Feel the STOKE for our biggest event of the year, happening September 27th–28th, 2025. Intro to Rock is a rock climbing event that is open to everyone! Whether this is your first time climbing or you have been flashing 5.12s all summer, THIS EVENT IS FOR YOU!
This is one of our best events to kick off the school year, meet new friends and find some new belay partners for future epic days. We will have volunteers there that will help guide you through the climbing procedures and teach you how to safely climb and belay on top rope.
Where is this happening? We will spend the day at multiple different crags at Skaha Provincial Park in Penticton, BC – one of Canada’s greatest climbing areas.
(Location: Skaha Bluffs Provincial Park, Smythe Dr, Penticton, BC V2A 8W6)
After a hard day of sending projects at the crag, the good times continue with a big camp out at the Idleback Lake campground where we celebrate a great day of climbing and being outside!
How to get to Idleback Lake recreation site.
Link to the address
From Skaha to Idleback - 45 min
From Idleback to UBCO - 1h 20
WHAT TO BRING:
1. Climbing gear (bring shoes/harness/helmet if you have it. If not, we have lots for everyone to use!)
2. Food (lunch, snacks, dinner, and breakfast)
3. Lots of water
4. Camping gear (tent, sleeping bag, sleeping pad)
5. WARM CLOTHING (BRING EXTRA SOCKS!) The weather is unpredictable and you'd better be ready for anything! It can get pretty chilly camping up at Idleback Lake during the night!
Don’t have everything you need? Get in contact with our Gear Masters and come check out our gear locker to rent equipment!
We will run a morning and an afternoon session of climbing. Keep your eyes peeled for more information coming out about sign ups as we have limited spots available for this event.
Morning sesh: 9:00 am-12:00 pm (meet at parking lot at 8:30)
Afternoon sesh: 12:00-3:00 pm (meet at parking lot at 11:30)
Get ready for a wicked day with rad people, learning new skills and making friends! We look forward to seeing everyone at Skaha!
Sign-up Forms
Morning climbing sesh sign up
Afternoon climbing sesh sign up
Carpool Sheet
If you want to participate in Intro to Rock but you don’t have a way to get to Skaha, or you have a car with some extra unused seats, this is where you wanna look. Click the link to access the carpool sheet.
Volunteer Sign-ups
If you are looking to help and teach people how to climb, this could be for you. To be a volunteer, you should be capable of climbing 5.9, teaching top-rope belaying, and setting up and cleaning anchors safely. If you have any doubts about your experience, feel free to shoot us a message to inquire first!
The form below signs you up to be a volunteer; however, we will also be hosting a mandatory volunteer information session on the evening of Wednesday, September 24th (might be some pizza!), to discuss the event expectations in further detail. (more information to come this week)