Category: Adopt-a-Crag

  • Coming Together: Stewardship and the Climbing Community in the Midst of COVID-19

      Blue paint is hard. So is black. Don’t get the paint remover on your skin, it burns. After a certain point, expect diminishing returns. Is the paint coming off? Or are we just making it brighter in cleaning off one layer at a time? Climbers are generally bullheaded people, and none of this seemed…

  • Volunteer for Graffiti Cleanups at Great Falls!

    As many of you may be aware, Great Falls Park has seen a significant outbreak of graffiti vandalism this season. Thankfully, the National Park Service is partnering with the climbing community to support multiple small cleanup events throughout the fall…and we need volunteers! The NPS has agreed to facilitate volunteer cleanup events every week between…

  • Update: Mid Atlantic Climbers During COVID-19

    Whether your favorite climbing area is a crag adjacent to the city, deep in the backcountry, or somewhere in between, we as climbers have all been significantly impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 health emergency. Every state in the mid-Atlantic region currently has a stay at home order in place which limits travel and our daily…

  • Mid Atlantic Climbers Spring Adopt a Crag Update

    Usually this is the time of the year Mid Atlantic Climbers announces our full Spring Adopt a Crag schedule and invites volunteers to sign up. Over the past few months, our leadership team has worked with local land managers and partners to plan six events to help conserve climbing resources and maintain good relationships with…

  • Another Season Of Stewardship – Spring 2019

    Spring is here, and with it comes another season of Adopt a Crags.  We’re excited to have partnered with the South Central Pennsylvania Climbers at Governor Stable on March 30, and we’re looking forward to working at Annapolis Rocks for the first time. In addition to these excellent events, we’ve been approved for some immediate work…

  • MAC Open Meeting – The Future of Climbing Needs Your Voice!

    Mid Atlantic Climbers is excited to host a public meeting at the new REI Flagship store in Washington, DC. This meeting is open to everyone regardless of membership status. It will be a great opportunity to find out what Mid Atlantic Climbers is all about and what events and projects we have in the works. It…

  • Looking Ahead to Another Year of Climbing Stewardship

    2016 was another banner year for climbing access in the mid-Atlantic region. Thanks to the support of Mid Atlantic Climbers members and volunteers, last year we continued to expand our community of climbing stewards and build relationships with local land managers in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. MAC volunteers put in 816 hours of…

  • Spring 2016 Events: Climbers Crush Cleanups from Sending Temps to Trails Day

    On June 4, 50 volunteers joined Mid Atlantic Climbers for the final stewardship project of the spring season at Carderock Recreation Area, where they worked on trail mulching and maintenance in a fitting observance of National Trails Day.  After trail work was done, volunteers celebrated a great day of work and a successful spring season with…

  • An Epic Fall Season Caps off a Year of Stewardship

    On Saturday, November 14th, Mid Atlantic Climbers swarmed the boulders at Northwest Branch Stream Valley Park in Silver Spring, MD. More than 40 volunteers came out for a morning of trail work, graffiti removal, trash clean-up, and even the hard work of invasive species removal. After all the work was completed, volunteers enjoyed pizza, some…

  • Rockfest Recap 2015

    The last Saturday of August was a beautiful day at Coopers Rock, WV, and climbers from DC, MD, VA, WV and PA gathered at the Trout Pond for a day of trail work and maintenance projects at one of the regions premiere bouldering destinations. In coordination with the Coopers Rock Foundation, Mid Atlantic Climbers hosted their…