New guidance from federal land managers seems to require an inventory and review of all existing bolts and fixed anchors in wilderness areas Heavily anticipated plans to revamp rock climbing ...

Most climbers learn on rock or at the gym, but 26-year-old American Noah Kane started with trees in Costa Rica, where he spent much of his childhood. He did not climb up the branches as a curious kid ...

Creating new rock, ice and mountain climbing routes — and even climbing or maintaining existing ones — could become heavily regulated and restricted by the federal government under a joint proposal ...

Public comments are being sought as national forests, grasslands and parks adopt guidelines to manage recreational climbing. The Forest Service and National Park Service are taking input through Jan.

Heavily anticipated plans to revamp rock climbing management in parks and wilderness areas contain what appears to be a call for a coast-to-coast inventory of every bolt and anchor in designated ...