Tempe Boulderfest

BOULDERFEST IS BACK

Boulderfest is an all-levels climbing competition. Whether you’ve been climbing for years, or it’s your first ever comp, you’ll find something fun and challenging for you to climb. The routes are the absolute best of what Bouldering Project and our setting team have to offer.

-PRIZES

Everyone who competes has a chance to win awesome prizes. Each boulder topped = one entry. We have incredible prizes from our sponsors and local brands, and the raffle is always a blast.

-OPEN CATEGORY FINALS

Boulderfest weekend culminates in an electric Open Finals competition on Saturday evening. Pro climbers and incredible athletes compete to claim the title of Boulderfest ’25 champion. Finalists will be competing for a cash purse totaling $5,500!

-ALL DAY PARTY

The day kicks off with our community competition and is followed by a whole day of activities. Our Sponsor Village, post-climb beer, live DJ and Open Finals, make the day one giant party you won’t want to miss!

-SPONSOR VILLAGE

When you’re not climbing, hang out in our Sponsor Village where you’ll find great products, food and beverage, and games.

CATEGORIES:

Each category will have specific circuits eligible for points

• Recreational: Yellow, Red, Green Circuits
• Intermediate: Purple, Orange, Black Circuits
• Advanced: Black, Blue, Pink Circuits
• Open: Blue, Pink, White Circuits

HOW TO CHOOSE YOUR CATEGORY:

Competitors self-select into their respective categories during the registration process. The idea is to challenge yourself!

When trying your hardest, if you are able to top 10 boulders in the highest color available in that category in one climbing session, you should compete at the next level up.

See the example below:

Example: “I generally climb orange, black, and blue boulders. I can flash most oranges.”

When trying your hardest, are you able to complete 10 black boulders in one climbing session?

We recommend the Advanced Category.

When trying your hardest, is the Black category overall still challenging, meaning you can’t send 10 black boulders in one climbing session?

We recommend the Intermediate Category.

COMMUNITY ROUND FORMAT:

• All gender categories compete together
• All recreational, intermediate, and advanced competitors climb together in the community rounds.
• Community round competitors can choose the earlier session at 10am, or second session at 2pm
• Competitors have three hours to climb as many boulders as possible within their registered category
• Boulders must be signed off by a fellow competitor, or spectator to be eligible
• Each boulder topped = one raffle entry!

OPEN QUALIFIER FORMAT:

• Categories: Women, Men, and Non-binary. Each division must have a minimum of 8 participants
• 30 Blue, Pink, and White circuit boulders will be assigned point values in order of difficulty
• Top 10 boulders will be scored
• Volunteer judges will sign off open qualifiers boulders
• Top 6 from each category will go in to Saturday's Open Finals, 7:00pm
• Competitors who do not make finals can turn in their scorecard for raffle tickets on Saturday!

Feel free to reach out to kayra.norris@boulderingproject.com if you have any questions. We can’t wait to see you there!