Flash Foxy Trad Fest • NORTH CONWAY, NH
September 27 - 29, 2024
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.
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What is Trad Fest?
As a compliment to our Bishop event which is primarily bouldering and sport climbing with a little trad climbing, our North Conway event will be primarily trad climbing with some bouldering and top roping. TRAD FEST IS GONNA BE A RAD FEST!!!!
The kid sibling to our flagship Flash Foxy Climbing Festival in Bishop, Trad Fest is a three-day climbing event for women and genderqueer climbers - including trans and gender non-conforming folks - of all ages with rotating locations every 3-5 years. We hope that the Flash Foxy Trad Fest will not only reach experienced climbers but also provide a safe space for beginner climbers to come and learn more about all this sport and community has to offer! While this event will focus on trad climbing (aka traditional climbing), there will also be opportunities for top roping and bouldering!
We held this festival in Chattanooga from 2017 to 2019 and while we loved putting on the festival in Tennessee, we decided to switch locations for a variety of reasons including anti-trans legislation against gender-affirming care, bathroom access, and youth transgender athletes. Additionally, we hope that moving our location every few years will allow new folks to attend the fest and grow our community!
Flash Foxy Trad Fest welcomes women and genderqueer climbers to join us at this event. Our goal is to create and maintain a safe and diverse space where consent and respect are our first priorities. Harassment of any kind (unwanted contact, verbal or physical abuse, racism, homophobia, transphobia, body-shaming, etc.) will NOT be tolerated and will lead to being asked to leave.
Where is North Conway!?
A village set amid mountains and forest, North Conway is located in the Mount Washington Valley (aka MWV) in eastern New Hampshire and acts as a jumping-off point for outdoor adventure in the White Mountains. It’s a trad climbers’ paradise offering spectacular granite routes from beginner to expert PLUS a solid stash of fresh boulder problems and some adventurous sport climbs to keep all styles of climber engaged!
Nearest Cities:
1.5hrs > Portland, ME
2.5hrs > Boston, MA
4hrs > Montreal, QC Canada
6hrs > NYC, NY
7hrs > Philadelphia, PA
10hrs > Washington, DC
Accessibility
*AS OF 4/9/2024 OUR VENUES HAVE NOT YET BEEN CONFIRMED FOR THE 2024 FESTIVAL. PLEASE CONTACT EVENTS@FLASHFOXY.COM WITH ANY ACCESSIBILITY CONCERNS.
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 and Sunday Community Slideshow) will take place on the ground floor, the bathroom is on the ground floor but is not wheelchair accessible. Accessibility of crags (climbing clinics) and satellite events (Sunday Stewardship Project) may vary.
ASL Interpretation can be coordinated upon request. All films will have captions in English. Please email events@flashfoxy.com to coordinate ASL interpretation.
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!
Venues
*AS OF 4/9/2024 OUR VENUES HAVE NOT YET BEEN CONFIRMED FOR THE 2024 FESTIVAL.
NORTH CONWAY COMMUNITY CENTER (aka Community Center)
Programming will take place behind and inside of the North Conway Community Center. The Community Center and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. The primary festival venue will be outdoors on grassy areas and on pavement. There will be some shade under a tent. There will be wheelchair ramp access to all areas where festival activities take place. Surfaces will be varied textures (pavement, gravel, grass, dirt). Seating will be available for all festival events. Sorry, no dogs except service animals.
Events at Community Center: Friday Opening Party, Saturday all non-climbing events (7:30am-10:00pm) and Sunday morning events (7:30am-11:00am)
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. All events will take place on the first floor. 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). If you have accessibility concerns regarding specific events at IME, please contact events@flashfoxy.com.
Events at IME: Friday morning Climber Coffee (storewide, primarily ground floor) and 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.
Find info about crag accessibility on our Lodging + Local Beta page!