After two years hiatus, Team Canada is extremely excited to make a full return to World Cup competitions in 2022!! To kickstart the season, CEC will be sending a full delegation of athletes to the first Boulder World Cup event in Meiringen, SUI from April 6-8, 2022....
Climbing Escalade Canada and USA Climbing are excited to announce that the North American Cup Series (NACS) will return in 2022. NACS features the three individual disciplines of climbing – bouldering, lead and speed – and allows athletes from the Americas the...
Climbing Escalade Canada (CEC), along with the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and the Canadian Sport Community, condemns Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and breaking of the Olympic Truce. In solidarity with Ukraine and Ukrainian athletes, the CEC fully supports all...
Climbing Escalade Canada is committed to developing Para-Climbing Programs in 2022 and beyond. We are excited to launch two initiatives that will support this focus: 2022-2023 Para-Climbing Athlete and Support License CEC has created a new competitive license for...
Now that the 2021-2022 Senior Season has concluded successfully, CEC will turn its focus toward the 2021-2022 Youth Series. This Series will include 3 national events: Speed Youth National Championships – Calgary Climbing Center (Rocky Mountain), Calgary, AB,...
Climbing Escalade Canada is excited to announce a new partnership with RockBase Inc. for the 2021-2022 Competition Season. RockBase is an easy to use mobile app that solves the issue of finding local climbing partners. As the sport of climbing grows globally, RockBase...
CEC cares deeply about the wellness of all of our athletes and stakeholders, and is committed to maintaining a safe sporting environment. CEC wishes to take this opportunity to remind the community of the Safe Sport Mechanism in place within our organization, as well...
Sport Canada recently launched a new funding opportunity, the Community Sport for All Initiative (CSAI). This funding envelope seeks to “remove barriers and increase sport participation rates for underrepresented groups. Its key objective is to support community sport...
CEC is excited to announce that the North American Cup Series (NACS) will return in 2022! While we discuss the details with USA Climbing, we are looking for host partners to build on last year’s success, and make this year’s events bigger and better! Canada is aiming...
Following the cancellation of the Youth Portion of the Speed National Championships to be held in February 2022, CEC revisited the possibility to create a new event to address participation needs for Youth B, Youth A, and Junior Speed athletes. After consulting with...
