Inform and Inspire

Welcome to Upstate Bouldering, designed around bouldering in the Upstate region of South Carolina. This website is intended to inform the reader of local spots in SC, Western NC and Northeast GA, as well as a blog of my experiences climbing at these great spots. I hope everyone learns of a new place to climb or is inspired to climb somewhere close to them. If you have any comments, please send me an e-mail.

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Upcoming Events Near Upstate Bouldering! October 20th, November 2nd-4th and the BIG ONE on December 1st!

There are a few super fun upcoming events near the bouldering in the Upstate of SC...check it all out and enjoy the most that the area has to offer!!!

One With The Ride is having a pre-Halloween Jam, on Saturday October 20th starting at 2pm, that includes skateboarding on the mini-ramp/half pipe, biking on the new dirt jump course, bouldering on their new bouldering wall (and boulders only 5 minutes away), music and the possibility of camping!  This is a great way to meet the newest supporter of the upstate bouldering community, do some local bouldering and spend the evening having fun before you camp out and get up to boulder again the next morning!!! Here is a link to their webpage and a link to the Facebook post with information about the event. I'll be around the boulders on Saturday morning if anyone is in town and wants to tag along on a session before the festivities begin...drop me a post or message here or on the Upstate Bouldering Facebook page:)



The Pisgah Climbing Festival is November 2nd-4th and is sure to be an incredibly good weekend in the mountains!!!  To register, click here and go ahead and reserve your spot at this awesome event!!!  For more info on the Facebook page for the event, click here.  Here is a little more about the event and what to expect...

1st Ever Pisgah Climbing Festival. Come join us for a weekend of climbing and fun. Mandatory $10 Donation will get you:


Climbing
Fundraising
Silent Auctions
Slideshows
Guidebook Signings
Camping
Food
Drinking
Etc.

Directions:
From Asheville, take State Highway 280 south to Brevard. At the junction of U.S. Highway 276/64/280, follow Highway 64 west through Brevard to Cathy's Creek Road/Forest Road 471. Take a right and go 1.25 miles to campground entrance.

Sponsors:
Looking Glass Outfitters
Upstate Bouldering
Brevard Rock Gym
Cobourn, Sabley and Associates
ReGear Outdoors
Vision Climbing Holds
Misty Mountain Threadworks
Brad and Mike Reardon with the New Cedar Rock Climbing Guidebook
Barndoor Climbing Holds
American Alpine Club
Ron Gulden


Last but definitely not least is the 2nd annual Jocassee Gorges Bouldering Trail Day coming on December 1st!!!  Folks, this is going to be a BIG event...we're rolling out some new boulderfields containing some of the best boulder problems in SC!!!  Make sure you make plans to be at this event because this will be the only time to see a guidebook to these "new" areas and I'll be there to give everyone and anyone a tour of the area classics:)  Stephen Scoff is getting all of the details wrapped up, but you can be assured that there will be free camping available for those that want to stay, food, libations and a great time with like minded boulderers...click here to see the link to the event on Facebook. You can guarantee that there will be a lot more information coming out as soon as its available about this event, so stay tuned to Upstate Bouldering for all of the details!!!

If you cant make it out to one of these events, make sure that you find an event near you to enjoy and hang out with fellow climbers and boulderers!!!