ABOUT THE FESTIVAL

Our Festival is All About Celebrating the Community of Climbing

We are unique because our Festival is the longest-running climbers’ festival in the world and has stayed true to its grassroots origins.

The History

The ICF was started by Todd Skinner and a handful of Lander locals in 1994 to celebrate the community of climbing. Volker Schöffl was here from Germany that year and is the reason for the original “International” label.

Over the years, the Festival grew, and it began giving back in more ways to the central Wyoming community. It officially became a non-profit organization in 2014 – the Central Wyoming Climbers’ Alliance (CWCA). Local re-bolting efforts, known prior as the Bolt and Anchor Replacement Fund (BARF), were also rolled into this organization. The Central Wyoming Climbers Alliance, WyoClimbers, the Bolat and Anchor Replacement Fund, and the International Climbers’ Festival are all now one.

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WyoClimbers’ three-fold mission is to protect, educate, and celebrate climbing in central Wyoming. The festival is our main revenue source, and we use it to support regional youth climbing programs, public lands and recreation advocacy, environmental stewardship, and climbing outreach activities. We have a board of about a dozen climbers that span the cross-section of Lander’s climbing community and an Executive Director, Festival Director, and Event and Marketing Coordinator.