Climbing news, events, guides and advice, from new walls and competitions to how to start climbing.
The same headline day price does not make three gyms identical. Compare Zagreb's bouldering venues by training boards, location, entrance instructions and the conditions attached to a ticket.
Joe Rushton
Every Belgian crag is on private or public land, and only members of a climbing federation may climb there. Here's how access works, how to bring a friend who isn't a member, and where to start, from Freÿr to the Ourthe.
Joe Rushton
Belgium has no legal belay licence, but many Flemish halls ask for the KBF's KVB card before you climb on a rope, while halls in Brussels and Wallonia run their own briefings, tests and badges. Here's what to expect, hall by hall.
Joe Rushton
Nova Scotia's coast is covered in sharp granite. Here's where to boulder and climb near Halifax, from Chebucto Head and Peggy's Cove to Dover Island and Mainface, and the access rules to know first.
Joe Rushton
Winnipeg is on the prairie, but the Canadian Shield starts just east of the city. Here's where to climb outside, from Lac du Bonnet's granite boulders to the 350-plus routes around Kenora.
Joe Rushton
Canada's first climbing gym opened in Toronto in 1990. Since then the city has gained roped gyms in old cinemas, a wave of bouldering gyms and shared passes: here's how Toronto's climbing scene grew.
Joe Rushton
The Ontario Climbing Federation's season runs from speed in Kingston in November to the youth provincials at Steel Peak, The Core, Gravity Hamilton and Hub Mississauga in spring 2027. Here are the dates and venues.
Joe Rushton
From Canmore's long season to ice walls and frozen falls in or near Edmonton, Quebec City, Montréal and Trois-Rivières: where to try ice climbing in Canada, and how to start safely.
Joe Rushton
Three of Climbing Business Journal's nine best new Canadian gyms of 2025 are in Metro Vancouver, and UBC's rebuilt BirdCoop Bouldering Centre opens on 19 October 2026. Here's what each one offers.
Joe Rushton
From the Kananaskis crags closest to Calgary to the Bow Valley's sport crags and big walls around Canmore, plus winter ice: where to climb outside near Calgary, and the passes and rules to know.
Joe Rushton
The FQME's Coupe Québec circuit visits gyms in Trois-Rivières, Quebec City and Greater Montréal this autumn, ahead of the Speed Nationals in Montréal in January and sport climbing's Canada Games debut in Quebec City in March 2027.
Joe Rushton
Sport Climbing BC's season runs from Pop & Lock in Kelowna in October to the open provincials at the Richmond Olympic Oval in December, with speed events at The Boulders near Victoria and bouldering across Metro Vancouver.
Joe Rushton
