Spring '24 Crosstown Bouldering League
The Crosstown Bouldering League is back! Grab your crew, rep your gym, and battle it out to be crowned one of the 5 Crosstown Champs in each category!
6 Week Season: March 25 - May 2
FA Membership required | 18 & Up
Registration fee includes 6 weeks of League action, a league shirt, an invite to the League after party, and a chance to win great prizes and raffles from FA and our partners!
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Not a member? Join with a League registration and we’ll waive your enrollment fee! Learn more about our memberships here.
League Format
- 6 Week Season Starting the week of 3/25. 5 Week Regular Season + Team Onsight Finals
- Teams of 3 – Sign up as a full team or a pair/solo and we’ll place you on a team
- Climb in person 6-11pm Mondays at Block 37, Tuesdays at Uptown, and Thursdays at Humboldt Park
- Sign up to rep your home gym – but climb at any FA Bouldering location during the above league times
- Climbers can climb at one, two, or all three league nights each week from 6-11pm. Most folks climb for 2-3 hours during league.
- Two Categories – Select a category based on the grade you can typically send in 1-2 sessions
- Intermediate: Up to V5
- Open Category: V6 and Up – No lower grade limit on climbs you can score
Scoring Details
- Climbs included in the league will be assigned a point value based on their grade with an available flash bonus
- Individual Score:
- Intermediate – Top 6 climbs / week, Open – Top 5 climbs / week
- Score up to 2 climbs outside of your home gym each week
- Team Score: The sum of all 3 individual scores + any team bonus points
- Weeks 1-5 Regular Season: Team Scores accumulate weeks 1-5
- Week 6 Team Onsight Finals:
- Intermediate: The top teams at each gym after week 5 will advance to finals taking place at each gym during their regular league night. Teams that advance to finals must compete at their home gym
- Open: The top teams at each gym will compete in a combined finals at Humboldt Park on Thursday 5/2
Crosstown Champs: The top 5 teams in each category (across all 3 gyms) will be crowned as the Crosstown Champs, taking home bragging rights and … prizes!
The Crosstown Cup: The winning gym will be engraved on the Crosstown Cup to be cemented in the prestigious chronicles of League History. Humboldt took the trophy back last season after a brief stint at Block 37. But Uptown put up a custom built hang board rig to give their league climbers an edge! Will the Trophy stay at HP or will it migrate North?
Absence Policy: Going to miss a night? Climbers will be able to climb during another league night or have another climber sub in for them.
Questions? Drop us a line at league@faclimbing.com.