A fun, friendly, team-based, three-part bouldering competition for our awesome community!
ROUND 1 – OCTOBER 22: MONSTER JAM
ROUND 2 – NOVEMBER 5: DIRTBAG THROWBACK
ROUND 3 – DECEMBER 10: TOTALLY ’90S
Grab your three best boulder buds and join us for a fun, team-based bouldering series.
WHAT IS BOULDERS & BREWS?
Held at the Mesa Rim Climbing Academy, teams of four compete over the span of three competitions to earn points and vie for sweet prizes!
Not feeling competitive? It’s all good! We’ll have plenty of food, brews—boozy and non-boozy—and activities to enjoy while you cheer on your climbing buds.
However, competitors also receive a must-have limited edition tank with a super rad design from one of our favorite local artists. So, you should totally compete—if only for the tank.
Click HERE or scroll to the bottom to read all the rules, regs, and important deets.
THE COMPETITIONS
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 6-9PM
The comp gets off to a spooky start. Bring your Halloween best—you and your scary squad can earn bonus points for being the best-dressed team—and send as many routes as possible.
El Hueco Food Truck will be on-hand to keep you fueled while Pure Project Brewing, Bivouac Ciderworks, Bambucha Kombucha, Traveler Coffee, and Dark Horse Coffee satisfy your thirst.
SEE THE RESULTS HERE.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 5-10PM
We’re taking it back to the good old days of climbing.
Don your favorite dirtbag rags—you can boost your score by earning the title of best-dressed team.
Come hungry—Chameleon Cuisine will sling tasty world fusion-style meals. Plus, Pure Project Brewing and Biovouac Ciderworks will provide adult brews, and Traveler Coffee and Kombucha will keep the stoke high.
SEE THE RESULTS HERE
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 5-9PM
PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED ONCE SCORES ARE TABULATED
Boulders & Brews closes out with a totally tubular ’90s-themed competition. Make sure you and your home skillets are decked out in your dopest gear—this is your last chance to nab points for looking fly.
There will be a food truck and tasty adult and non-adult brews.
SEE THE FINAL RESULTS HERE.
DEETS AKA RULES AKA THINGS TO KNOW
TEAMS
- Competitors sign up as teams of 4 OR as a free agents; we will connect you with teammates
- Team members may be of any climbing ability, from VB to Nalle Hukkataival
- Competitors self-identity ability upon sign up (beginner, intermediate, advanced)
COST
$15 per competitor which includes:
- Entry for all THREE competition sessions
- Limited edition tank
- Day pass for competitors who aren’t members
Rental gear is not included
BOULDERING RULES
- Teams have 5 hours to complete all boulders in their ability range
- Teams do not need to be there for the duration of the session and may show up/leave at any time
- All boulders are worth the same number of points (so ability does not factor into score, only quantity of completed climbs)
- A winning team will be announced for each individual session
- Teams must compete in any two out of three competitions to qualify for League Ranking and prizes
- Teams whose members are all wearing costumes according to each session’s theme will unlock a special boulder problem worth extra points
- The team voted best dressed during each session will earn extra points
BONUS POINTS
- Teams whose members are all wearing costumes according to each session’s theme will unlock a special boulder problem worth extra points
- The team voted best dressed during each session will earn extra points
NON-BOULDERING RULES
- Any climber who dresses up for the competition theme (what constitutes as ‘dressed up’ is subject to staff approval) will have access to a special problem worth double the points. Each session will have a special problem for each skill category (beginner/int/adv)
- One team and one individual will earn extra points for wearing the raddest costumes.