weekend at Seneca Rocks this June!

Once again this program will feature two days of clinics and climbing, during which volunteer mentors will explain the gear used to protect trad climbs and give you an opportunity to place and remove trad gear. To top off the weekend, mentees will have an opportunity to follow an experienced mentor on classic trad routes at Seneca.

Details and registration at Eventbrite at link in bio 🔗

🚨Registration opens Friday May 23rd at 12pm, so mark your calendar! 🚨

04/21/2025

Cinco de Mayo - outdoor edition.
Join us Saturday, May 3rd, for a CincoK at Seneca and stay for the weekend! Group camping will be provided by the AAC along with movies, presentations and a raffle to support Friends of Seneca.
More details coming soon but save the date!

03/14/2025

What a way to kick off Women's History Month! 👏
Thanks to the support of and we were able to bring a whole group of all female climbers to the Adirondack Mountains for some ice climbing! Watching these women learn new skills and have fun connecting and bonding over a shared passion was amazing. Can't wait to do it again next year!

Special thanks to our mentors who volunteered their time for this special event:

02/07/2025

During the second day of our 2025 New Ice Climber Weekend, the new Club ice climbers had a chance to visit Chapel Pond canyon for some Positive Reenforcement and to refine the techniques they learned during the first day.

We also wanted to highlight the mentors who received the traditional golden ice tool award (created by ), and made this weekend possible (from left-to right):
Piotr A
Court Z
Sean T
Dan J
Tasha J
Mikey B (not present for photo)

📸 by , Carl R., , and Lilly H.

As always, thanks to for their continued support of our mentorship programs.

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Washington D.C., DC

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+13033840110

Website

https://aacbackyard.org/washington-dc-section

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