SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Flash Foxy Trad Fest • NORTH CONWAY • Sept 27 - 29, 2024

What’s included with my Festival Pass?

A lot! But not everything, read below for full details.

  • * FRIDAY: Opening Party, Pizza + Snacks, Mocktails, Arts & Crafts, Dance Workshop, Dance Party

    * SATURDAY: Breakfast, Climbing Demos, Arts & Crafts, Games, Evening Yoga, Dinner, Panel, Film Screenings

    *SUNDAY: Morning Workshop, Breakfast, Stewardship Project, Community Slideshow

    * SWAG from our generous sponsors!

  • * Clinics: $85/clinic. Registration is open only to festival ticket holders.

    * Lodging: see Lodging + Services for our recs

    * Climbing Equipment Rental: Shoe + harness demos will be available from our sponsors, however access to demos is not guaranteed. All participants are responsible for their own climbing equipment. Check out local gear shop, IME for gear purchases/rentals and guide books!

    *Alcohol: Alcohol will NOT be allowed on premises or served at this event

    * Transportation: All festival ticket holders will receive a link to a ride-share spreadsheet to help coordinate transportation in their Eventbrite confirmation email. All participants are responsible for their own transportation to/from the festival and to/from venues throughout the weekend. Access to a vehicle is necessary for getting around North Conway independently. We highly encourage festival participants to carpool!

    *Refunds: This event is rain or shine. We cannot guarantee weather conditions, crag conditions or any other element of climbing, road or trail access. There are no refunds for this event.

  • *Allies are welcome at these events. All other events are reserved for women and genderqueer climbers. Festival pass required for all other programs.

    Saturday 10:00AM – 6:00PM • SMALL BUSINESS VENDOR MARKET

    • Upstairs at IME

    Sunday 9:00 AM – 12:00PM • STEWARDSHIP PROJECTwith Friends of the Ledges + Access Fund

    Sunday 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM • COMMUNITY SLIDE SHOW PRESENTATION

    • FREE + open to the public!

*Please note schedule is always subject to change.

Schedule

*All programming is for registered festival participants only, unless otherwise noted.

*Clinics are subject to limited attendance.

Big thank you to our sponsors + partners for making Trad Fest possible <3

Keep scrolling for schedule details!

FRIDAY

SEPTEMBER 27

  • Location:IME (International Mountain Equipment)

    UNOFFICIAL START OF THE FESTIVAL: Come for the coffee, stay for the beta and belaytionships! This is a great opportunity to meet new climbing partners for the weekend! It will end with breaking into groups to go out and climb! Coffee will be provided by Frontside Coffee Roasters.

    Meet our partners: MWV Climbers Coop,Arizona Women's Climbing Coalition, Philly Climbers of Color, Rainbow Up Climbing, ASL Climbing Network

    Join a Meetups:

    • Climbing with AZWCC

    • BIPOC Top Rope Affinity Meet-Up with the Philly Climbers of Color

    • ASL & Rock Climbing Meetup with ASL Climbing Network

    • Rainbow Bouldering with Rainbow Up Climbing

  • Location: Various crags

    You may have just met your future favorite spotter or your new long term belaytionship partner over coffee, but you won’t find out for sure til you get out climbing with them! Join one of our meetups to help break the ice and ask good questions about risk management. We’ll organize carpools from IME to help prevent traffic and parking congestion.

  • Location:North Conway Community Center

    Our lovely volunteers will be here to greet you and check you in for the OFFICIAL START OF THE FESTIVAL!!! Remember, you must check-in at registration before you head into the Opening Party. Make sure to fill out your waivers before you get here so that you can spend more time partying and less time waiting in lines!

  • Location:North Conway Community Center

    After you check-in come join us for snacks, drinks, and entertainment!

    • Buy Ice Cream from Trails End Ice Cream!

    • Pizza provided by Flatbread American Hearth

    • Mocktails + Red Bull Energy Drinks + Non-alcoholic beer provided by Patagonia Provisions

    • Put on some glitter, paint your nails, make a friendship bracelet at the Flash Foxy Sparkle Station!!

  • Location:North Conway Community Center

    Bring your torn, worn, tired, drab, and dysfunctional clothing + gear for a Flash Foxy glow up! Stop by the station to get tips and hands-on DIY expertise from expert mender Mollie Ruth (she/her) to help keep your gear going longer. We will provide materials to mend, patch, beautify, and upgrade your wardrobe and equipment!

    Add or upgrade pockets, patch holes in style, adjust clothing to fit better (roomier/tighter), add gear loops, cinch pant legs, fix busted crack gloves, and more!

  • Location:North Conway Community Center

    Our evening programming begins with a welcome from our Program Director, Lou Bank. We’ll also take a moment to acknowledge that North Conway is located within the lands traditionally known as N’dakinna, which is the traditional ancestral homeland of the Abenaki, Pennacook, Pequawket and Wabanaki Peoples past and present.

  • Location:North Conway Community Center

    Local stewardship expert Molly Mundy from Friends of the Ledges will share best local practices to help us respect the land, minimize our impact and manage risk more effectively as a large group of climbers.

  • Location:North Conway Community Center

    Luca Verano Diaz (they/them) will facilitate a one hour beginner Salsa On2 class learning basic steps with a special treat of having attendees be part of a collective choreography that aims to meet the goals of gender affirmation, embodiment and fun!  

  • Location:North Conway Community Center

    Now it's your turn to dance your little heart out and practice your new moves (or wiggle in whatever way is affirming to you!).

    LeFox spins a soulful mix of deep house, tribal, indie, nu disco, electro pop, 80’s and 90's. Their percussive heavy sets are crafted with an arch of experience that is full of magic moments and the essence of queer embodiment. In 2013 their party Sugar Biscuit, generated immediate buzz and grew to be an integral touchstone for the local Queer community. They always strive to create a space where folks are safe to express their deepest selves while celebrating the collective dance floor experience.

SATURDAY

SEPTEMBER 28

  • Location:North Conway Community Center

    Our lovely volunteers will be here to greet you and sign you in for the festival! Remember, you must check-in at registration before attending any official festival events. Make sure to fill out our waivers before you get here so that you can spend more time climbing and less time waiting in lines!

  • Location:North Conway Community Center

    Menu: Yogurt, Granola, Oatmeal, Hard Boiled Eggs, Fresh Fruit, Local Baked Goods, Coffee + Tea

    Coffee provided by The Met.

  • Location:North Conway Community Center

    Morning Expo featuring sponsors, partners, workshops, and more. Ask gear experts questions! Win a giveaway, do a craft! Meet our Community Partners and find a meetup group to join! Get some glitter at the classic Flash Foxy Sparkle Station!

    Sponsors:Patagonia, Arc'teryx, Adidas TERREX, La Sportiva, Scarpa

    Climbing Shoe Demos: Adidas TERREX, La Sportiva, Scarpa

    Climbing Harness Demos: Arc'teryx

    Community Partners: Access Fund, Friends of the Ledges, Corps THAT, USFS, Adaptive Climbing Group, Brown Girls Climb, Ladies Climbing Coalition, ASL Climbing Network

  • Location:North Conway Community Center

    Bring your torn, worn, tired, drab, and dysfunctional clothing + gear for a Flash Foxy glow up! Stop by the station to get tips and hands-on DIY expertise from expert mender Mollie Ruth (she/her) to help keep your gear going longer. We will provide materials to mend, patch, beautify, and upgrade your wardrobe and equipment!

    Add or upgrade pockets, patch holes in style, adjust clothing to fit better (roomier/tighter), add gear loops, cinch pant legs, fix busted crack gloves, and more!

  • Location:North Conway Community Center

    Grab some breakfast and a cup of tea and let’s get sassy about Stewardship! Join stewardship experts from the Access Fund, Friends of the Ledges, Corps THAT, and Rise Outside Collective to discuss questions like: How do you get involved with local stewardship initiatives? What can I do to be a better steward to the land? What IS the “Access Fund”? Can I plan my own stewardship project? What exactly is stewardship anyway……

  • Grab some breakfast and a cup of tea, then visit the Patagonia booth to meet their designers! They'll be sharing their product design process and want your feedback on the gear that helps you stay active and do what you love.

  • Location: Various locations, registered participants only!

    Clinics have limited spots and are for registered participants only. All Saturday Clinics will meet at North Conway Community Center at 10:00am.

    2-day Clinics:

    • INTRO TO TRAD with Cindy Su (she/her)

    1-day Clinics:

    • FOLLOWER'S FLOW with Marian Perez (they/she)

    • TRAD FOR SPORT CLIMBERS with Majka Burhardt (she/her)

    • CRACK FLOW with Vikki Weldon (she/her)

    • MULTIPITCH MAGIC with Sean Taft-Morales (they/them)

    Find out more here!

  • Location: IME (upstairs)

    Head over to our favorite local gear shop and climber hang, IME, for any last minute gear needs and to shop our small business market! Support women and genderqueer owned businesses, artists and non-profits!

    Vendors: Juice Box Creations & Jess Kowalski Massage Therapy, The Awesome Counselor, Stuart Webb Studio, Alexis Stefano Studio

  • Location:North Conway Community Center

    Not taking a clinic? Looking for new friends and climbing partners? Join our Community Partners for Meetups!

    Climbing Meetups:

    • Tools for Adaptive Climbers with Adaptive Climbing Group

    • BIPOC Bouldering with Brown Girls Climb

    • Trad Ladies Meetup with Ladies Climbing Coalition

    • Kismet Boulder Sesh and Sketch with the Kismet Rock Foundation

    Find out more here!

  • Need help finding a partner? Go to a Meetup!!

  • Location: coming soon

    details coming soon!

  • Location:North Conway Community Center

    Ask gear experts questions (aka our sponsors)! Win a giveaway, do a craft, relax! Get some glitter at the classic Flash Foxy Sparkle Station!

    Sponsors: Patagonia, Arc'teryx, Adidas TERREX, La Sportiva, Scarpa

    Climbing Shoe Demos: Adidas TERREX, La Sportiva, Scarpa

    Climbing Harness Demos: Arc'teryx

  • Bring your torn, worn, tired, drab, and dysfunctional clothing + gear for a Flash Foxy glow up! Stop by the station to get tips and hands-on DIY expertise from expert mender Mollie Ruth (she/her) to help keep your gear going longer. We will provide materials to mend, patch, beautify, and upgrade your wardrobe and equipment!

    Add or upgrade pockets, patch holes in style, adjust clothing to fit better (roomier/tighter), add gear loops, cinch pant legs, fix busted crack gloves, and more!

  • Location:North Conway Community Center

    Real quick, then dinner will be served!

  • Location:North Conway Community Center

    Menu: Burrito bowls from Luchador Tacos. Includes: rice, beans, chicken, steak, veggies, salsa

  • Location:North Conway Community Center

    Join us for a panel discussion with four climbers with diverse experiences navigating risk (and a lot of opinions about risk management) moderated by Flash Foxy Program Assistant, Lu Gondim de Alencastro. Our panelists will include:

    • Andrea Hassler (she/her) - Access Fund Stewardship Manager

    • Ady Wright (she/her) - La Sportiva Athlete + Route Setter

    • Brittany Goris (she/her) - La Sportiva Athlete + Trad Baddie

    • Lou Bank (they/he) - Flash Foxy Program Manager + AMGA-certified SPI

  • Location:North Conway Community Center

    We'll cap off a stellar day by watching a couple of super rad new films featuring badasses from our community. Should we get popcorn???

    • In Sequence featuring Katie Lamb - presented by Patagonia

    • JAMIE featuring Jamie Logan - presented by Arc'teryx

  • Location:North Conway Community Center

    All proceeds support our non-profit partners. Tickets can be purchased on Friday or Saturday prior to the film screenings. Tickets will be drawn between films. Must be present to win.

SUNDAY

September 29

  • Location:North Conway Community Center

    Menu: Egg sandwiches, Fresh Bagels + Cream Cheese/Peanut Butter/Jam/Butter/Vegan Spreads, Fruit, Oatmeal, Hard Boiled Eggs, Fresh Fruit, Coffee + Tea

    Coffee provided by Alpine Start.

  • Location:North Conway Community Center

    Done testing out your demo gear? Return and tell our sponsors what you thought about it!

    Climbing Shoes: Adidas TERREX, La Sportiva, Scarpa

    Climbing Harnesses: Arc'teryx

  • Location:North Conway Community Center

    Trans Climbers Belong formed as a grassroots response to a new USA Climbing gender policy that restricted competition access to climbing for trans women and trans youth competitors. Two of the co-founders will share their strategies for talking about trans & intersex people in climbing and how they were able to mobilize climbers on a national scale to successfully overturn the policy, while securing spots for trans writers on the policy revision team. They will also discuss their experience as a team and how the group intentionally maintains and strengthens itself during a particularly difficult year for trans climbers.

  • Location: Meet at North Conway Community Center @ 9:00AM

    Stewardship Project Location: Cathedral Ledge

    Join us for one of our fav parts of the weekend our MASSIVE Stewardship Project! We think it's necessary and important to give back and take care of the lands on which we recreate. Participants will have the option to assist with a trail building project or with trash clean-up. We hope that you will join us to help show the local community how many of our attendees care about our climbing areas!

    Big thanks to Friends of the Ledges who helps us make sure that our project runs smoothly! Look out for sign up sheets at their table on Friday + Saturday! This event is FREE + open to allies + the public. Please be mindful that if you are taking a Sunday Clinic you may have to drive up to 40 minutes to your meeting location.

  • Location: Various locations, registered participants only!

    Clinics have limited spots and are for registered participants only. You are responsible for getting to your clinic meet up location. Meetup locations will be sent via email directly from your instructor/guide team.

    2-day Clinics:

    • INTRO TO TRAD with Cindy Su (she/her)

    1-day Clinics:

    • ALL ABOUT TRAD ANCHORS with Nikki Smith (she/her)

    • MOVEMENT TACTICS- BOULDERINGwith Ady Wright (she/her)

    • HOW TO CLIMB EFFICIENTLY with Abby Dione (she/her)

    • JAMMING WITH JANETwith Janet Wilkinson (she/her)

    • RESCUE SKILLS - SINGLE PITCH with Sean Taft-Morales (they/them)

    Find out more here!

  • Location: Various locations

  • Location:IME

    Climbing Shoes: Adidas TERREX, La Sportiva, Scarpa

    Climbing Harnesses: Arc’teryx

  • Location:IME

    My Life In Palestine Took A Right Turn When I Started Climbing: Join us for a deep dive into Asia Zughaiar’s eventful life in Palestine under the occupation as a climber and content creator. There is so much more to life in Palestine than popular media portrays. We can all enrich our knowledge about the region by listening to her personal experiences about how climbing saved her from depression and anxiety and taught her how to be a better person. There will be a short Q&A facilitated by Lebanese-American climber, Andrea Hassler, after the presentation. This will be a virtual presentation.

    All are welcome to listen, learn, and connect! This event is FREE + open to allies + the public.

    Flash Foxy aims to create and maintain a safe and diverse space where consent and respect are our first priorities. Harassment of any kind (islamophobia, anti-semitism, racism, unwanted contact, verbal or physical abuse, homophobia, transphobia, or discrimination of any kind) will NOT be tolerated and will lead to being asked to leave.

  • Location: IME

    This raffle is separate from the Saturday raffle. Buy fresh tickets, win new prizes.

Venues

  • 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

  • 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.

    Get directions to IME

  • 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!

Local Crags

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.

Get directions to Humphrey’s

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