USA Climbing

Sport development and events: develop the sport from the grassroots up by providing events, educational content, and certification programs all while embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives to broaden the reach and access to the sport nationwide. USA Climbing has organized a youth competition series, a collegiate competition series, the adult national championships, the north american cup series, and a paraclimbing national championship. USA Climbing also hosted worldwide events such as paraclimbing and able-bodied world cups. The organization hosted several route setting clinics in various locations throughout the us to assist in developing the skill of route setting in the sport. USA Climbing had almost 19,000 members at the end of the year.

High performance: provide support to elite athletes from youth, paraclimbing and olympic hopefuls to achieve their athletic goals and represent USA Climbing internationally. USA Climbing funded athletes to attend world cups and the world championships, and operated an elite training facility in salt lake city, ut to further develop USA athletes.