ÜG Climbing League
Summer League
Starting June 2025
Unlike previous leagues, each participation will be working towards earning as many points as possible as every point is a chance to win great prizes. – this is a fun league that will challenge both brand new climbers as well as seasoned climbers. The more you climb, the better your odds are of winning: Arc’teryx is sponsoring this league with various awesome gifts that will be on display at ÜG in the coming week. So you could win one of the best prizes, even if you are a brand new climber.
The cost is only $40 and includes the league t-shirt for signups before Sunday July 1st.
Overall, this league should be about working together and giving you all a better reason to talk to others that you see often around the crag. If you have any questions, please ask Matt. Thanks and good luck!
Summer League Format
Note: Various details may be changes before the start of the league, but this is the gist!
- The League is ~8-weeks long, beginning Tuesday June 17th.
- There will be one new set every other week.
- This is helpful for those that are on vacation this summer.
- The primary league will be scored on the Ropes, but there will be a separate prize for those that compete on boulders
- Ropes Set 1 – Tuesday June 17th
- Ropes Set 2 – Tuesday July 1st
- Ropes Set 3 –Tuesday July 15th
Last day of Ropes: Noon on Friday August 8th - Boulders Set 1 – Tuesday June 24th
- Boulders Set 2 – Tuesday July 8th
- Boulders Set 3– Tuesday July 29th
Last day of Boulders: Noon on Friday August 8thParty Friday August 8th!
- There will be one new set every other week.
Scoring:
- Rope routes are scores like this:
- #1 Rope (Easiest) : 100 points
- #2 Rope : 90 points
- #3 Rope: 80 points
- #4 Rope : 70 points
- #5 Rope : 50 points
- #6 Rope: 40 points
- #7 Rope: 30 points
- #8 Rope (Hardest): 20 points
- Flash bonus earns you 10 extra points.
- Trading belays with each new climber earns you 20 points.
- Participating in Yoga/Fitness class earns you points, too.
- The first class you take each week earns you 50 points.
- Each sequential class each week earns you 25 points.
- Boulder problems successfully climbed earns you 30 points.
- Points will be awarded for every successfully completed climb. Try as many as possible!
- A climb is completed when a climber begins on the route’s designated start hold(s) for two full seconds, completes the entire route without falling, resting on the rope, or using holds from other routes, and finishes with both hands on the finish hold(s) for two full seconds.
- If the climb is not successfully climbed, you can earn some points as each climb will feature zone holds worth some points, so even if you can’t climb the whole route, you’ll earn points based on how far off the ground you get before falling.
- If the climb is successfully climbed on the very first attempt, a flash bonus will be awarded.
- Every point earned over the course of the league is worth a raffle ticket!
- The higher you climb, the more points you earn, and the greater your chances of winning some great prizes.
Top Team Prizes
Arc’teryx is putting up some great prizes that will be won via lotto.
Again, this is a friendly league with the goal to help encourage everyone to climb as much as possible this summer. With each climb earning you raffle tickets, even teams full of new climbers have a good chance to win.
One team will win $1000 from Arc’teryx
One team of four will win (4) $250 gift cards to purchase new Arc’teryx gear!
La Sportiva
La Sportiva is giving away a Gift Card for $150 in apparel and a number of Tikka Headlamps! Again, every climber has great chances of winning these prizes!
Scarpa
Scarpa is giving away a Gift Card for any pair of climbing shoes to one climber in our lotto! So, every climber has incentive to earn as many points as possible, but brand new climbers also have great odds of winning!
