Seattle Boulderfest 2025

BOULDERFEST IS BACK ON NOVEMBER 7TH & 8TH! Join us for an electric, all-day community celebration featuring an all-levels climbing competition, entertainment, music, food, raffles, open finals, and community connection. It’s open to everyone, and the competition is perfect for all climbers—from beginners to experts. Every participant receives a t-shirt and swag bag from our sponsors as part of your ticket!

CHECK IN

Check in begins one hour before each session with a rules meeting 2O minutes prior to start. Please arrive early to account for parking.

FLASH PASS PICK UP

Expedite day-of entry by picking up your wristband, scorecard, and swag from the front desk on November 4-6th.

Read on for pricing and details

PRICING:

Community/Open

• Early-Bird: $65 - ONLY 50 AVAILABLE PER SESSION!
• Regular: $80
• Day Of: $85

Refund available until October 24th, 2025.

WHAT'S HAPPENING:

1️⃣ COMMUNITY COMP 🧗

Boulderfest is an all-levels climbing competition. Whether you’ve been climbing for years or it’s your first ever comp, you’ll find something fun and challenging for you to climb! The routes are the absolute best of what Bouldering Project and our setting team have to offer. It’s an incredible experience to climb and to watch others climb!

2️⃣ PRIZES 🎁

Everyone who competes has a chance to win awesome prizes! Each boulder topped = one raffle ticket entry. Each community session is followed by a raffle with incredible prizes from our sponsors and local brands!

3️⃣ OPEN FINALS 🏆

The entire day culminates in an electric Open Finals competition. Top climbers compete to claim the title of Boulderfest ’25 champion! The winners take home bragging rights and the cash purse of $7200!

4️⃣ ALL DAY PARTY 🎉

Each session has a live DJ and the whole day is filled with fun activities. From local vendors, mobile sauna, flash tattoos, games, great food and a happy hour there's something for everyone! Watch Open Finals full of intense competition, MCs, & lights in an event that you won't want to miss.

5️⃣ VOLUNTEERS 🙌

We would love for you to be involved! Sign up to volunteer and get fully immersed in the energy, fun, and community. Stay tuned for more information on sign-ups.

SESSION FORMATS

Community Round Format:

• All gender categories compete together
• All recreational, intermediate, and advanced competitors climb together in the community rounds.
• Competitors have three hours to climb as many boulders as possible within their registered category
• Boulders must be signed off by a fellow competitor, or spectator to be eligible
• Each boulder topped = one raffle entry!
• Climbers must be 14 yrs old or older on the day of competition

Open Qualifier Format:

• Categories: Women, Men, and Non-binary. Each division must have a minimum of 8 participants
• Up to 32 Blue, Pink, White and Mint circuit boulders will be assigned point values in order of difficulty
• Top 10 boulders will be scored
• Volunteer judges will sign off open qualifiers boulders
• Top 6 from each category will go in to Saturday's Open Finals, 6:00pm
• Competitors who do not make finals can turn in their scorecard for raffle tickets on Saturday!

USAC Youth Qualifying Event Information:

• SBP Poplar will be hosting USAC Youth QE on Sunday Nov. 9th from 8:00 - 11:00 AM
• Registration will be hosted by USAC
• Youth 14 yrs and older must choose between Boulderfest and SBP's USAC QE, but cannot compete in both

‼️ HOW TO SELECT YOUR CATEGORY ‼️

Each category will have specific circuits eligible for points

• Recreational: Yellow, Red, Green Circuits
• Intermediate: Purple, Orange, Black Circuits
• Advanced: Black, Blue, Pink Circuits
• Open: Blue, Pink, White, Mint Circuits

Competitors will self-select into their respective categories during the registration process. The idea is to challenge yourself!

When trying your absolute hardest, if you are able to top 10 boulders in the highest color available in that category in one climbing session, you should compete at the next level up.

See the example below:

Example: “I generally climb purples/oranges/blacks. I can flash most oranges.” > We recommend the Intermediate Category.

When trying your hardest, are you able to complete 10 black boulders in one climbing session? > We recommend the Advanced Category.

When trying your hardest, is the Black category overall still challenging, meaning you can’t send 10 black boulders in one climbing session? > We recommend the Intermediate Category.

Open round competitors should be climbing predominantly blues, whites, and pinks. If a climber is able to climb white boulders, they more than likely should register for the Open category.

• Questions? Reach out to: poplar@boulderingproject.com