Impact Dispatches

The Impact Coalition Is Calling this Giving Tuesday

It’s giving season, and with a donation through the Impact Coalition, you can turn every day into Giving Tuesday. There are lots of reasons that The Front members are so great; their taste for adventu...

The Front's 2022 Holiday Gift Guide

The holiday season is in full swing, and you know what that means! Shopping for loved ones. Although we don't believe that material items are the only way to show your love and appreciation for family...

Impact Update Fall 2022

At the Front, we pride ourselves on being so much more than a gym. We truly care about about supporting, uplifting, and growing our surrounding community of both climbers and not-yet-climbers. Program...

Avalanche Safety Guidelines from Mountain Medical Academy

Partner Highlight: Volunteers of America, Utah

The Front's Community Climbing Groups

The Front J.E.D.I. Panel 2020 Recap

As a business and community we understand the necessity of listening to and learning from the voices that have been silenced and experiences that have been ignored in order to provide a safe and welco...

Climbing Up For Air 2020 Recap - Ogden

Climbing Up For Air 2020 Recap - SLC

Climbing Up For Air 2020 has officially wrapped up and you. ALL. CRUSHED!!! This past Sunday we witnessed 220 laps(!!) on pink dot boulder problems, an incredibly crafty crew of climbers making beauti...

2019 Front Line Wrap Up

The Front, previously known as The Body Shop and The Wasatch Front, has been a part of the Salt Lake climbing community since 1989. Over the past three decades our spaces and customer-base have grown...

Giving Back with the Salt Lake Climbers Alliance

Little Cottonwood Canyon is easily one of my favorite places to climb in the Wasatch. Its cracks and knobs remind me of Yosemite, its old-school-style trad climbing and bolted runouts are reminiscent...

Introducing Our New Neighbor - The Gail Miller Resource Center

The Gail Miller Resource Center (GMRC) is Salt Lake’s newest resource center offering aid to the city’s homeless population. Located at 242 W. Paramount Ave, the modern space is just a few blocks away...

Dig It!

Ogden Adaptive Climbing Day Recap

Why a Sold-Out CSA Matters?

"Due to The Front’s dedication, Farmer Next Door has sold out for the summer season and we currently have the biggest CSA pick-up in history on Wednesday evenings at the gym,” said Jill Bell, manager...

Climbing Up For Air 2019 Recap

Climbing Up For Air 2019 was nothing short of a monumental success for our community, the awesome organization Breathe Utah, and the future of our air quality. Not to mention, it was fun as hell! This...

Voting Beta: What You Need to Know for the Midterms

Registering to Vote (Make Sure You're Legit) 1. Can I register to vote online? You may register to vote online if you have a current Utah Driver's License or State ID Card. Visit vote.utah.gov to acce...

Global Climbing Day | The Front Salt Lake City

2018 Climbing is for everyone! THANK YOU To everyone who joined us for Global Climbing Day at The Front! We were honored to partner with The North Face in a celebration of the sport we love. Their cam...

Farmer Next Door CSA at The Front

A 13-week CSA Share with Farmer Next Door Starts on June 6th! Every basket from Farmer Next Door holds a variety of lush veggies, fruits, eggs, cheese, deliciously baked bread, and the key to keeping...

The 2018 Shindig

The Front has a deep appreciation for our trails and the environment that surrounds our beautiful city. We've partnered with the Ogden Trails Network for several years to help provide maintenance on m...

More Women in Politics | Shireen Ghorbani

The Front is hosting a night of coffee, cookies and Q&A with a candidate for Utah's 2nd Congressional District, Shireen Ghorbani. We jump at any opportunity, as should you, to meet our potential repre...

Gerrymandering in Utah

Volunteers will be at The Front on the evening of Thursday March 8th from 4:30pm to 8:30pm to conduct voter registration and gather signatures for the Better Boundaries ballot initiative – this citize...

Climbing Up For Air Event Recap

Running Up For Air, a do-good endurance challenge founded by local ultra-athlete Jared Campbell as a personal experiment, has grown over the last several years to become a bonafide fundraising event w...

Improving Air Quality Through Education

This story was originally written in support of our 2019 CUFA event, which took place on Sunday, Feb 10th 2019. Learn more about our yearly Climbing Up for Air event here. If you’ve been tuned into ou...

The Origins of Running Up For Air

We at The Front are super lucky to claim Salt Lake City as our home base. The valley gives us warm summer nights, mild winter temps (especially this year!) and unrivaled access to world-class skiing a...

How to Stand Up for Bears Ears

Bears Ears Needs No Defense, Only Defenders One year ago this month, President Obama set aside over 1.3 million acres of land in southeastern Utah protecting a wealth of Native American archeological...