We are climbers on Vancouver Island.

from Cowichan to Port Renfrew and South to Victoria to be exact.

We want to acknowledge the ancestral, traditional territories upon which we climb. South Island Climbers Association members climb on the traditional territories of the Coast Salish Peoples, Pacheedaht, Ts'uubaa-asatx, Cowichan, Malahat, T’Sou-ke, Scia’new, Esquimalt, Songhees, Tsartlip, Tsawout, Pauquachin, and Tseycum First Nations.  

Our Mission

The purposes of the society are to protect and manage rock climbing areas in southern Vancouver Island, by:

a) Promoting sustainable, responsible climbing,

b) Building, maintaining, and restoring trails, climbs, anchors, and other needed facilities,

c) Participating in planning for and management of public lands,

d) Supporting research related to climbing,

e) Educating climbers and others with regard to safety, and climbing practices to minimize user conflicts and environmental impacts, and

f) Undertaking activities ancillary and incidental to the attainment of the above purposes.

Read our bylaws and constitution

we understand if you fall asleep a few times.

What We've Achieved