SLCA Receives the Alexis Kelner Conservation Award

In celebration of 50 years of active life, much of which has been spent preserving the natural beauty of the Wasatch Mountains, the friends of Alexis Kelner have established 'The Alexis Kelner Conservation Award' to be administered by the Wasatch Mountain Club.

On November 2nd, 2024, the SLCA’s Executive Director, Julia Geisler, accepted the award for twenty years of stewardship, access, and preservation of the Wasatch Mountains climbing resources and for getting lower Little Cottonwood Canyon designated as America's first recreational climbing area to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Dennis Goreham, Alex Kelner, Julia Geisler, Julie Kilgore