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We will not be organizing Climbing Up For Air in 2023.

Support the Up For Air nonprofits Utah Clean Energy and Breathe Utah in two ways this year:

  1. Join us for Green Week from February 13-18! Learn more here >

  2. Sign up for Running Up For Air! Learn more here >

We need your help in the fight for cleaner air. Each February, we partner with local endurance athlete Jared Campbell and non-profits Breathe Utah and Utah Clean Energy for the Up For Air Series. Climbing Up For Air (CUFA) and Running Up For Air (RUFA) are two endurance challenges held in Salt Lake City, Ogden, and beyond. The events activate hundreds of athletes for 48 consecutive hours to raise funds for and awareness of a cause that affects us all: clean air.

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Registration

All proceeds from registration and raffle ticket sales are donated to Breathe Utah and Utah Clean Energy!

Signing up for CUFA includes a day pass to the gym. All participants receive one drink token and dinner. Full Day competitors will also receive a raffle ticket with registration!

CATEGORIES (Full Day or Half Day):

  • Beginner (5.6-5.9)
  • Intermediate (5.10-5.11D)
  • Advanced (5.12+)
  • Youth (under 16)
  • Masters (over 35)
 
COST: 
  • Full Day: $30 for Front members, +$5 non-members
  • Half Day: $25 for Front members, +$5 non-members
  • Raffle Tickets: $2 donation

Green Transit Raffle Tickets

Between Ogden and SLC/South Main
Bike: +10 raffle tickets
Public Transit: +5 raffle tickets

Between SLC and South Main
Bike: +3 raffle tickets
Public Transit: +2 raffle tickets

Event Details

Schedule:
  • Full Day Competition: 10:00a – 6:00p
  • Half-Day Session 1: 10:00a – 2:00p
  • Half-Day Session 2: 2:00p – 6:00p
  • Full Day End Time: 6:00p
  • Food and Drink opens: 6:00p
  • Awards and Raffle: 7:00p

« On the day of the competition, we encourage you to ride your bike or carpool to the event! You’ll get extra raffle tickets for doing so.

« Climb as many routes as possible during your 8-hour or 4-hour session and tally the routes as you go in Pebble.

« When you’re done climbing, enjoy a drink and dinner on us at our SLC location, visit our sponsor village, and take part in the raffle.

Comp Scoring

Each route or problem may be climbed a maximum of 3 times.

Climbing
South Main Ropes: +5 points/route
SLC Lead Area Ropes: +5 points/route
SLC Horseshoe Ropes: +4 points/route
Ogden Ropes: +4 points/route
Bouldering, Any Location: +2 points/problem

Grand prizes will be awarded to those with the most points on their scorecard in each category!

Green Week

Making small changes every day can be just as important as massive one-day efforts. In that spirit, we’ll be highlighting as many local environmental groups and environmentally-conscious businesses as we can during inversion season! Bring the Up For Air spirit into your day-to-day life.

Green Week Gear Raffle

Support Utah Clean Energy and get a shot at winning some rad gear from our even radder sponsors! The raffle drawing will be livestreamed on The Front’s Instagram on Monday February 21 at 5p. Purchase tickets for $2 each at the front desk of any of our locations.

Earn raffle tickets by visiting our Green Week partners throughout the week! Select partners will be handing out raffle tickets to those that visit their table. Don’t miss out, stop by all week long! 

THANK YOU TO OUR RAFFLE SPONSORS:

Bed Rock Sandals

Keep Nature WIld

Patagonia

Arc’teryx

RDSH Climbing Clothing

Beehive Cheese

Monday Feb 13 // SLC // 6p-9p

Growing Green

CSA with pickup at The Front + local produce in daily special at Rumsy’s

Local compost drop-off and collection

ACTION ALERT! Drop off your compost in the Earthie Crunchie bins outside The Front SLC from 2/13 – 2/18. Please separate plant-based items and meat/dairy into the two separate bins.

Pollinator gardens

Tuesday Feb 14 // S. Main // 6p-9p

Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose

Community recycling resource

ACTION ALERT! Utah Recycling Alliance will be collecting ski/snowboard materials to be recycled, including skis, boards, wax, helmets, goggles, poles, boots, and bindings.

Local ski exchange and warehouse

Household product refillery + bicycle delivery

Wednesday Feb 15 // S. Main // 6p-9p

Conservation

Impact Co. partner, land trust and conservation

Advocacy and education

Thursday Feb 16 // 6p-9p

Protect the Outdoors

At SLC: Save Our Canyons, Keep Nature Wild, SLCA

At Ogden: Ogden Nature Center, Weber State University SPARC

Anchor maintenance and climber advocacy

Crag n’ Clean signups

Nature preserve + education

Sustainability Research Department

Friday Feb 17 // SLC // 6p-9p

Shop Sustainable

ACTION ALERT! Women of The Front will be hosting a clothing swap! Bring your good condition clothing to swap and donate. Spots are limited, register today!

Saturday Feb 18 // SLC

Green Week Finale!

10a – 2p // Impact Co. partner, clean energy advocates and educators

10a – 2p // Pollinator gardens

10a – 2p // Bulk refillery store

10a – 2p // Juicery and wellness destination

5p – 8p

Thanks to our 2022 Sponsors

Meet the Non-Profits

Utah Clean Energy

Since 2001, Utah Clean Energy has led the transition to a new clean energy economy in Utah and the West with vision and expertise. Through advocacy, policy, and public outreach, we tackle today’s serious energy challenges with a toolbox of innovative solutions and workable strategies in four main areas:

Reducing Pollution by Preventing Energy Waste
The fastest and most affordable way to transition to a clean energy future is to reduce the amount of energy that is wasted.

Making Renewable Energy Simple & Affordable
Tapping into Utah’s abundant, pollution-free, renewable energy resources means not having to choose between a healthy climate and a healthy economy. What’s not to love? Yet, certain barriers are standing in the way of creating more clean energy. Utah Clean Energy is in the business of busting barriers.

Improving Air Quality with EV’s
Electric vehicles, or EVs, which require no gasoline and emit no pollution from their tailpipes, present a critical opportunity to improve air quality along the Wasatch Front, while at the same time reducing households’ fuel costs.

Planning for a Clean Energy Future and Livable Planet
Utah Clean Energy is here to ensure that the important choices of “how much” and “what kind” of energy resources we invest in today reflect the long-term best interests of Utah and provide a smarter approach to energy planning—to benefit of our economy, our families, and our quality of life.

Read more about each on Utah Clean Energy’s website here.

Breathe Utah

Breathe Utah works with policymakers in a collaborative manner and offers constructive, credible guidance. The people at Breathe Utah help inspire change by evaluating and advocating for reasonable, science-based, practical solutions that can be implemented by individuals, business practices, regulation, and policy. Breathe Utah educates future generations on the sources of air pollution and how they can protect themselves, so they grow up able to make informed decisions in their behavior, purchases, and voting.

Nearly 10,000 K-12 students have experienced Breathe Utah’s Air Aware program. Air Aware engages students and teachers in lessons, experiments, assemblies, and discussions about air quality science and policy.

Science-tied air quality curriculum is being developed and brought to middle school science teachers so that classes throughout affected areas in Utah will have access to air quality literacy.

Breathe Utah continues to inform the broader community through a variety of social media channels and published opinion columns. Their newsletters and social media offer Utah citizens access to up-to-date information on scientific studies, local and state policy efforts, and other air quality news.

Staff and board members participate in more than 100 stakeholder meetings annually, keeping Breathe Utah actively engaged in statewide, regional, and local air quality decision-making processes.

Volunteers, staff, advisors, and board members contribute more than 10,000 volunteer hours each year to Breathe Utah’s education outreach and policy efforts. Donations are heavily leveraged by in-kind work.

Read about Improving Air Quality Through Education.

Fight for Clean Air

CUFA is part of the Up For Air Series

The Up For Air Series is a collection of endurance events created to amplify informed dialogue and empower organizations actively working on air quality solutions. Proceeds from Up For Air events are directed at carefully selected non-profit groups that demonstrate high-value influence strategies. The race platform is used to expose participants and the general public to science-based material about the importance of healthy air.