We are excited to announce that we are hosting our trip leader training on Saturday, April 5th, at Sugarloaf. We are encouraging PATC-MS members to become trip leaders themselves and offer their knowledge and expertise to our climbing community. We will discuss important topics necessary to being a trip leader. You will learn how to (more…)
It’s time to get your mountain fitness on! Applications for the Spring Mountaineering Conditioning Group (M-Con) are now being accepted! The application and additional information can be found at www.mountaineeringconditioning.com. Applicants must register to access the application. Applications will be accepted from January 17 to January 27 and applicants will be notified of their status by February (more…)
The next Women’s Monthly Gym Meet Up @ Movement Crystal City will be held on January 10. This “Vertical Happy Hour” is hosted by the PATC-MS Women’s Committe. This meetup is for women and female-identifying participants and is intended to connect climbers and support female representation in the climbing community. We’ll meet by the chairs (more…)
Our next club meeting will be held on Saturday, January 11, 2025, at Movement Crystal City from 10am-12pm. The meeting room is located inside the JGB building in which the gym is housed. Further directions to the meeting room will be provided closer to the date. An agenda will be provided as well. For those (more…)
What better way to send off the 2024 than climbing and grabbing a drink (and maybe a bite to eat). Wear your PATC-MS swag and meet us at 6pm at the bottom of the stairs at the front of the gym. We will climb for a couple hours before finding our way to a nearby (more…)
The next Women’s Monthly Gym Meet Up @ Movement Crystal City will be held on December 6. This “Vertical Happy Hour” is hosted by the PATC-MS Women’s Committe. This meetup is for women and female-identifying participants and is intended to connect climbers and support female representation in the climbing community. We’ll meet by the chairs (more…)
Following a request by Club Members, the details for the 2025 Alpine Skills Weekend (ASW) have been reposted to provide information about this weekend which is held each year. It’s not an event you can register for as the application portal is now closed and ASW is currently waitlisted. Thanks to all who applied! _________________________________ (more…)
We are excited to offer a natural top rope anchor building clinic on Saturday, November 23. Topics will cover knots, anchors, rope management & care, edge safety, and anchor-building practice. The clinic will be at the Sandbox area at Great Falls. Meet at 8 a.m. in the climber’s lot (immediate right turn after passing the (more…)
***This clinic is for climbers already with experience in trad climbing and multi-pitch climbing who are looking to learn or sharpen their self-rescue skills. It is not for beginner climbers.*** Purpose: The clinic will focus on scenarios in which climbers may find themselves in single-pitch or multi-pitch settings, especially on trad climbs, where self-rescue (more…)
Are you intrested in mountaineering or backpacking but don’t know where to start? M-Con is running a beginner’s backpacking trip! Registration opens Sunday October 7th at 8:00am. Kathleen Krupenevich and Leila Desotelle will lead a introduction to backpacking trip the weekend of November 22-24th in George Washington National Park. This will be up to 10 (more…)