2024 Tickets & Clinics
Festival Ticket Info
Early bird ticket pricing (May 6-July 6) - $95
Standard ticket pricing (July 6 - September 6) - $125
Supportive ticket pricing (May 6-September 6) - $140
Festival tickets: We aim to keep our ticket prices affordable! If you cannot afford a ticket, please fill out the submission form below and we can work something out. We are a non-profit and fundraise to pay for festival costs. A “supportive ticket” is for individuals who want to give extra love to the festival - it goes a long way in helping our cause!
Clinic tickets: If you’d like to participate in a clinic, you will need to purchase both a festival and a clinic ticket. If you are not interested in a clinic, you will only need to purchase a festival ticket. We are unable to sell just clinic tickets.
2024 Clinic Offerings
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Beginner Babes
Discover the world of outdoor rock climbing! If you have been climbing or bouldering at the gym but haven’t ever or have rarely climbed outside, this clinic is for you! Or maybe you have a laundry list of questions about how and where to start roping up, this clinic is a safe space! We will go over anchors, cleaning anchors, rappelling and safety! Of course, plenty of r o c k climbing will be involved as well. We are here to nurture and inspire your budding climbing career!
This clinic is appropriate for all climbing levels, but geared towards beginners.
Saturday and/or Sunday (depending on interest) 9am - 3pm
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Fear is the Mindkiller
Do you looooove climbing, but feel your fear or falling or injuring yourself holds you back? Or, do you struggle to send when the pressure is on? How about your relationship with the sport, does it feel sustainable? Every climber goes through mental struggles. This clinic to learn more about your stress (it is not “all in your head”) and specific tools you can practice to improve your relationship with it!
Sunday 9am-3pm
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Rock Rescue
Learning tools and understanding your options for when things do not go as planned is an invaluable skill for all climbers! Approach your climbing day with more confidence and safety by taking this clinic.
Participants in this clinic will learn...
Most common climbing knots and hitches: because we need these to create solutions
Concepts: Assisted braking devices (ABD's): advantages for their use. We want clean systems and the simplest solution.
Ascending methods
Lowering & hauling
This clinic is appropriate for climbers of all abilities!
Sunday 9am - 3pm
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Cams and Jams
New this festival is a clinic that has been highly requested! Do you want to learn how to climb the Earth’s natural features- cracks? Let us teach you the basics of trad climbing in a low-key, friendly setting. We know how intimidating your buddies’ crack photos look.
Participants in this clinic will learn…
How and when to place cams and other pieces of protection
The body positions common and essential to crack climbing
How to get those perfect hand jams!
Note: this photo was not taken at Hellgate or Avalanche Gulch. The cracks at Hellgate might be a little more rough around the edges, but this clinic is all about learning the skills to go climb trad wherever your heart desires!
This clinic is appropriate for climbers of all abilities!
Saturday and or Sunday (depending on interest) 9am-3pm
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Rock Dancing 101
Learn how to climb efficiently with your strength! Did you dive straight into the deep end when you started climbing? Never felt like you learned formal technique tips? Let’s get you moving like Shakira or Prince or Mick Jagger!
Topics include: Counter balance with trailing foot, hip positioning, footwork drills, and more!
This clinic is appropriate for those climbing 5.9 or higher.
Saturday 9am-3pm
The clinics at the Montana Womens Climbing Festival are conducted by Beartooth Mountain Guides.
Financial assistance
Depending on the amount of the donations and our sponsors we can offer financial assistance to anyone who feels like they can not affort the festival and clinic prices. Please reach out to us with the following information: Your name, contact information and how much you need to be covered. We want to gather Montana climbers to strenghten our community and money should not be the terminating factor.
More Clinics!
You can’t make it to our festival, you couldn’t get into one of the clinics or you just want to participate in more? Below we have some options with our partnering Montana guide services!
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Rock Climbing & Yoga Retreat
A mindful climbing weekend accompanied by mobility & strength focused yoga. Learn how to become a better climber through skills, mindfulness and risk assessment. Led by Rock guide Anju, this course is open to toprope and lead climbers who want to discover new terrain, grades and mindsets! With body and mind yoga by Nico our trip is rounded up with a perfect start and finish of the day.
June 14-16, 2024
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Sport Climbing Falling and Catching
Women's Sport Climbing clinic focused on the lead climbing partnership and mental game surrounding falling and catching with Lindsay Fixmer and Anju Samuelson. We will climb at Allenspur in Livingston and Wolverine Bowl in the Bridger range.
July 11-12, 2024
