EP Climbing has introduced the Heritage Range, a new system of climbing holds, macros, and wooden volumes inspired by the original hexagon-shaped holds the company developed nearly 40 years ago.
First introduced in the 1980s, EP’s hexagon-based hold designs helped shape the early years of modern indoor climbing. The Heritage Range revisits that geometry and updates it using modern materials, refined shaping, and contemporary textures suited for today’s climbing gyms and competition walls.
“The Heritage Range draws inspiration from shapes that helped define indoor climbing in its early years,” said Bennett Kornbarth, Lead Designer and HAV Manager at EP Climbing. “By expanding that original hexagon geometry across multiple materials and sizes, we wanted to create a system that gives route setters a lot of flexibility while still feeling familiar on the wall.”
Developed to celebrate EP Climbing’s 40th anniversary, the Heritage Range blends classic design inspiration with the performance and durability required for modern route setting.
The collection includes polyurethane holds, fiberglass macros, and wooden volumes, all built around a consistent hexagon-based design language. Shared base sizing across the different materials allows the pieces to interact as a system, giving route setters the ability to stack, nest, jib, and tessellate shapes while maintaining a cohesive visual style on the wall.
The range supports a wide variety of climbing styles across vertical and moderately overhanging terrain and can be used to create climbs across all difficulty levels. The shapes were also designed to support the powerful, technical movement common in modern competition climbing. Shapes vary from small screw-on jibs and footholds to large macros and wooden volumes that add dimensionality and movement to the wall.
Fiberglass macros within the series feature dual-texture surfaces and sculpted rails that create directional movement possibilities while maintaining the clean geometry of the hexagon base. Wooden elements in the range include both traditional volumes and low-profile tangent shapes that provide subtle edges and additional layering options for modern route setting.
Together, the pieces form a modular system designed to support creative route setting while maintaining a unified aesthetic across the wall.
A selection of shapes from the Heritage Range is currently available through The Candy Shop, with additional pieces expected to be released in April of 2026. The series was first featured at Vertical Pro in November 2025 and will be introduced to the U.S. audience at the Climbing Wall Association Summit in April 2026.
More information about the Heritage Range can be found at epclimbing.com
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