GO Climbing Fest, March 8, 2025

GO Climbing Fest: Community Climbing Event & Competition

Saturday, March 8

Portsmouth, NH  |  Salt Pump Portsmouth aka The Donut Factory  |  199 Constitution Ave

 

GO Climbing Fest is designed to provide a welcome space for newer climbers and plentiful challenges and fun for veteran climbers too. Separate qualifying sessions are scheduled for kids and their parents/guardian and for women, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming climbers. An open-to-all session will round out the qualifying rounds, followed by finals. Pre-registered competitors get a free burrito made by our friends at Vida Cantina for lunch! Plus we'll have a vendor village, raffle, prizes, and more in store throughout the day as we celebrate an amazing first year here in Portsmouth with our entire climbing community. We'll see you here!

Try Hard & Laugh Often

Competition

GO Climbing Fest is our first community competition at Salt Pump Portsmouth aka the Donut Factory!

Vendor Village

Featuring the latest climbing products and the finest local businesses

Raffle

Climbers earn a ticket for each top-out and a chance to win prizes from local businesses, climbing gear, and more!

Spectators welcome at no additional charge. Waivers are required for anyone in the facility; regardless of if you're climbing or not.

Details

Schedule

Doors open at 7:00 am

Competitors choose from 3 qualifying climbing sessions:

  • Session 1 (Parents, Guardians, 12 and Under): 7:30 am - 9:30 am
  • Session 2 (Women, Non-Binary, Gender Non-Conforming): 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
  • Session 3 (Open to All): 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Vendor Village: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

Raffle Drawing: 5:30 pm

Finals Round: 7:00pm

Pricing

$50 non-members

$40 members

$30 12 and under

Additional $10 charge for day of registration

Registration includes your choice of a burrito to be served around noon.*
*To guarantee your burrito, you must register by noon on Weds, March 5th

Climbing Sessions

7:30 am - 9:30 am

Session 1

Parents, Guardians, 12 and Under

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Session 2

Women, Non-Binary, Gender Non-Conforming

2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Session 3

Open to ALL!

Additional Climbing Competition Information

  • Competition will be red-point format - unlimited attempts per problem (no extra points for flashes)
  • Boulders will be ordered number 1 to 100 in order of setter-perceived difficulty
  • Climbers will earn a ticket per "top" for our raffle
  • Judging via the honor system - getting the initials of someone who watched
  • Competitors submit their hardest 7 sends to qualify for the finals round

Vendors / Partners

OnCrux

SamBob

Tenaya

TreeLine Outfitters Co.

Volcanic Ash Hot Sauce

Rhino Skin Solutions

LaSportiva

Oterra Designs

Grandy Organics

Vida Cantina

More to Come!

More to Come!

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FAQs

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