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 adventure, their broad range of personalities that fit seamlessly into one great community, their undying love for the sport! But one […]
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 and friends, we also realize that gift-giving can be a fun and easy way to show off that holiday […]
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. Programs like the Impact Coalition allow us to do this. With The Front Climbing Club Impact Coalition, we’re able to make a significant difference […]
Avalanche Safety Guidelines from Mountain Medical Academy
Hope for the best; prepare for the worst. Winter in the Wasatch which means it’s time to discuss avalanche safety. It’s important to understand the risks associated with traveling in avalanche terrain and crucial to know what to do immediately following an avalanche burial. We will begin by covering the dangers of avalanches before providing […]
Partner Highlight: Volunteers of America, Utah
Solving homelessness at its source. Salt Lake is no stranger to homelessness. This hard truth is the case in many major cities, and we see evidence of it every day—from driving past makeshift camps to encountering unhoused individuals on street corners, desperate for food and toting everything they own. We aim to help solve the […]
The Front’s Community Climbing Groups
Climbing is a sport of tremendous privilege. Climbing has always been a sport of tremendous privilege, and for decades, there’s been a huge barrier to entry. Free time, disposable income, access, and whiteness have often been prerequisites to enter the world of rock climbing. Thankfully, that’s all changing. Here at The Front, we’re on a […]
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 welcoming environment for diversity. Creating an inclusive space is a priority, and we are learning that its development requires constant awareness […]
Climbing Up For Air 2020 Recap – Ogden
Climbing Up For Air 2020 has officially wrapped up and you. ALL. CRUSHED!!! This past Sunday we witnessed a mind-bending number of laps up and down the walls, and the biggest forearms we’ve ever seen in our life! The action began at 10 a.m. with 4- and 8-hour groups starting off HOT! The most ambitious […]
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 beautiful rope rugs, some folks with cat-like-Oreo-flippin reflexes and the biggest forearms we’ve ever seen in our life! The action began at 10 […]
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 tremendously. But one thing has never changed: our love for the outdoors and the people around us. Since our platform […]
