First Day of Practice

Who's excited?!?
Practice starts this Tuesday, March 9th.

Junior Team 6-7:15
Senior Team 7:15 - 8:45

As usual on the first day of practice we will have a team parent meeting in the gym at 7:10 to go over the outline for this spring and answer any questions.

registration is available at the gym before and during practice.
See you there.

Spring 2010 Session Schedule

Steepteam Spring 2010 Program

a google calendar of the below is available by clicking on the "STEEPTEAM CALENDAR" on the right sidebar.

March 9th - first practice, focus on technique and fitness

March 18th - no practice

March 20th - Steepfest 2010 Climbing Competition

March 23rd - first rope practice, everyone needs a harness

April 8th - no practice

April 10th - Spire Spring Fling roped climbing competition in Bozeman

April 15th - first outdoor Thursday practice weather permitting

April 24th - outdoor climbing at Timber Canyon east of Bridger

May 8th - outdoor climbing in Cody

May 22 - outdoor climbing in East Rosebud Canyon

June 5th - Zimmerman Park Dirtfest outdoor bouldering competition

Junior team practices at 6pm - 7:15pm

Senior team practices at 7:15pm - 8:45pm

weather permitting, after April 15th Thursday practices will be outside. ALL KIDS NEED THEIR OWN HARNESS.

Costs:

3 month gym membership + team fees. Costs should be similar to previous sessions. Climbing competitions have an additional registration fee.

Register for the Spring Program at the front desk at Steepworld.

USA Climbing Sport Climbing Series (SCS)

kids interested at competing for a shot at nationals will need to register with the USAC and compete in three local comps and Regionals. Information regarding the SCS can be found here. Due to large travel requirements and a growing collective interest in outdoor climbing, the team has decided to place emphasis on progressing our outdoor skills through outdoor practices and trips, climbers competing in the SCS will need to manage their own travel and competition registration. I am available to handle any questions regarding such.

Happy Valentines

from Dani's finger to you.

Cody Ice Festival

I've had many kids ask about trying out ice climbing this past year. One of the best ways to be introduced to the sport is to attend the annual Cody Ice Festival over Presidents Day weekend in February. A two day, two night event, with Friday night getting all your gear sorted out, Saturday ice climbing with a guide, and a great Saturday night slideshow. The gear and guides are included in the cost, meals are extra, but usually worth it.

I have guided the past two years at the event, unsure as of yet if I will do so again this year. More information and sign-up can be found here.

Fall Wrap Up

We had 18 climbers climb at Regionals this past Saturday, and 4 climbers received invites to Nationals, Ben, Charlie, Matt McGrail, and Emma Murter. As a bonus to everyone's hard work Steepteam finished in a very, very, very close 2nd place to Team Momentun from Salt Lake. A lot of kids faced some very difficult routes and set the bar for expectations in the coming future. Regionals wraps up our Fall // Winter session, We will start up again on March 9th with a more outdoor focused agenda.

Regionals Week

Tuesday : Mock onsight climbing comp
Wednesday - Friday : Mandatory rest days, no climbing, and no practice on Thursday
Saturday : Regionals at Spire. Know your time to be in isolation and don't miss it! Event schedule posted HERE.

REGIONALS

Bozeman - Spire Climbing Gym
The schedule for Saturday the 16th is posted here note the early start time for certain categories. Estimated event wrap-up is targeted to be around 6pm.

The sign-up deadline is MIDNIGHT SATURDAY JANUARY 9th.
you do not need to be a USAC member to compete, the event is open to all.
The link to register is here.

We will be having a team discussion regarding plans for our spring session during some downtime at the Bozeman comp. I'll let parents know what time that will be the day of. We will tentatively start practice on March 9th.

Holiday Updates

ABS Regionals Bozeman - January 16th.

Registration is open on-line ONLY. The cost is a bit pricey, at $82.50. I understand those who may want to elect out of competing. The comp cost will include a t-shirt, mostly likely food, and maybe some other perks. This is a rare opportunity to attend a regional / divisional level event this close to home. Climbers from Salt Lake, and Boise will also be in attendance. Plus Spire will have Molly Beard, certified U.S. National routesetter, acting as the head routesetter!

Practice schedule:

Tuesday Dec 19 - there will be practice. No practice then until January 5th. The gym will be open during the break and your memberships are still active. I highly encourage team members to get into the gym for a little climb time.

The January practices are very important for those attending the Bozeman Regionals. We will be simulating regional competition like situations and the information and experience passed along will be crucial towards the climbers success at Regionals.

Fall Results

Bozeman

Billings

Cody

Spring Sport Climbing Season:

Full schedule will be posted in January as details roll in, but expect an early March start date.