2025/2026 Season Welcome

Written By Alberta Climbing Association

We are so excited to kick off the 2025-2026 season! We have a lot of fun and exciting events happening in Alberta this season; including Open Nationals being hosted in Calgary and Western Youth Boulder Regionals which will be in Edmonton! As we quickly approach our first Youth Local we wanted to ensure you have as much information as possible to help you stay informed and up-to-date throughout the season.

  • Communication

    • Our main source of communication will be through emails. Please ensure you enter the email addresses in your member portal that will be best to receive important information from us. We ask that you all ensure you check and read your emails from us so you do not miss any important information.

    • We continue to have a Facebook and Instagram (@acaclimbs) page. Please make sure to follow us. We will post updates on our socials throughout the season.

    • Discord: We are launching a Discord channel. To join please use this link. We will post important competition related information on Discord.

    • And as always our website will be updated with the most recent information, check it often!!!!

  • Membership/Registration

    • The 2025-2026 memberships are open, please ensure you purchase your membership! Memberships are mandatory to compete at ACA events. We are still using 2mev as our membership and registration system.

  • Events

    • Registration for our first event, Youth B/A/Jr Boulder Local at Arq in Cranbrook, is open! It will be open until Oct 18.

  • Rankings/Qualifications

    • All Tier 1 events will provide opportunities to accrue points towards your season rankings

    • This season your top 2 out of the 3 Boulder locals will be used for your overall ranking and both Ropes events will be used.

    • The top 75% of the category will be invited to compete at Provincials, with a minimum of 20 athletes and a maximum of 30.

  • Tier 2 Events

    • We will continue to offer Tier 2 events for the Youth B/A/Jr categories at the Youth C/D events.

    • The top 30% of the category are not eligible to compete in Tier 2 events.

    • We will be using your rankings from last season to determine your eligibility.

  • Late Registration Policy

    • Our late registration policy will remain the same this season. Late registration is not guaranteed, but if it is approved you will be assessed a $100 late registration fee which will be in addition to the event fee. Please be mindful of our deadlines. There is a lot that goes into planning events, late registrations make planning more difficult and can affect our ability to get schedules and running orders out in a timely fashion. PLEASE REGISTER ON TIME!

  • Scoring

    • This season the ACA will adopt the new scoring system implemented by the IFSC for the 2025 World Cup season for Boulder events.

    • The new scoring system will award 25 points for Tops, 10 points for the single zone, with 0.1 points deducted for every unsuccessful attempt.

  • Canada Winter Games

    • Rock climbing will have its debut in the Canada Winter Games in 2027. This is a very exciting opportunity for our sport. Youth A and Junior athletes as of this season will be eligible to compete to try to qualify to represent Alberta at the Games.

    • Please read through our Canada Winter Games section of the website for selection criteria.

If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out communications@albertaclimbing.org

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