2025 sUMMER cLIMBING cAMPS!

Parents/Guardians will need to select the program and week that best fits their schedule. Follow these steps to complete your child's registration:

1. Click on the registration link at the top of the page (this link will go live on March 1st!). If you haven’t already, create a profile for yourself and add your children to your household
2. Choose the week and program (Rock Stars or Ascenders) that best fits your child’s age and availability.
3. Add the selected camp to your cart and assign the program to your child.
4. Accept the Terms and Conditions and complete payment.

Once registered, you’ll receive a confirmation email, and a detailed camp welcome email will be sent one week before camp starts.

 Our schedule integrates a fun and creative curriculum that has the flexibility to adapt to the interests and energy of our participants. A general structure of the session would look like: 

Rock Stars:

9am-9:15am: Morning circle, stretching, & briefing of daily activities.

9:15am-10:00am: Educational/ skill building activity

10:00am-10:30: Climbing game

10:30am-10:45am: Snack

10:45am-11:15pm: Free Climbing/skill practice

11:15am-11:45pm: Climbing or movement game/activity

11:45am -12:00pm: Closing circle, daily reflections, stretching.

12:00pm: Pick up

Ascenders:

9am-9:20am: Morning circle, stretching, & briefing of daily activities.

9:20am-10:30am: Educational/ skill building activity 1

10:30am-11am: Free climbing time/skill practice

11am-11:30am: Lunch break

11:30am-12pm: Climbing game/ activity

12pm-1pm: Educational/ skill building activity 2 

1pm-1:15pm: Afternoon break/optional snack 

1:15pm-1:45pm: Free climbing time/game/activity 

1:45pm - 2:00pm: Closing circle, day reflections, stretching.

2:00pm: Pick up

 At Valley Rock Gym, we are passionate about sharing the lifelong benefits of climbing with kids of all ages. Climbing is more than just a sport—it fosters growth, resilience, and a strong sense of community. Here are six key benefits that make climbing a valuable lifelong pursuit:

1. Active Lifestyle – Encourages lifelong movement, healthy habits, and a love for physical activity.
2. Physical Development – Enhances coordination, strength, flexibility, fitness, and spatial awareness.
3. Mental Growth – Builds problem-solving skills, focus, determination, and concentration.
4. Emotional Resilience – Develops confidence, fear management, sportsmanship, and the ability to navigate success and failure.
5. Skill Development – Teaches climbing movement fundamentals, equipment usage, goal setting, visualization, and training principles.
6. Community & Connection – Fosters friendships, teamwork, communication, and a sense of belonging.

 Participants who are in the Rock Stars camps will need to bring a snack, a water bottle, comfy clothes to climb in, tennis shoes, sunscreen and a hat.

Participants who are in the Ascenders camps will need to bring lunch, snacks, a water bottle,  comfy clothes to climb in, tennis shoes, sunscreen and a hat.

For all camps, participants are welcome to bring their own climbing equipment if they have it, but shoes, harnesses, and chalk will be provided to participants free of charge if they do not.

Participants who are in the Rock Stars Camp will need to bring their own snacks, 

Participants who are in the Ascenders Camp will need to bring both a lunch and extra snacks.

Depending on weather, campers will either eat outside on the patio or in our downstairs youth party room.

Campers will not be permitted to leave the building unless signed out by a parent, or when having lunch outside or playing games/arts & crafts on our patio space accompanied by our youth instructors.

 Our camps have a minimum capacity of 4 participants and a maximum capacity of 8 participants. We operate with a 4:1 participant to instructor ratio. 

 While our camps will be largely focused on learning new climbing skills, we will break up our climbing times with stretching and other games and activities. We will also have structured times for drawing and other crafts for kids to have restful breaks from climbing as well. 

 Drop off:

• Youth Instructors will be ready to greet campers at the starting program time.
• Parents will need to check in their child in the check in/check out binder by signing with their initials and the date/time.
• After Youth Instructors help outfit their climbers with the correct shoes, they will head to one of the youth climbing rooms to start warming up.

Pick up:

• At the end of the program, climbers will return their borrowed gear to the front desk.
• Before heading home, a parent or guardian will have to check out their child in the check in/check out binder.
• This is the best time to check in with your instructors if you want to check in or have any questions or concerns. 

Parents can authorize unchaperoned drop offs and/or pick ups. Please send an email to sahalie@valleyrockgym.com to help document this arrangement.

 The VRG Codes of Conduct is meant to outline expectations of participant behavior to help foster a safe, respectful and inclusive learning environment for all members. Please review these Codes of Conduct with your child prior to the program. 

#1: I will live up to the core values of respect and fairness.  I will respect myself, my fellow program members, my instructors, and all others in the climbing community. I will treat other members of my program as I would like to be treated, and help them attain their goals through my support and encouragement.  

#2: I will represent my program positively through my behavior, language and attitude.  I understand that words are powerful and should be used to build myself and others up.  

#3: I will strive for my personal best, while never forgetting that the goal is to have fun! 

#4: My communication with my instructors and parents will be open and honest. 

Other Rules & Policies 

1. Maintain safety at all times. Climbers will follow all rules of the Valley Rock Gym.

2. Be on time for the program, or contact the front desk if you are not coming or will be late. 

3. No use of cellphones or other electronic devices during youth program.

4. Bring water, comfortable clothes & close toed shoes to every program.

5. No use of profanity.

6. No bullying will be tolerated. 

Instructors will communicate any issues as they pertain to the above Code of Conduct with parents. If issues arise, instructors will work with parents to strategize techniques and develop a plan so that all participants can enjoy a positive and successful youth program experience. 

Classes will not be offered if there are fewer than 4 participants enrolled. A full refund is automatically granted if a program is canceled due to lack of enrollment by VRG. VRG reserves the right to cancel or combine any programs for which the enrollment is deemed insufficient or for other administrative reasons.

Refunds will not be given after the start of a seasonal program.

Cancellations with at Least 30 Days' Notice: If a parent cancels at least 30 days before the program start date, a refund will be issued to the card on file, minus a $10 cancellation fee.

Alternatively, payments can be refunded in full in the form of store credit. 

Cancellations with 14 to 29 Days' Notice: Payments will be refunded in full in the form of store credit. Alternatively, parents may reschedule their child for a program of equal or greater value: If rescheduling to a higher-value program, parents will only pay the difference. If rescheduling to a lower-value program, the difference will be refunded in the form of store credit.

Cancellations with Less Than 14 Days' Notice: A 75% refund will be issued in the form of store credit. Alternatively, parents may reschedule within 14 days of the program start date, subject to a $25 rescheduling fee.

Missed Program Days: Refunds are not available for single missed program days. Make-up sessions are not provided for missed days. A make-up pass may be issued for missed days; parents must email the Youth Program Coordinator to request this.  This entitles the student to the equivalent of a day pass and shoe rentals. No instructor will be provided.  Participant(s) must be supervised by a parent/guardian and follow all posted facility rules.

Emergency Exceptions

For medical, family, or personal emergencies, Valley Rock Gym will waive cancellation and rescheduling fees for changes made within 14 days of the program start date.