Clinic Details
This clinic is for experienced single pitch trad leaders looking to make the transition from leading single pitch routes to leading multi-pitch routes.
Climic will be held Saturday June 28 at Sugarloaf. Meetup time is 8:30 am – gate opens at 8:00 am.
Rain date is the following day Sunday June 29.
Clinic Topics
Multipitch is more than just stacking one single pitch climb on top of another.
Cancellations
To cancel, keep your registration email, or contact the trip organizer or the webmaster at pactms.org
Please cancel your registration if you are no longer able to attend so someone can have your spot. If you no show once, you will get an email from the Chair. If you no show twice, you will not be allowed to sign up for another event for 3 months. If you continue to no show, your membership will be cancelled and refunded.
If you can’t make it the morning of the event, at least give the trip leader a courtesy call so that no one is waiting for you in the parking lot.
Please note that this is not a guided event and none of our trip leaders are professional guides. Climbing is an inherently dangerous sport and you do so at your own risk. You are responsible for yourself and your own safety at all times.
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Multi Pitch Trad Leading
June 28, 2025
8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Admission
Goes On Sale
June 14, 2025
Venue: Sugarloaf
Venue Website: https://sugarloafmd.com
Address:
Description:
Sugarloaf Mountain is a small 1,200ft monadnock 20 miles south of Frederick, MD. Sugarloaf offers local climbers some of the closest traditional lead climbing to the Washington Metro Area. It is also notable for some excellent top-rope routes, as well as numerous boulder problems scattered throughout the forest.
The private Stronghold Foundation owns the land and welcomes many hikers and climbers each year. Please bring $5 cash to donate at the entrance (encouraged but not required). Sugarloaf is also a trash free park, so pack it in pack it out. There are port-a-potties at the West parking lot.
The most popular climbing areas – Middle Earth and Boy Scout Ledges – are a short walk from the West View Parking lot
To reach Sugarloaf, follow I270 to the Hyattstown exit, follow Route 109 to Comus, then right on Comus Road to the Sugarloaf Mountain entrance.