We celebrated climbing and community with 200 women and genderqueer climbers at the 2023 Flash Foxy Trad Fest in North Conway!! We were joined by 30 guides, athletes and community leaders who helped facilitate three days full of joy and connection. We hosted 8 clinics, 3 workshops, 11 meetups, a stewardship project, and a dance party! We listened to a panel discussion about traditions, watched 6 film screenings (including an exclusive sneak preview), and learned about racial equity in the outdoors. We collaborated with 13 community partners including conservation organizations, affinity groups and nonprofits, and our Open Air Market had more than a dozen vendor booths to explore.

Fundraising is an important element of all of our events and we are so thankful for all of your generous product donations which make our raffle fundraiser possible! At our Friday/Saturday raffle, we raised $2,140 which is split between local stewardship partner, Friends of the Ledges, and the Native American Lifelines Urban Indian Health Program. As a continued acknowledgement that our events take place on and benefit from native lands, we also donate $5 from every ticket sold to Native American Lifelines. This is an additional $750 on top of the money raised by raffle ticket sales. We were also able to raise $1,046 for the Flash Foxy Scholarship Fund through “Superhuman” ticket sales, Flatbread Pizza donations and a separate smaller raffle on Sunday evening. These funds will allow us to continue providing free tickets and travel stipends to future events and education courses.

We worked closely with 13 local small businesses and organizations in the Mount Washington Valley. This includes but is not limited to local gear shops, coffee shops, breweries, printing studios, guiding company, lodging, non-profits and more. The climbing community and local community at large in North Conway and the greater Mount Washington Valley have been incredibly welcoming and generous and we are grateful to have so many awesome local partners.