BOULDERFEST FAQ

Boulderfest is an electric, all-day community celebration featuring a youth and adult climbing competition, entertainment, music, food trucks, raffles, open finals, and community connection. It’s open to everyone, and the competition is geared for climbers of all levels—from beginners to experts.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8th | 6pm – 9pm

• Open Category Qualifiers
• Community Session (Intermediate Category)

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9th | 7:30am – 11pm

• Youth & Family Session |  7:30AM – 9:30AM

• Community Session 1 (Recreational, Intermediate & Advanced) | 10:00AM – 1:00PM

• Community Session 2 (Recreational, Intermediate & Advanced) | 2:00PM – 5:00PM

• Raffle Prizes & Giveaways | 5:30 PM

• Open Finals & Watch Party | 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

• Afterparty | 9:00PM – 11:00PM

Participants may complete in only ONE of the following Sessions:

• Friday Night
  • Open Qualifiers: 6:00pm – 9:00pm
  • Intermediate round: 6:00pm – 9:00pm
• Saturday Morning
  • Youth & Family round: 7:30am – 9:30am
  • Community round 1 (Recreational, Intermediate, : 10:00am  – 1:00pm
• Saturday Afternoon
  • Community round 2: 2:00pm- 5:00pm
• Saturday Evening
  • Open Finals: 7:00pm

Open Qualifiers: Climbs will have individual scores and your ranking is based on the sum of your top 10 scored climbs. Finalists will be contacted Friday evening before the Finals round. Finalist must be able to return to ISO by 6:30pm Saturday evening.

Community Rounds: Competitors will earn raffle ticket for each climb completed within their category range. The raffle will be hosted on Saturday at 5:30pm.

Final scores and results will be posted online after the event.

Community Categories:

• Recreational: Yellow, Red, Green
• Intermediate: Purple, Orange, Black
• Advanced: Black, Blue, Pink

Open Category: Blue, Pink, White

Competitors will self-select into their respective categories during the registration process. The idea is to challenge yourself!

When trying your absolute hardest, if you are able to top 10 boulders in the highest color available in that category in one climbing session, you should compete at the next level up.

See the example below:

Example: “I generally climb purples/oranges/blacks. I can flash most oranges.”

• When trying your hardest, are you able to complete 10 black boulders in one climbing session?

• If yes, we recommend the Advanced Category.

• If no, we recommend the Intermediate Category.

Open category competitors should be climbing predominantly whites and/or pinks. If a climber is able to climb white boulders, they more than likely should register for the Open category.

Rules talks will be given 15 minutes before the beginning of each session. Please plan to arrive on time to hear the rules talk, and to give yourself as much time as possible to climb!

Yes! Boulderfest is an all-levels competition, so even if you’re new to climbing, there will be something for you to climb. Boulderfest is an awesome experience for everyone!

Yes. Youth 13 and under require an adult (18+) that is also competing to supervise, or a coach if they are on a youth team. Youth 14-17 may compete without a supervisor.

We offer a Youth & Family Round for individual Youth 13 and under who want to compete in a fun, casual, recreational-level competition as well as families who want to climb as a group in a recreational-level setting.

Yes! Spectators are welcome on both Friday and Saturday.

We also have a need for volunteers for our community rounds. If you’re interested in volunteering, you can register here.

Interested in volunteering at Boulderfest? We’d love to have you!

Volunteers will help to judge the community rounds.

Volunteers will receive a free snacks, t-shirt, and day passes for their time.

Sign up here.

Tons of stuff! We’ll have a vendor market all day, beer from Pryes Brewing, open finals, an after party, and more!

No, the gym will be closed for anyone not competing, spectating, or volunteering. The fitness and yoga studios will be closed.

Our parking lot gets busy! Check along West River Road or N 2nd St. for more parking. We recommend carpooling or arriving early as the parking lots will get full!