Divisions

Team Ascent follows the age categories delineated by USA Climbing, the national governing body over youth climbing competitions. Youth categories U13 and U15 are comprised of athletes born 2011 or later; where categories U17, U19, U20 are comprised of athletes born 2006-2010. We divide Team Ascent into training groups that are designed to to place each athlete into an environment where they are best supported and equipped for success. Training Groups will have some practices that are specific to their group, and some practices that are co-mingled with other groups.

Team Ascent Tryouts

January 18th, 2025

The purpose of tryouts is to find a place within The Ascent Studio Youth Instructional Program that enables each athlete to best grow as a climber. With that in mind, we limit the number of spots on each team to maintain a balanced coach-athlete ratio and enable us to give each athlete the individual attention they need. Trying out does not guarantee a spot on the team; generally, there are a greater number of participants in tryouts than spots available on the team.

An additional note: the spring season of Team Ascent is more heavily focused on sport climbing.  Our training is based on the USA Climbing competition cycle, which emphasizes bouldering from October through January and sport climbing from February through June.  While we will be doing some bouldering in our spring training, our main focus will be sport climbing.