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October 18 & 19

BOULDERFEST 2024

BOULDERFEST IS BACK

The biggest community climbing competition comes to Salt Lake on October 18 and 19!

Photo Album: Photos by @grey_jensen

Competition Results:

Beginner Category

Intermediate Category

Advanced Category

Open Qualifier

Live Stream:

Early bird registration: August 19 – October 3 | General registration: September 20 – October 18

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

SCHEDULE

 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18TH

-Open Category Qualifier: 6:00pm – 9:00pm

 

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19TH 

-USAC Youth Q.E.: 7:00am -10:00am

-Community Round 1: 10:30am – 1:30pm

-Community Round 2: 2:00pm – 5:00pm 

-Prize Drawing/Food Trucks/Drinks: 5:30pm – 6:30pm

-Open Spectator Finals: 7:00pm – 8:30pm

-Awards – Community & Open Categories: 8:30pm

Want to Volunteer? Sign Up Here

WHAT'S HAPPENING

A lively group of young adults, some seated and some standing, gather at Boulderfest 2024 in an indoor rock climbing gym in Austin, eating popsicles and smiling. Colorful climbing holds and mats fill the background. A climber balances on a bouldering wall during Boulderfest 2024 in Austin as a large crowd watches and cheers below. Bright lights illuminate the scene in the climbing gym. A young man in a gray hoodie smiles and extends his arm in a lively, crowded indoor space at Boulderfest 2024. People around him are engaged and cheerful, with a mix of ages and styles, suggesting a casual social event. A woman with braided hair climbs an indoor bouldering wall at SLC Boulderfest 2024, reaching with one arm for a hold. The background is blurred, with people and bright lights visible. A person in a bright yellow shirt stands smiling with arms raised in celebration at Minneapolis Boulderfest, surrounded by others indoors. The scene appears lively and joyful.
A lively group of young adults, some seated and some standing, gather at Boulderfest 2024 in an indoor rock climbing gym in Austin, eating popsicles and smiling. Colorful climbing holds and mats fill the background. 01

COMMUNITY COMP

Boulderfest is an all-levels climbing competition.

Whether you’ve been climbing for years, or it’s your first ever comp, you’ll find something fun and challenging for you to climb!

Categories: Recreational, Intermediate, Advanced

The climbing at Boulderfest is the absolute best of what Bouldering Project and our setting team has to offer.

Everyone Gets:

-Competitor Bag: including T-shirt, chalk, snack & more.

-First access to a full gym of our best boulders – some available one day only.

-Prize Drawing: $10K+ in prizes –  Each boulder topped = one prize draw entry. We have incredible prizes from Yeti, Friction Labs, La Sportiva, Arc’teryx, Organic, and more

-Drink ticket and spectator entry into Open Finals

Top Three: In each category get a trophy and their entry fee back.

* Sandbaggers beware, we will be watching 👀

A climber balances on a bouldering wall during Boulderfest 2024 in Austin as a large crowd watches and cheers below. Bright lights illuminate the scene in the climbing gym. 02

OPEN FINALS

The entire day culminates in an electric Open Finals competition with a $10,000 cash purse.

Divisions: Men, Women, Non-binary

*categories must have six registrants to run*

Pro climbers, local crushers, and incredible athletes compete to claim the title of Boulderfest ’24 champion! The winners take home the cash purse and bragging rights.

Cash Purses:
-1st: $1,500
-2nd: $1,000
-3rd: $550
-4th-6th: $100 each

A young man in a gray hoodie smiles and extends his arm in a lively, crowded indoor space at Boulderfest 2024. People around him are engaged and cheerful, with a mix of ages and styles, suggesting a casual social event. 03

SPONSORS

When you’re not climbing, check out some of the sponsor booths, food and beverage, games, and more!

A woman with braided hair climbs an indoor bouldering wall at SLC Boulderfest 2024, reaching with one arm for a hold. The background is blurred, with people and bright lights visible. 04

USAC YOUTH

If you are participating in USA Climbing’s Youth QE portion of our event on Saturday morning, please visit the link below.

A person in a bright yellow shirt stands smiling with arms raised in celebration at Minneapolis Boulderfest, surrounded by others indoors. The scene appears lively and joyful. 05

VOLUNTEER

It takes a village to run this competition! If you’d like to join us as a volunteer, check out the available options and sign up for one that suits you.