Rally in the Valley 2025

Come out to Hidden Valley, VA September 19-21 for an all-in-one work/play weekend. This celebration of community, climbing and access will highlight the collective impact of the CCC and CACC in creating safe and sustainable climbing access at Hidden Valley, and will raise funds for stewardship projects and ongoing maintainence of climbing at Hidden Valley! 

This year’s event is stacked with good times:

• Stewardship projects on Saturday AM (road clean up and trail clean up) 
• Vendor village
• Bolt Replacement clinic 

Registration Includes:

• Event t-shirt
• 2 nights of camping
• 1 meal ticket for dinner Saturday night
• 1 drink ticket
• Access to raffle with great prizes
• Community climbing
• CCC annual membership (must choose this option at checkout)

Want to get into the event for free?

Sign up for 2 or more volunteer slots and get in free

Schedule:

Friday 6PM: Check in at the festival cetner. Also, join other climbers for self guided Friday Night Lights at the crag from 6-9PM

Saturday: 7:30-8:00AM: Coffee

8:00AM-9:00AM: Check in

9:00AM-1:00PM: Crag Stewardship including road clean up and trail work

1:00PM-5:00PM: Self lead community climbing. PLEASE CARPOOL TO THE CLIMBER PARKING! 

5:30PM-10:00PM: Back at festival center, dinner, raffle, games and hangs

Sunday: Camp clean up and community climbing. Bolt replacement clinic meets at 9AM in the climber parking for those that registered. PLEASE CARPOOL TO THE CLIMBER PARKING! 

FAQs

What is Community Climbing?: Due to the nature of the festival and our crags, people will be climbing in close proximity to each other. We hope you're able to share beta, tips, and even share a rope! CCC board and staff does not provide any services for this activity other than offering beta on climbs if desired. If you do not have the skills to set up and lead climbs safely on your own, we urge you to take an educational clinic or hire a reputable guide service. 

Rain/ cancellation/ refund?: In the event of a storm, we may cancel the event. We can not offer refunds, but your registration fee will be used to maintain and gain access to our many climbing areas. 

Kid-friendly?: Yes, we love kids

Dog-friendly?: Dogs are not allowed at Hidden Valley  

Will you be serving alcoholic beverages?: Yes, we will have beer by donation available during the vendor village portion of the event on Saturday night.

What's the climbing like?: Hidden Valley is well featured and steep sand stone, with climbs from 5.6-5.14. The greatest concentration of climbs are in the 5.11 range. There are nearly 400 established climbs at Hidden Valley. Most of these are sport lines, but some mixed and trad routes are also worth doing.

Where's the camping: put the address below in your GPS. You'll have to pull down a 1/2 mile dirt road to the camp site. This camp site is on private land, donated for the weekend by the owner. Please be respectful. And thank you Kyle King! 

Bolt Replacement clinic on Sunday September 21st. 9AM (SOLD OUT) 

• Description: Ready to volunteer with hardware replacement? Join Wes Calkins and Mike Reardon to learn modern techniques for hardware replacement. Various methods for removal of hardware and the use of specialty tools will be demonstrated and practiced. During the clinic we will practice placing and removing wedge bolts, one of the most common style of bolt found in climbing. There will also be sessions on hardware identification and maintenance. 
• Clinic Provider: Wes Calkins, Appalachian Climbing School, and Mike Reardon, CCC Executive Director
• Max Participants: 6
• Time: 9am in the climber parking lot.  
• Location: Hidden Valley, VA