Flash Foxy Climbing Festival
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2026 Flash Foxy Climbing Festival
March 13-15 • Bishop, CA
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A massive thank you to all 315 women and genderqueer climbers who joined us for a weekend of warm evenings, connection, courage, and kindness in Payahuunadü. We learned alongside 15 women and genderqueer guides and athletes, who hosted ten informational, inspiring, and intentional climbing clinics in partnership with our woman-owned guide service partner, Fifth Class Climbing School & Guide Service. Our community showed up too, with 25 climbers sharing knowledge and building community in the form of 3 cozy tea talks and 12 meetups. We gathered for two Indigenous cultural presentations, a panel on reciprocity in climbing culture, three film screenings, an athlete Q&A, a community slideshow, climbing trivia, four stewardship projects, a line dancing workshop, and a dance party!!
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At our Saturday raffle, we raised a total of $2,685 - half of which will be donated to the Owens Valley Paiute-Shoshone Cultural Center, the other half will be split between the Bishop Climbing Rangers and Friends of the Inyo. As a continued acknowledgement that our events take place on and benefit from native lands, we also donate $5 from every ticket sale to accompany our donation to the Bishop Paiute Tribe, this brings our total donation, with raffle ticket sales, to $2,167. At our Sunday evening presentation and raffle we raised $2,221 to be split between Wild Iris Family Counseling & Crisis Center and the Access Fund. Additionally, we raised $710 for the Flash Foxy Scholarship fund via merch sales throughout the weekend. These funds help us provide free tickets and travel stipends to our festivals and education programs. A big thank you to all of the sponsors who donated goods to make our raffle so enticing!
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We work hard to support the local community in Bishop and are grateful to have partnered with 30+ local vendors, small businesses, organizations, and the Bishop Chamber of Commerce. Our partners this year ranged from local motels, breweries, caterers, non-profits, and more. Ten years in, and the Bishop community continues to show us so much love.
2025 Flash Foxy Climbing Festival
March 14-16 • Bishop, CA
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This year we were joined in beautiful Payahuunadü by 333 women and genderqueer climbers for a weekend of play and community building! We had 209 participants, 8 scholarship recipients, 31 volunteers, and 85 partners, sponsors, and staff! We learned from 27 guides, athletes, and community members; held 11 clinics, 3 workshops, and 11 meetups; gathered for two cultural presentations, a film screening of a new Arc’teryx film, and a panel discussion on community building; hosted a community slideshow presentation, stewardship projects; and had a chilly-but-epic time dancing to DJ FixHer’s groovy tunes!
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At our Friday/Saturday raffle we raised $2320 which will be split between the Bishop Paiute Tribe, and our local stewardship partners, the Bishop Climbing Rangers and Friends of the Inyo. As a continued acknowledgement that our events take place on and benefit from native lands, we also donate $5 from every ticket sale to accompany our donation to the Bishop Paiute Tribe - which will be going to our partners at the Owens Valley Paiute-Shoshone Cultural Center to assist with their summer artist speaker series. This brings our total donation to the Cultural Center to $2,235. At a separate raffle on Sunday evening we raised $2,075 for Wild Iris, the local crisis center for victims of domestic violence. Additionally, we raised $1,130 for the Flash Foxy Scholarship fund via merch sales. These funds help us provide free tickets and travel stipends to our festivals and education programs.
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We partnered again with local guide company, Sierra Mountain Guides, for all our clinics. We partnered closely with the Bishop Paiute Tribe and Owens Valley Paiute-Shoshone Cultural Center, over 33 local vendors, small businesses, and organizations, and the Bishop Chamber of Commerce. This includes but is not limited to local breweries, catering, gear stores, printing studios, guiding company, lodging, non-profits, Indigenous tribes and more. The climbing community and local community at large in Bishop is incredibly welcoming and generous and we are grateful to have so many awesome local partners.
We dedicate Sunday mornings during our events to Stewardship, and over 150 people participated in Stewardship Projects on tribal land with the Bishop Paiute Food Sovereignty Program and Bishop Paiute Environmental Management Office, and at the Buttermilks with the Bishop Climbing Rangers and Friends of the Inyo this year!
2024 Flash Foxy Climbing Festival
March 15-17 • Bishop, CA
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We were joined by 325 women and genderqueer climbers for a beautiful weekend in Payahuunadu where we learned from 22 guides, athletes and community leaders. We hosted 10 clinics, 2 workshops, 11 meetups, 2 yoga sessions, a stewardship project, and a pretty sweet DJ dance party! We listened to a panel discussion about making space for our authentic selves in climbing and guiding, learned from the local Indigenous community during 2 cultural dance presentations, and watched 5 films plus some really rad trailers! We collaborated with 22 community partners including conservation organizations, affinity groups, and nonprofits, and our Open Air Market had more than a dozen vendor booths to explore. A massive thank you to our presenting sponsor Patagonia, and all our sponsors, for their support which makes all this possible!
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At our Friday/Saturday raffle, we raised $3,500 to be split equally between Friends of the Inyo, our local stewardship partner, and the Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone Cultural Center. As a continued acknowledgment that our events take place on and benefit from native lands, we also donate $5 from every ticket sale to accompany our donation to the Bishop Paiute Tribe - which this year is going to the Cultural Center to assist with their summer artist speaker series. This is an additional $1,000 on top of the money raised by raffle ticket sales.
At a separate raffle on Sunday evening, we raised $1,850 to be split between Wild Iris, a local crisis center for victims of domestic violence, and the Bishop Area Climbers Coalition.
We were also able to raise $400 for the Flash Foxy Scholarship Fund through “Superhuman” ticket sales. These funds help us provide free tickets and travel stipends for our festivals and education programs.
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We partnered closely with 9 affinity climbing organizations, 23 local organizations and small businesses, and the Bishop Chamber of Commerce. This includes but is not limited to local breweries, catering, gear stores, printing studios, guiding company, lodging, non-profits, Indigenous tribes, and more. The climbing community and local community at large in Bishop is incredibly welcoming and generous and we are grateful to have so many awesome local partners.
2023 Flash Foxy Climbing Festival
March 17-19 • Bishop, CA
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We hosted 12 clinics, 8 workshops, 9 guest speakers, 2 stewardship projects and a dance party! We watched 6 film screenings, a cultural dance performance, a panel and a community slideshow. We learned from 27 guides, athletes and facilitators. We collaborated with 19 community partners including conservation organizations, affinity groups, land managers and the local Indigenous tribe and had more than 25 vendor booths at our Open Air Market to explore.
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At our Friday/Saturday raffle, we raised $2,735 which is split equally between local stewardship partner, Friends of the Inyo, the Access Fund and the Bishop Paiute Tribe. As a continued acknowledgement that our events take place on and benefit from native lands, we also donate $5 from every ticket sale to the Bishop Paiute Tribe. This is an additional $1,250 on top of the money raised by raffle ticket sales. At a separate raffle on Sunday evening we raised $856 which is split equally between the Bishop Area Climbers Coalition and Eastern Sierra Conservation Corps. We also were able to raise $1,075 for the Flash Foxy Scholarship Fund through “Superhuman” ticket sales. These funds will allow us to continue providing free tickets and travel stipends to future events as well as our Educational courses.
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We partnered closely with 26 local small businesses and organizations and the Bishop Chamber of Commerce. This includes but is not limited to local gear stores, coffee shops, breweries, printing studios, guide company, lodging, non-profits, local tribe and more. The local community in Bishop has been so supportive of us, especially with our last minute changes, and we feel incredibly grateful to have so many awesome local partners willing to help us pivot, offer us space and cheer us on as we work together to create a more welcoming and inclusive climbing community in Bishop!
At our Sunday Stewardship Project we had over 50 volunteers work on two projects at the Bishop Paiute Conservation Open Space Area (COSA) and attend a discussion group with the local BLM office. At the COSA we built a culvert to help divert flooding from recent storms and took down an old barbed wire fence! We’re super grateful for our badass stewardship partners - Friends of the Inyo, Access Fund, Eastern Sierra Conservation Corps, Bishop Area Climbers Coalition, Bishop Area Climbing Rangers, USFS and BLM.
2022 Flash Foxy Climbing Festival
March 25-27 • Bishop, CA
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We had 448 women and genderqueer climbers attend our sold out festival this year!! This includes 336 participants (including 17 scholarship recipients), 25 volunteers, 24 guides, athletes and facilitators and 63 community partners and vendors. We had folks from 36 states and territories and 3 countries and ages ranging from 1-68!
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Our raffle fundraiser raised $3,300 for the Access Fund, local stewardship partner Friends of Inyo, and the Bishop Paiute Tribe, who will be receiving the funds equally. This year we are also donating $5 from every ticket sale to the Bishop Paiute Tribe Scholarship Fund, this will be an additional donation of $1,750 on top of the money raised by raffle ticket sales. At a smaller raffle on Sunday evening, we raised $848 for the Bishop Area Climbers Coalition. We also raised a total of $2,275 for the Flash Foxy Scholarship fund through donations for custom DMM x Flash Foxy carabiners and from “Superhuman” ticket sales. These funds will allow us to continue providing free tickets and travel stipends to future festivals!
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We partnered closely with 5 affinity climbing organizations, 20 local small businesses and community organizations and the Bishop Chamber of Commerce. This includes but is not limited to local gear stores, coffee shops, brewery, printing studio, guiding company, lodging, non-profits, local tribes and more.
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