Alberta Climbing Association

Closely following Youth Bouldering Nationals, the 2025-2026 Youth Lead National Championships are ONE WEEK AWAY! Here are the incredible athletes representing Alberta and the ACA next Monday and Tuesday in Montreal! We are so excited to watch everyone give it their all next week! This lead competition will wrap up the season for most of these athletes, so we wish them the best of luck on the last leg of the year! Schedules will be posted closer to the event. Keep an eye out for other announcements. If you are a parent, family member, or friend who is not competing but still going to the event, we highly encourage you to volunteer to support these athletes! Lets go Team Alberta!! #leadnationals #nationals #teamalberta #albertaclimbing #climbing #albertaclimbingassociation #yln2026 @climbcanada

The 2025-2026 Youth Boulder National Championships are officially one week away! Canada's top youth climbers will take to the wall in Montreal next week! Athletes from all over the country will meet in Quebec for a week of incredible climbing. Here is your 2025-2026 Team Alberta roster! We are so proud to be sending 62 incredibly strong athletes to represent Alberta and the ACA at Nationals this year. These athletes have worked so hard all season, and we are beyond excited to watch them compete next week. From those competing at their first National Championships to those competing for the last time, we wish you all the best of luck! The schedule will be posted through a story next week, and it will be highlighted on our profile for quick reference! Keep an eye out for links to volunteer, livestream, and catch up on all the news surrounding this year's Youth Nationals! The lead roster will be announced later this weekend. Who are you most excited to watch compete? #albertaclimbingassociation #albertaclimbing #climbing #teamalberta #nationals #boulderingnationals #ybn2026 @climbcanada

Here are your 2025-2026 season Aggregate Provincial Champs! With that, our lead season also comes to an end. This season was incredible to watch. Athletes new and old stood on the podiums, some for the first time, and some once again. It is always exciting to watch our athletes grow, and this season showed us just how much that can happen. We want to extend a huge thank you to everyone who helped us run this season. Our setters, volunteers, belayers, coaches, athletes, parents, and more! We couldn’t do it without you. To our athletes aging out, thank you for being a part of the ACA throughout your youth career, we hope to see you crushing in the senior category next season! And to our younger athletes, it is so inspiring to see the next generation of climbers. We can’t wait to see where you go! Thank you all for a wonderful provincial season! Best of luck to everyone representing Team Alberta at Nationals next month!!! #albertaclimbing #acaclimbs #albertaclimbingassociation #lead

Youth Lead and Top Rope Provincials!!! It was so great to see every category together in a comp once again! Everyone gave it their all and we are so proud of every single athlete. Huge shoutout to our setters who worked tirelessly all week to prepare for this comp. You’re the heroes behind the scenes and we are always grateful for your endless hard work. And our volunteers! We couldn’t have run this event without your help and you showed up! We were so honoured to have worked with @metricclimbing and @rockymountainsoapco to giveaway some awesome prizes for your hard work. Our ACA athlete reps Evan and Maelle ran this initiative and are so excited to hopefully bring it back next season! This wraps up our ACA season. If you qualified for Nationals we wish you the best of luck! We are so excited to watch Team Alberta crush in Montreal this May! @calgaryclimbing #albertaclimbing #acaclimbs #leadprovincials #albertaclimbingassociation #podiums

We are so excited to start developing our team that will be representing Alberta in the 2027 Canada Winter Games, as Climbing makes its debut in the Games. If you are interested in the Coach or Team Manager position, please check out the job description on our website and send us your application! ---------- The Alberta Climbing Association is seeking qualified applicants for Team Alberta staff positions for the 2027 Canada Winter Games. We are recruiting dedicated individuals to support Alberta athletes in preparation for and competition at the Games. The Canada Winter Games will take place February – March 2027 (exact dates TBD). Selected staff will support athlete preparation leading up to the Games and will accompany the team during competition. The team will include one male and one female coach/manager duo with field-of-play access during competition. Interested applicants should submit a brief statement of interest, coaching resume or CV, and NCCP certification status (if applicable). Applications should be sent to: [email protected] and [email protected] Application deadline: April 8, 2026 Please see our website for more information :)

With Boulder Provincials wrapping up, that means our overall season podiums for bouldering are official! Huge congrats to all athletes who had such a great season, it’s so great to watch everyone climb so hard. Our top 5 overall athletes from categories B, A, and Junior will receive a direct invitation to Nationals. The next 15 ish athletes in these categories and Youth C will be invited to compete at Regionals, with a chance to qualify for Nationals!! Best of luck to everyone who has qualified to represent Team Alberta! We are so excited to see what you can do!

ACA YOUTH PROVINCIAL PODIUMS!!!! Last weekend we wrapped up our final provincial boulder competition!! With our Youth C and D athletes competing in Red Deer the weekend prior, we finished the Alberta bouldering season off in Calgary with our older athletes. To our incredible volunteers, you were the backbone of these events. We would not have been able to run these competitions without your help. For these provincial competitions, we need more volunteers than usual, and you all showed up!!! We are endlessly grateful for everything you do to support us. Another huge shoutout to our amazing setting team, who worked hard all week to set some great boulders for our athletes. And the biggest of congratulations to all of our competitors and our podium finishers!! REMEMBER: If you received a nationals or regionals invite from Jacquelyn, you must respond ASAP and get all requirements done. We can’t wait to see everyone again for Lead Provincials in Calgary in a few weeks!

We’re incredibly excited to support the Calgary Canadian Premier of Mellow Film Tour at the Globe! This year’s show includes 2 Olympians, 4 climbing films and the new generation climbing the hardest routes in the world. Now, if you want to win FREE tickets for yourself and a friend, enter this draw! 🎁 To enter the draw for 2 free tickets 🎁 1 Follow @mellowclimbing @bolderclimbing @acaclimbs 2 Like this post! 3 Tag a friend you’d like to go with in the comments below (each comment with one different friend counts as an entry!) 4 Share this post to your story for a bonus entry (one-time). ‼️ Want an extra chance at winning? Be a volunteer for Youth B/A/Jr Boulder Provincials this weekend for 5 bonus entries per shift! Information for volunteering can be found on the event page. ‼️ The lucky winner will be announced early next week. The screening will be on Wednesday, March 18th. Good luck!

On Sunday, our Youth C/D/Tier 2 athletes competed in their last local of the season! These young climbers look so strong; we are so excited to see the next generation of climbing already dominating! This closes out the season for local competitions; our next comps will be provincials! We want to send a HUGE thank-you to the Canmore Elevation Place for hosting TWO back-to-back competitions for our wonderful athletes. Our setters spent long days in the gym this weekend, making sure everything was perfect. You guys are legends! Thank you to our volunteers, parents, belayers, and everyone who made this comp possible! Keep an eye out for rope provincial invites! Good luck to everyone who qualifies.

February 21st Youth B/A/Jr Lead Local - Elevation Place, Canmore Some incredible climbing went down this weekend in Canmore! Huge congrats to everyone who competed, and great job to our podium finishers! We want to thank all the volunteers, setters, belayers, coaches, parents, athletes, and everyone who helped us put on this competition! Another huge thank you to Elevation Place and the Canmore team for hosting these long back-to-back competitions. This was the last local competition of the 2025/2026 season. Invitations to lead provincials will be set out as soon as we are able to. Best of luck to everyone who qualifies! This comp weekend isn't over yet; we cheer on our Youth D/C/Tier 2 athletes today at the same gym. Good luck!

Alongside our strong team for Senior Boulder Nationals, these incredible athletes will be representing Alberta and the ACA at Senior Lead Nationals from February 15-16. This event will take place in Calgary at CCC's Rocky Mountain location. Come watch these incredible climbers compete on home turf this weekend and bring your best cheers and highest energy! Sunday, February 15 QUALIFIERS: Warm-up opens at 7:00am - First athletes on the wall at 8:30am SEMIFINALS: ISO opens at 4:00pm until 5:00pm - Observation at 5:30pm - First climber at 5:45pm Monday, February 16 FINALS: ISO opens at 12:00pm until 1:00pm - Athlete presentation at 1:30pm - First climber at 2:00pm - Awards to follow Good luck to everyone competing, we can't wait to see you all crush it! #teamalberta #albertaclimbing #climbing #albertaclimbingassociation #nationals #cecseniornationals #leadnationals

Best of luck to all our athletes competing at Senior Boulder Nationals on Thursday! Here is a list of ACA athletes who will represent Alberta on the country's biggest stage. We can't wait to see you perform! Come watch these athletes show down at Bolder Elevated from Feb 12-13! Thursday, February 12: Men's Qualifiers: 8:30am - 3:00pm (Athlete Check-In at 7:00am) Women's Qualifiers: 3:30am - 9:00pm (Athlete Check-In at 2:00pm) Friday, February 13: SEMI-FINALS: 11:30am - 2:00pm (ISO opens at 10:00am) FINALS: Begins at 6:30pm (ISO opens at 5:00pm) #teamalberta #albertaclimbing #climbing #albertaclimbingassociation #nationals #cecseniornationals #bouldernationals