Community Events
Check out our upcoming and past events here! Our community events are designed to bring climbers together in a supportive and inclusive environment. From group climbs to social gatherings, we create opportunities for climbers to connect, share experiences, and build lasting friendships.
Community events are open to equity-deserving groups and allies alike.
Half-day Climbing Skills Courses
Intro to Rock Rescue
Tuesday July 23rd at 8:00am - 12:00pm
Skaha Bluffs Provincial Park
Learn essential rescue skills with Nicole, AMGA certified single pitch instructor. Emergencies happen without notice and injuries are all too common while climbing. Knowing how to get yourself or someone else off the cliff safely is imperative. In this course, you will acquire practical companion-rescue skills to better prepare yourself for the what-ifs. Course max is 8 people.
Subsidized sliding scale: $20-$75. If you would like to participate but it is not financially possible for you, please reach out at programs@rockoncollective.com
Pre-requisites:
Comfortably belay top rope or lead climbing
Have some experience outdoor sport climbing including safety checks
Required equipment: Helmet, harness, Personal Anchor System, Prusik cord or equivalent, slings/cordalette, carabiners, belay device
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Intro to Mindset for Climbers
Tuesday July 23rd at 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Skaha Bluffs Provincial Park
Nicole is an AMGA certified single pitch instructor who combines physical and technical expertise with mindfulness training to provide holistic solutions for rock climbers. This workshop will focus on mental and emotional components that go along with climbing and is open to newer climbers and experts alike. Nicole will design the session to be relevant to anyone who is working through mental challenges on the wall and there will be opportunity to practice both top rope and/or lead climbing falls. Course max is 6 people.
Subsidized sliding scale: $20-$75. If you would like to participate but it is not financially possible for you, please reach out at programs@rockoncollective.com
Pre-requisites:
Comfortably belay top rope or lead climbing
Have some experience outdoor sport climbing including safety checks
Required equipment: Helmet, harness, climbing shoes, Personal Anchor System, belay device
Applications open June 19th - July 3rd
Due to course capacities, we can't guarantee everyone a spot. We will confirm your spot in the course via email on July 5th.
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Upcoming Events
QC X ROC Spring Community Climb
In March 2024 we teamed up with Queer Crushers Kelowna for a stellar spring climb day! Although we got rained out on our first attempt, the following day the group hit up Lower Red Tail at Skaha for a day of smiles, sunshine and sends!
Cross-Country Ski Day
We may be a climbing organization, but at heart we are just people who love the outdoors! In March 2024 we hit the runs and learned a new sport thanks to Rainbow Outdoor Collective who supplied passes, rentals and instruction for free for us at Nickel Plate Nordic Centre.
2024 Events
Arc'teryx x Gneiss New Kids on the Bloc
In May 2024, we were invited to host a booth at the Arc'teryx x Gneiss New Kids on the Bloc event. We held a butterfly rope coiling contest and were able to give some Arc'teryx swag out as prizes. We had lots of fun and are so happy that we got to attend along with some other great Okanagan climbing groups!
Intro to Rock Rescue
In July 2024, Nicole, an AMGA certified single pitch instructor, taught a course addressing rock rescue techniques. Emergencies happen without notice and injuries are all too common while climbing. This course allowed participants the opportunity to acquire practical companion-rescue skills to better prepare themselves for the what-ifs.
Intro to Mindset for Climbers
In July 2024, Nicole, an AMGA certified single pitch instructor, lead a workshop that focused on mental and emotional components that go along with climbing. The session helped participants work through mental challenges on the wall and practice both top rope and lead climbing falls.
Ecology for Climbers
In September 2024, Cole Hooper, a Masters student at UBCO focusing on climbing management, led a walk around White Lake Basin to learn more about cliff ecology. We learned how to be an environmentally conscious and responsible rock climber to help reduce the potential impact we have on the species of the cliffs, including bats and snakes.
QC X ROC Fall Community Climb
In October 2024 we teamed up with Queer Crushers Kelowna for a stellar fall climb day! The group hit up Reilly Rock and Windy Wall at Skaha to take advantage of the weather before winter comes!
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Rock On Collective Climbing Association
With respect and gratitude, Rock On Collective would like to acknowledge that the land across which we live and climb is the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the syilx and nlaka’pamux Peoples. Furthermore, we recognize tu?ikən (Skaha Bluffs) as a culturally and spiritually significant site for the Okanagan Nation Alliance and commit to our role in respecting and interacting in a reciprocal relationship with tmixʷ (the land and all life forms which interact on it).