Helping Everyone Climb
Open Door Program
The Open Door Program is a tool for growing and serving the climbing community across all demographics. This program is a community wide effort to make climbing accessible and to cultivate a climbing community that reflects the diversity of the geographic regions we serve. We feel that is best accomplished through reducing as many barriers to climbing as possible, one of those being financial.
Offering a program like this requires the entire community to believe in it for it to be sustainable. This belief includes honesty and trust about true financial need. Additionally, the ability to offer this program is limited and depends on community supporters (Door Openers). We can’t do it without you.
523 Open Door Members
41 Door Openers
Apply for an Open Door Membership
Our Open Door Membership is intended for those whose financial situation prevents them from climbing. It is a self-select in/out program. We trust that individuals will be truthful about their financial situations. These memberships will be granted in the order that applications are received and can take between 4-6 weeks to process. If the program is full, you will be placed on a waiting list until we get more Door Openers or a spot opens up.
Become a Door Opener
Are you a climbing fanatic and want to help share it? You can add a monthly add-on to your recurring membership or make a one-time donation to support the Open Door Program. Your support makes this program possible.
Funds collected will be used to support Open Door Memberships and scholarships for youth programming. These funds will not be used to pay for training, wages, or regular operations.
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Other 5.Life Community Programs
Community Days
Everyone deserves the opportunity to connect with like people and climb. We offer specially designated days to encourage connection and diversity as well as making climbing more accessible.
$1 for Access
$1 for Access is our in-house initiative to help provide and preserve access to climbing (both indoors and out) for all. Because of you, our community has donated more than $93,000 to help protect and conserve the climbing environment.