The Voice Of Squamish Climbers

Protecting access to the crags, cliffs and boulders you love

Your added voice brings more influence to bear upon access issues important to the climbing community

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SQUAMISH

ACCESS

SOCIETY

Advocating for the access to and protection of Squamish’s climbing areas. Maintaining and improving the climbing experience while fostering a diverse and engaged climbing community. 

What We Do

Advocacy

We work with Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Nation, land managers, and rightsholders to protect and enhance Squamish climbing access.

Stewardship

We maintain trails, crags, and improve climbing infrastructure. We promote ethical climbing practices and minimize our environmental impact.

Representing climbers to preserve access to the climbing you love

  • Building trails

  • Improving infrastructure

  • Directing and advising parks and government

  • Re-bolting old crags and bringing them back to life

  • Anchor and bolt upgrades to keep climbers safe

  • Events & Community

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Join SAS

The more the merrier!
$10 for 1 year.

When you join SAS, it helps us speak for climbing in Squamish.

Membership
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Who we are

The Squamish Access Society (formerly Squamish Rock Climbers Association) was created in 1985. Largely operating behind closed doors, in a small community of outcasts and oddballs, SAS has evolved over the years as our small community has exploded.

We welcome the changes and are excited to meet the next generations of rock lovers!

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Get involved

We depend on our community. Donations are appreciated, but we recognize this is not an option for everyone. Time and energy on the ground is where the magic really happens—and we know climbers have tons of that ;).

Click here to find out how to participate in upcoming projects.

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Rebolting / Reporting

SAS engages in retrofitting hardware on existing routes. If you have encountered an old or misplaced bolt on a route please let us know!

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Latest News:

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Annual Report
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Board Candidates
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Proposed Bylaw and Constitution Changes
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We are looking for new board members
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Our Letter to Council About Paid Parking
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Access to Echo Beach and The Hermitage will be closed tomorrow-Saturday July 24th until 2pm due to trail work and overhead hazard. Please ensure if going that afternoon you aren’t passing any closure signs. Thanks for your cooperation in allow
Update on Grand Wall closure: The rockfall closure for the Grand Wall remains in place, with a couple of changes. After further rockfall near the Black Dyke, the boundary has been expanded on the right side to cover Java Jive and Flex Capacitor. The
Climbers on the Apron should be aware there is still a downed tree at the top of pitch 3 of Over the Rainbow. SAS wants to thank Jana Marshall for not only reporting the hazard to us and the community, but also securing the tree to mitigate the hazar
Squamish Rampage is back! All proceeds support the Squamish Access Society. Follow @squamish_rampage for more details. This year the competition includes routes!! Get training now, the rampage commences soon. #squamishrampage #squamishaccess #squami
Sport Climbers it’s your turn! Saturday July 24th 9am-1pm, there will be a Stewardship Day at Chek. Come help clean up our crags and work on trail improvement. Corporate sponsors @midnightlightning.co and @arcteryxvancouver will have swag and d
Slhanay closure: After rockfall earlier this week on the Photophobia buttress, BC parks has temporarily closed some of the climbs on Slhanay. The area affected runs left to right from Dogzilla(5.11b) to The White Feather(5.11d)/The Dean Channel(5.11b
After an initial assessment by a geotechnical engineer, the closure boundary at the Grand Wall has been reduced. The right hand extent of the closure has been reduced so The Black Dyke, Java Jive, Coyote and Flex Capacitor are no longer affected. The
Grand Wall closure As a result of the rockfall on Sunday BC Parks are temporarily closing the Grand Wall route, some climbs at the base, and the some of the boulders on the slope below the wall. It is likely that the areas affected will change as BC
Grand Wall rockfall Today at around 3pm there was a large rock fall near the Split Pillar pitch of the classic Grand Wall (5.11). A very large flake about 20m left of the top of the Split Pillar tumbled down the wall directly through the traverse to
Last Saturday June 19th @hiveclimbing and @flashedclimbing hosted a stewardship event at the Grand Wall Boulders with the @squamishaccesssociety. An amazing dedicated crew of volunteers collected an entire pickup truck load worth of garbage, improved

Core Values

Advocacy - We work with Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Nation, land managers, and rightsholders to protect and enhance Squamish climbing access.

Stewardship - We maintain trails, crags, and improve climbing infrastructure. We promote ethical climbing practices and minimize our environmental impact.

Sustainability - We prioritize the accessibility of Squamish's climbing areas through stewardship and environmental conservation.

Community - We foster an inclusive and connected climbing community by encouraging collaboration amongst climbers, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Nation, land managers, and rightsholders.

Education - We are committed to educating climbers and the broader community on best practices for climbing areas, access issues and route development.

As guests of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw we are committed to advocating for respectful stewardship of the cliffs and crags within the Sea to Sky region, to ensure continued access for generations to come.

For the love of the land, we are stronger together..