CLINICS + Meetups
Flash Foxy Trad Fest • NORTH CONWAY • Sept 27-29, 2024
Schedule is always subject to change. All programs run rain-or-shine. No refunds.
Clinics
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All clinics are 6 hrs and have a maximum of 12 participants.
Clinics are reserved for registered festival participants. Clinic registration link will be sent via Eventbrite on August 15th. Early bird clinic registration will open August 14th.
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There is a $85 registration fee for 1-day clinics and a $170 registration fee for 2-day clinics.
Registration link will be sent directly to all festival participants via Eventbrite.
Clinic registration opens August 15! Early Bird clinic registration opens August 14.
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All location listings are tentative and subject to change day-of. If you have an accessibility concern related to venue locations please email events@flashfoxy.com after registering for your clinic and we will work with you to see if the clinic can be held at a venue that meets your accessibility needs. If we are unable to accommodate your needs we will gladly refund the clinic registration fee.
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Climbing gear is provided for all clinics. There will be climbing harness, shoe and helmet demos available. If you have any gear that you would like to ask questions about/practice with at your clinic, feel free to bring it!
All clinics are run in partnership with International Mountain Climbing School (IMCS).
Meetups
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Meetups are free and are INCLUDED with your festival pass, just show up! Some will be climbing, some will be other activities for climbers!
These Meetups are open only to registered festival participants. Please note schedule is always subject to change.
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Meetups will take place on Friday after Climber Coffee at 10am and Saturday at 11am!
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Meetups are not guided or instructional in nature. They are opportunities for participants to meet each other and find new friends to climb with. Meetup leaders will be familiar with local climbing. We encourage all participants and meetup leaders to make informed risk decisions and have conversations about risk and experience with all new climbing partners. Remember, climbing is inherently dangerous and you are responsible for your own safety.
Accessibility
The primary festival venue, North Conway Community Center (Friday Opening Party , Saturday events and Sunday morning events) is wheelchair accessible and has accessible bathrooms. Events at our secondary festival venue, IME (Friday Climber Coffee, Sunday Community Slideshow) will take place on the ground floor. The Saturday Small Business Vendor Market will take place upstairs at IME. The bathroom is on the ground floor but is not wheelchair accessible. Accessibility of crags (climbing clinics) and satellite events (Sunday Stewardship Project) varies.
Face masks will be optional for all indoor events. Face masks will be available on-site.
ASL Interpretation will be available at the 2024 Flash Foxy Trad Fest in North Conway. All films will have captions in English. Please email events@flashfoxy.com to coordinate your ASL interpretation needs. Interpretation is supported by Corps THAT and Arc’teryx.
Have an accessibility concern? Reach out to events@flashfoxy.com and we’ll see how we can help!
We are always working to make the Flash Foxy festivals more inclusive and welcoming spaces, please let us know what we can do to make our event more accessible for you. Unfortunately, we are not always able to arrange accommodations but we will do our best and will provide honest answers about our event spaces, staff capabilities, and the activities that take place at our festivals. Thank you for learning and growing with us!
Crag Accessibility + Parking Info
CATHEDRAL LEDGE
No part of the base of the cliff is more than a couple hundred yards from the road. Furthermore, an auto road goes around the back of the ledge to a parking area just a few yards from the lookout at the top of The Prow in the center of the cliff. Once on the top, a new accessible hiking trail leads to a view of the valley. Trails leading to climbing areas may be steep, rocky and narrow.
Parking: There is parking alongside Cathedral Ledge Road. Look for the pullouts and please do not block the street. Follow all posted signage. Please consider making a donation to the state park at any of the three donation canisters, “Iron Rangers,” along Cathedral Ledge Rd. or at the summit. There is also parking at the top of the cliff.
Get directions to Cathedral Ledge State Park
WHITEHORSE LEDGE
From the White Mountain Hotel parking area (see below) walk up the road and find the trail in the corner of the main parking lot. The slabs will be in front of you another trail takes you south through the wood to access the south buttress. Trails leading to climbing areas may be steep, rocky and narrow. Length of approach varies. Many routes end at the top of the cliff and require a moderate-steep decent with large steps to return to the base of the cliff.
Parking: The area beneath Whitehorse Ledge is part of Hales Location, a private development. The owners of the White Mountain Hotel and the Hales Location development request that climbers not park in the guest parking lot of the hotel or on the various roads and developments around the golf course. The White Mountain Hotel has provided a parking lot for climbers in the maintenance area below the hotel. Another option is to park below Cathedral Ledge. In this case, park on the left side of Cathedral Ledge Road as it bends to the north underneath the cliff, just opposite the last of the small roads on the right. Although the Cathedral option adds a few minutes onto the approach, it can save some time at the end of the day since the decent trail comes down this vicinity. For the White Mountain Hotel parking option: Take a left on West Side Road and continue for 1.0 miles, then turn right into Hales Location. Take the first right and drive along beside the golf course. When the road curves up toward the hotel, go straight into a maintenance area and park on the left.
Get directions to White Mountain Hotel
Get directions to Cathedral Ledge Road
HUMPHREY’S LEDGE
From the parking area, walk down the road a few yards and turn into a break in the crash barrier. Follow a faint trail that goes along the right bank of the stream bed in the valley below Humphrey’s. After a couple hundred yards, cross to the left bank and continue to a swampy area. Walk around the swampy area to reach a big boulder field. There is no real trail through the boulder field, just meander up and around the huge blocks, trending slightly left and eventually going up a steep, dirt slop to reach the cliff near its right side.
Parking: About 2.2 miles to the north of its junction with River Road, West Side Road goes around a broad bend underneath Humphrey’s Ledge. Park on the sandy shoulder on the west side of the road, opposite the Lady Blanche House.
SUNDOWN AREA - LOWER KANCAMANGUS
All cliffs and boulders can be approached via the Boulder Loop Trail - a well marked and maintained hiking trail. The Boulder Loop Trail itself is relatively flat and 2-4 feet wide in most places. Climber approach trails may be steep, rocky and narrow. There are upper, lower and mid tiers to the climbing areas. Length of approach varies.
Parking: Park at the Boulder Loop Trailhead parking area. This is the large asphalt lot on the right about 100 yards down the Passaconaway Road from Albany Covered Bridge.
Get directions to Boulder Loop Trailhead
SQUARE LEDGE - PINKHAM NOTCH
Cross route 16 from the AMC Visitor Center parking lot to find a well defined trail. Follow it across a wooden bridge until you reach an intersection. Turn left,( actually, more straight ahead) following the sign to Square Ledge. After 20-40 minutes of moderate hiking, the trail will deposit you at the base of the main face. Climber approach trails may be steep, rocky and narrow.
Parking: Park at the AMC Visitor Center.
Venues
NORTH CONWAY COMMUNITY CENTER (aka Community Center)
Programming will take place inside of the North Conway Community Center. The Community Center and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Programming will take place in a gymnasium. Seating will be available for all festival events. Face masks will be optional at all indoor events. Face masks will be available on-site. Sorry, no dogs except service animals.
Events at Community Center: Friday Opening Party, Saturday all non-climbing events (8:00am-10:00pm) and Sunday morning events (7:30am-9:30am)
Parking: Please carpool whenever possible! Please utilize street parking and be mindful of signs and regulations. There is a small parking lot near the Community Center reserved for accessible parking. The Community Center lot can be accessed via the Conway Scenic Railroad Loop. Off the Conway Scenic Railroad loop, enter the Golf Course Parking lot (follow the Arrows on the pavement) heading towards the golf carts, stay left for the Community Center's Parking lot.
Get directions to North Conway Community Center
INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN EQUIPMENT (aka IME)
IME is an indoor shop with two floors of retail space, and the third floor is used as a community space. Events will be taking place throughout the store. There are only stairs getting up and down to each floor. There is not a wheelchair accessible bathroom on-site. The nearest accessible restroom is at the Pope Memorial Library (3 buildings down). Face masks will be optional at all indoor events. Face masks will be available on-site. Sorry, no dogs except service animals.
Events at IME: Friday morning Climber Coffee (ground floor), Saturday Small Business Vendor Market (upstairs), Sunday evening Community Slideshow (ground floor)
Parking: Street parking is available, as well as overflow parking behind the Pope Memorial Library down the street and behind the Eastern Slope Inn across the street from IME. You may drop off in front of the store and park in one of these three options.