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North American Cup Series Returns for 2025

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Helen Gillett Competes at the North American Cup Series Vail 2024, in Partnership With the GoPro Mountain Games | Photo: Dan Gajda/USA Climbing

Climbing Escalade Canada and USA Climbing are excited to announce that the North American Cup Series (NACS) is back for 2025!

NACS features the three individual disciplines of climbing – Boulder, Lead, and Speed – and allows athletes from the Americas the opportunity to compete at an elite level and develop outside of the World Cup circuit.

The 2024 series welcomed first-time international competitors, Olympians, and climbing veterans (yes, even Chris Sharma came out of competition retirement for the series).

The 2025 series will head east to kick things off, with stops at BlocHaven (Greenville, SC) and Climb Murfreesboro (Murfreesboro, TN). One of the fan-favorite stops, the GoPro Mountain Games (situated above 8,000 feet in Vail, CO), is back on the schedule, but with the first-ever inclusion of the Speed discipline. After these and two Canadian stops hosted by Climbing Escalade Canada, the series will conclude at the USA Climbing National Training Center in Salt Lake City, UT.

April 5-6

Greenville, SC (Boulder)

Hosted by USA Climbing

In Partnership with BlocHaven

April 12-13

Murfreesboro, TN (Lead)

Hosted by USA Climbing

In Partnership with Climb Murfreesboro

May 3-4

Montreal, Canada (Boulder)

Hosted by Climbing Escalade Canada

June 5-8

Vail, CO (Boulder, Speed)

Hosted by USA Climbing

In Partnership with the GoPro Mountain Games

June 21-22

Edmonton, Canada (Lead, Speed)

Hosted by Climbing Escalade Canada

August 23-24

Salt Lake City, UT (Lead, Speed)

Hosted by USA Climbing

Spectator tickets and streaming info for the events will be published to the Climbing Escalade Canada and USA Climbing websites throughout the season.

NACS Page

For media questions, please contact:

Patrick Bodnar | Marketing & Communications Director | [email protected]


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