Discounted Tickets for Students
The SLCA is committed to engaging with the youth and the future of climbing, without the price tag. If you are attending school and or 22 years old and younger, please follow the link below to apply for a discounted ticket.
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About the 2025 Utah New Router Symposium
We are excited to announce the second Utah New Router Symposium on Saturday, March 22, 2025, Doors open at 9:00 am, Symposium starts at 9:30 am - 4:00 pm @ Petzl North America
This symposium is an opportunity for our community of route developers and those interested in this topic to come together for dialogue to help garner consensus surrounding ethics and best practices for route development in the Wasatch. If you are curious about route development, the challenges of route maintenance, or just want a better understanding of the whole climbing system and what goes into putting up new routes, this is for you. Members of the community will gather and engage in new routing as well as anchor maintenance.
This year will consist of presentations in the morning and clinics in the afternoon. These clinics include: Bolt Removal, Glue-in Bolt Installation and Rope Skills. Every participant can attend all clinics. The community’s insight and perspectives shared during the symposium will help build community consensus, inform our anchor maintenance decision making and move forward to more sustainable climbing in the Wasatch.
Tickets Include: Morning coffee, lunch, raffle, and more!
Where: Petzl North America: 2929 Decker Lake Dr, West Valley City, UT 84119
When: Doors open at 9:00 am, starts at 9:30 am - 4pm on Saturday, March 22nd, 2025
Schedule
The 2025 Schedule is currently evolving, please stay tuned for an up to date schedule
9:00 - 9:30 Doors Open & Coffee
9:30 - 9:45 Welcome statement
9:45 - 10:30: Inside the thinking of the SLCA Anchor Maintenance Program - SLCA
10:30 - 11:15 Retro-bolting in the Wasatch
11:15 - 12:00: Pitons and Pictographs: A Discussion about Cultural Resources and Climbing - Utah State Historic Preservation Office (SHIPO)
12:00 - 12:30: Lunch by Caputos
12:30 - 1:30: Skills-based Clinic Rotation: 1 - Glue-Ins
1:30 - 2:30: Skills-based Clinic Rotation: 2 - Rope Skills
2:30 - 3:30: Skills-based Clinic Rotation: 3 - Bolt Removal
NOTE
We will be hosting three clinics: Bolt Removal, Glue-in Bolt Installation, and Rope Skills. Participants will be broken up into three groups to cycle through these three clinics
The Glue-in and Bolt Removal clinics will take place outside. Please bring closed-toe shoes and appropriate clothing for the weather.
3:30 - 4:00: Group Discussion, Q&A, Closing Beers 4-4:30 pm!
Thank you to this event’s sponsors
Photos from 2024
