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Movement, Problem Solving, & Play

Adventure Days

No School? No problem!

Climbing at Bouldering Project is a great way to stay active during time off from school. Adventure Days are offered on DCPS holidays and are ideal for ages 4-14. These single day camps offer plenty of climbing and social time, with arts and crafts and STEM activities. Whether your child is an experienced climber or brand new to bouldering, they will have a blast with our BP instructors leading the way. Kids will learn basic climbing techniques and play games on and off the wall!

Kids make new friends while waiting their turn to climb.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Adventure Days run from 9:00am – 3:30pm on DCPS holidays. Kids must be between the ages of 4-14.

During our rock climbing day camp, kids will spend time learning how to climb in our kids room and main bouldering areas, participate in STEM and Arts activities, and more!

Campers will be broken up by age rage (4-6, 7-9, 10+). We provide climbing shoes and required program materials.

Kids playing at DC Bouldering Project day camps.

UPCOMING ADVENTURE DAYS

February 

SOLD OUT: Valentine’s Day

President’s Day

ITDC Adventure Week

March 

March 13th

Pi Day

April 

April 7th

April 14th

April 15th

April 16th

April 17th

April 18th

May

May 26th

June 

June 17th

Registration for Fall 2025 Adventure Days will open in June.

Youth Rules and Expectations

Climbing is an exciting and fun sport—but it does come with risks. We insist on highly-attentive adult supervision to mitigate these risks for youth and other climbers. Before climbing with us, please read through our Rules and Expectations.

  1. No running
  2. Inside voices
  3. Listen to your instructor
  4. Stay with the group
  5. Keep your hands to yourself
  6. Take your shoes off when you go to the bathroom
  7. Stay on the edge of the mat when you’re not climbing
  8. Have fun & Try your best!
  1. Lava Rule: While you can reach some of the pipes and hvac equipment from the walls of our gym, we cannot touch them as they have lava in them and will spill it everywhere if we hang from the pipes.
  2. Butter Rule: Our climbing shoes are built a little bit differently than our outside shoes. They have a smooth bottom that makes them great for climbing, but if we run around with them on the pavement we will go slipping and sliding like butter in a hot pan. When we are on the pavement we cannot run, skip, hop, frolic, front flip, back flip, side flip or cartwheel.
  3. Bacon Rule: We want to make sure that our bodies are all warmed up before we start climbing. Doing some light activities and stretching is a great way to make sure our bodies are ready to climb and help to not break into pieces like cold bacon.
  4. Kindness Rule: Climbing, especially bouldering, is a community sport. We want to build our friends up and not tear them down with our words or actions. We also want to keep our bodies to ourselves as if we bump our friends they can fall and hurt themselves against the wall.
  5. Pancake Rule: It is our job when we are not climbing to give our friends on the wall the space they need to climb without worrying about if they might land on someone and smash them flat like a pancake. We want to stay away from the wall when we are not climbing to not be in their pancake zone. Additionally, if we can reach out and touch our friends while we are climbing, we’re too close to them and need to give them some space so everyone can climb safely.

Have questions about climbing, summer adventures, or other youth programming? Ask our staff—we are here to help.

Youth Programs: Jonah.Donis@BoulderingProject.com

Front Desk: 202-667-2404

  • Cancellations more than 2 weeks in advance will be refunded to the card on file.
  • Cancellations less than 2 weeks in advance will be refunded 100% as store credit, or 70% to the card on file.
  • Cancellations within 48 hours will not receive a refund. In the case of extenuating circumstances, please email Jonah.Donis@BoulderingProject.com.