What NPS and USFS have proposed, and what you can do about it. - Access Fund

What NPS and USFS have proposed, and what you can do about it.

  • By The Access Fund

On November 17, 2023, the National Park Service and US Forest Service issued draft climbing management guidance for public comment. The public comment period is 60 days. If implemented, the guidance would create significant safety issues, threaten world-class climbing routes (many were established prior to wilderness designations), obstruct appropriate wilderness exploration, and burden land managers and climbers with unnecessary red tape. 

As climbers, fixed anchors are essential pieces of our safety system that allow us to safely and sustainably access vertical terrain. Without fixed anchors, many of the wildest and most inspiring places in America would become inaccessible to the public.

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Julia Geisler