CLINICS
Flash Foxy MINI FEST • presented by arc’teryx
Gunks, NY • October 2-4, 2026
Schedule is always subject to change. All programs run rain-or-shine. No refunds.
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All clinics are 6 hrs and have a maximum of 8 participants.
Clinics are reserved for registered festival participants. Clinic registration link will be sent via Eventbrite. Clinic Registration link (and waitlist link) can also be found in the festival linktree.
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There is a $160 per day registration fee for all clinics.
Registration link will be sent directly to all festival participants via Eventbrite. Clinic registration link (and waitlist link) can also be found in the festival linktree.
Clinic registration opens September 1st!
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All clinics will be held at Peterskill at Minnewaska State Park.
All location listings are tentative and subject to change day-of. If you have an accessibility concern related to venue locations please email events@flashfoxy.com after registering for your clinic and we will work with you to see if the clinic can be held at a venue that meets your accessibility needs. If we are unable to accommodate your needs we will gladly refund the clinic registration fee.
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Climbing harness, shoe, and helmet rentals are available. Climbing gear is provided for all clinics.
Climbing helmets are required for all clinics. We request that participants provide their own helmets whenever possible. Helmet rentals can be coordinated upon request.
Climbing harness demos will be available from Arc’teryx. Climbing shoe demos will be available from SCARPA.
Climbing ropes, anchors, belay devices, and other gear is provided during clinics. If you have any gear that you would like to ask questions about/practice with at your clinic, feel free to bring it!
Email events@flashfoxy.com with any questions or concerns!
All clinics will be run in partnership with Rise Outside.
Registration opens September 1st!
SATURDAY
Saturday Clinic
GYm-to-Crag: Top Rope Anchors & Climbing
with Athe Torri Cervantes (he/they)
Climber Requirements: None. All levels welcome! Some experience top rope belaying is helpful, but not at all required.
This clinic is great for everyone from first-timers, to experienced indoor climbers, to sport climbers who are eager to move away from bolted crags! Top roping is one of the most accessible forms of climbing, and this course will give you all the tools you need to build your own anchors and climb on them! We’ll cover basic outdoors skills, technical systems, and all the tips and tricks you need to have the best outdoor climbing experience possible. This course will focus on building top rope anchors using combinations of static line, trees, bolts, and traditional gear at Peterskill at Minnewaska State Park.
Saturday Clinic
How to Climb Efficiently
Climber Requirements: Must know how to belay someone climbing on top-rope. Some lead climbing experience, either indoor or outdoor, is useful but not at all required. This clinic is appropriate for any climber at any phase in their climbing.
Proper gear placement, solid body positioning, and a strong breath connection are the building blocks of efficient climbing movement. Learn essential skills necessary to move more smoothly up the wall, whether you're looking for help breaking into the next grade or it's your first time outdoors, this clinic has something for you! In this 6 hour clinic, you will get to put the tips and tricks that you learn into effect on the wall all while receiving helpful feedback.
Saturday Clinic *SOLD OUT
Trad for Sport Climbers
with eM Pellerin (she/they) presented by Arc’teryx
Climber Requirements: Must know how to belay someone lead climbing. Some experience leading sport climbs, indoors or outdoors, is required.
This clinic is for sport climbers who are ready to venture away from bolted cliffs, whether ready to lead or just stoked to follow, and learn the technical skills and components for traditional climbing! We’ll cover the essentials like learning how to place stoppers and cams, and we’ll also have candid conversations about risk and how to manage it when the variables start to add up. Our instructors will provide low-risk environments for practice and review the skills you need to continue your practice after the course. Maybe we’ll even convince you that trad can be less scary than sport climbing!
SUNDAY
Sunday Clinic
Rocks, Birds and Breathing: Strategies for climbing mindfully
Climber Requirements: None. All levels welcome!
Do you love climbing rocks but also love nerding out about birds, bugs, lichen and all the other amazing beings we share the cliffs with? Then this is the clinic for you! Together we'll learn about the land, flora, fauna and practice strategies for staying present, grateful and clear while climbing. Climbing is so much more than moving up rocks, it's about staying connected to ourselves and the natural world around us. You can expect to spend a lot of time top rope climbing during this clinic!
Sunday Clinic
Multi-pitch Magic
Climber Requirements: Must know how to belay someone lead-climbing. Single-pitch trad climbing experience, as a leader or follower, is highly recommended.
Have you started climbing multipitch routes, but aren't sure how to speed up and accomplish bigger objectives? Tired of hiking out in the dark? Join us for a jam packed clinic designed to clean up your systems, speed up your transitions, and cut out unnecessary steps, while maximizing security and minimizing risk. We'll discuss route planning, different strategies based on team composition and objectives, and spend a lot of time practicing new skills for the way up, as well as rappelling down. Bring your climbing partner, so you can dial in your systems together!
Sunday Clinic *SOLD OUT
Falling on Gear
with Lor Sabourin (they/them)
Climber Requirements: Must be able to comfortably top rope 5.9. Must know how to lead belay. Some experience placing trad gear (such as an Intro to Trad clinic) or leading trad is required.
This training addresses falling directly to help improve commitment. We do progressive falling practice followed by movement, breathing, resting, and body/mind awareness exercises. Students leave understanding how to take appropriate risks and how to commit to those risks. Students will practice the following skills during this course: fall properly, give a dynamic (cushioned) belay, break a climb into smaller risk events, assess risk effectively, distinguish between no- and yes-fall zones, engage no- and yes-fall zones appropriately, make appropriate risk decisions, improve body/mind awareness, rest effectively, improve breathing, create flow and momentum, deal with climbing stress, commit more deliberately, reduce fear, and more!
Climbing Areas
The Gunks is a popular destination for traditional climbing, top rope climbing, and bouldering!
For the best beta, check out Gunks Apps (digital guidebook) or Gunks Climbing (physical guidebook).
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Google Maps: Mohonk Preserve Visitor Center
The Trapps is the largest and most popular cliff at the Gunks, with many excellent routes at all grades ranging from one to three pitches in height. Almost three miles in length, it is home to many classic climbs of all levels of difficulty, and hosts almost 500 traditional routes AND more than 250 documented boulder problems varying in difficulty from V0 to V14 which scale and traverse the hard quartz conglomerate of the area.
Approach + Trail Surface: A gravel carriage road runs the entire length of the cliff, and provides a relatively flat trail below the cliff to get to your route of choice. The carriage road can be accessed via a moderately inclined gravel road from the West Trapps Parking Lot, or via a stone staircase (aka The Stairmaster) from the Visitor Center Parking Lot. Access trails, marked with yellow paint blazes, are used to get to the cliff from the carriage road. Distances vary up to 0.5miles from the carriage road to specific climbs. Trails up to the cliff can be steep, rocky, and may involve scrambling. There are traditional climbs and boulders directly off the carriage road as well.
Directions: From New Paltz, take Main St. (Rt. 299 West) to the T-junction with Rt. 44/55. Go right, up the hill.
There are two different ways of getting yourself to the carriage road. You can park at the Warwarsing lot, on your right just past the Mohonk Preserve Visitor's Center. Take the East Trapps Connector Trail, consisting of many stone steps and also known as "The Stairmaster", up the hill. This trail meets the carriage road at the Strictly / The Ceiling access trail, which is about a quarter of the way down the cliff.
Or, continue driving up past the hairpin turn, up to the top of the hill, and pass under the steel bridge. The West Trapps parking area just downhill, on the right. From the far end of the parking lot, the West Trapps Connector trail will take you back to the carriage road, and you'll soon find yourself at the cliff, starting with a1. The Uberfall - left.
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Google Maps: Mohonk Preserve West Trapps Parking Lot
Easy access, classic climbs, and easy descents make the Near Trapps a popular area at the Gunks, second only to The Trapps in climber visits. The cliff is 30' to 200' feet high, and hosts almost 200 traditional routes.
Approach + Trail Surface: mild-moderate hilly terrain on narrow trails on dirt/gravel/loose rock/tree roots. Trails can be overgrown and more difficult to navigate than those at the Trapps.
Directions: From New Paltz, take Main St. (Rt. 299 West) to the T-junction with Rt. 44/55. Go right, up the hill. Pass the Mohonk Preserve Visitor's Center and continue past the hairpin turn up to the top of the hill. Park at the West Trapps Lot, and walk up to the steel bridge.
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Google Maps: Peterskill at Minnewaska State Park
A "miniature Gunks", Peterskill has the same type of rock (quartzite conglomerate), the same type of routes (filled with roofs and horizontal cracks), and uses similar gear--but is only one pitch high. It's the perfect place to get used to leading/seconding, top roping, and learning to build gear anchors. Bouldering at Peterskill is also popular. There is an access trail that runs along the entire top of the cliff with several places to descend to a similar access trail that runs along the bottom of the cliff; getting up top to set up a TR anchor is easy.
Approach + Trail Surface: mild-moderate terrain 0.5-1.0 miles. Length and difficulty of approaches vary. Trail surfaces include: packed dirt trails, gravel, scrambling over large boulders terrain.
Directions: Peterskill is located approximately 1.4 miles past the West Trapps Parking Area for the Gunks; continue along 44/55 past the Trapps lot, and you'll see the Minnewaska State Park - Peterskill Climbing Area sign on your right. From the parking lot to the cliffs is no more than a few minutes walk; even at the furthest climbing wall, you're not more than 10 minutes from the parking lot.