On Saturday, November 14th, Mid Atlantic Climbers swarmed the boulders at Northwest Branch Stream Valley Park in Silver Spring, MD. More than 40 volunteers came out for a morning of trail work, graffiti removal, trash clean-up, and even the hard work of invasive species removal. After all the work was completed, volunteers enjoyed pizza, some […]
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On May 9, volunteers at the Park at Governor Dick, a popular diabase bouldering area in central Pennsylvania, built a new trail to the Beautiful Day Boulders. Previously, there was no obvious path to these two sets of boulders, resulting in climbers bushwhacking at various spots in the forest. The new trail will direct climber
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At the end of 2014, Mid Atlantic Climbers and the Access Fund submitted comments on the 2015 Superintendent’s Compendium for Catoctin Mountain Park in Maryland. Since 2012, bouldering in the park has been effectively disallowed, as park rules have confined all climbing to only Work Rock, a small outcrop in the park. Mid Atlantic Climbers
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If you were at Rockfest 2014 at Coopers Rock at the end of April, chances are you had a great time doing trail work, camping out, eating good food, drinking good beer and sending some sandstone. This was our largest Rockfest with more than 80 people in attendance, which is pretty awesome. Big thank you
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Yes, Decision 2013, the time when you get to speak up, make your voice hear, and help decide what what events and climbing areas Mid Atlantic Climbers will work on next year!Mid Atlantic Climbers is starting to put together next year’s event schedule and we need you to tell us what is important to you.
10th Annual Adopt-a-Crag Great Falls Saturday, October 20th, 2012. 8am – noon. This is the area’s longest running and largest Adopt-a-Crag events. Volunteers will work on various projects throughout the park in the morning and then be treated to a free BBQ and raffle courtesy of Mid Atlantic Climbers and our generous sponsors. We also
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Northwest Branch Adopt-a-Crag Saturday, November 10th, 2012.8am – noon. Join us for our annual trash pick-up and trail work at this great bouldering area in Silver Spring, MD. Links:Details and RegistrationNorthwest Branch Event on Facebook
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Exciting news! The Access Fund-Jeep Conservation Team will be arriving in Washington, DC on May 9th, 2012 to work with the Mid-Atlantic Climbers on access enhancements to the Northwest Branch Stream Valley Park in Silver Spring! Conservation Team – Photo Credit Access Fund The Access Fund-Jeep Conservation Team will be at Northwest Branch Thursday May
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Nearly thirty climbers gathered at last weekend to help perform a little maintenance at Northwest Branch, our local bouldering spot. Together built and restored water bars, lopped and cleared trails, and picked up some serious trash that’s collected since our last event here. Thanks to everyone who came out!
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Northwest Branch has some great boulders with sharp crimps, quartz crystals and unfortunately some graffiti. If you haven’t been, it’s a beautiful wooded and boulder-strewn ravine, nestled between suburban neighborhoods in Silver Spring, MD. Come out and help to preserve and protect this local climbing resource as we clean up trash and debris, and do
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