Applications for the Spring 2026 PMC Mountaineering Conditioning Program (MCon) are being accepted from January 16 8:00am until January 25th 5:00pm. This year’s mentors – Ana Mills, Chris Close, Nishan Kulatilaka, and Guille Calles are 12/10 stoked for the 2026 season! We have new trail combinations, a bonus camping and skill building weekend, and not (more…)

Join PMC for a monthly Women’s Climbing Meetup at the Movement Crystal City gym on Friday Jan 23 from 6 – 9 pm. This event is intended to support a community of women-identifying climbers and is inclusive of cisgender and transgender women, as well as gender-expansive individuals who are most comfortable in a woman-oriented setting. (more…)

Sundays at Rio Itching to get outside but the weather isn’t cooperating? This is an Outdoor Climbers Meet up hosted by the Potomac Mountain Club at 10am every Sunday until the end of March i.e. Jan 11, 18, 25;  Feb 1, 8, 15, 22;  March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 unless cancelled Sundays at Rio (more…)

**This event is not for novice climbers** From Mountain Project: “Old Rag is the traditional climbing crown of Virginia. For those willing to brave the somewhat lengthy approach with a full rack and rope, gorgeous single pitch, Joshua Tree-esque granite awaits you. Classic splitters, corners and faces on very old and bomber rock define this area. Choose wisely, because an (more…)

Join PATC-MS for a monthly Women & Gender-Expansive Indoor Climbing Meetup. The December Meetup will be on Thursday, December 18th from 6 – 9 pm at Sportrock Sterling. This space is intended to support a community of women-identifying climbers and is inclusive of cisgender and transgender women, as well as gender-expansive individuals who are most (more…)

Applications for Alpine Skills Weekend (ASW) are now being accepted! The application period is October 12, 2025 to October 24, 2025 5:00pm. Applications will not be accepted after the cut-off. Applicants will be notified on or by October 26, 2025 9:00pm.   ASW will run Thursday January 29 to Sunday February 1, with mandatory travel days on (more…)

This is a mid-week sport climbing trip to the Smoke Hole Canyon in West Virginia, east of Seneca Rocks and the North Fork Mountain/Germany Valley. It is about a 3-3.5 hour drive from Washington DC. The canyon contains a number of limestone sport climbing areas, mostly located towards the north end of the canyon.  Reed’s (more…)