The 2025-26 National Championship is Almost Here!
It has been a fantastic season with about 1000 climbers competing in 75 comps around the country. We are now down to the final event, the ASCL National Championship, being held in Eagle Colorado over the weekend of March 20-22nd.
CLICK HERE for National Elite Wave Rankings.
Climbers must be invited to the Elite Waves being held on Saturday.
If you didn’t get invited to the Elite Wave on Saturday, come climb the National Championship routes on Sunday in the Open Comp. This comp is open to ASCL members and Coaches.
CLICK HERE for all the National Championship weekend details
We hope you had a great season and look forward to seeing YOU at Nationals!
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The American Scholastic Climbing League is a non-profit 501C3 created in May of 2018 following a ten-year successful run of the Colorado High School Climbing League.
Our goal is to connect climbers in an atmosphere of positive competition and to foster the best aspects of climbing in middle and high school students.
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Climbing Business Journal – July 3, 2020
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