Climbing
Host to many signature climbing and bouldering events, including the Youth Pan Am Championships and the competitive Psicobloc summer event, Montréal is an emerging destination for climbing events. With a mountain in the heart of the city, a profusion of lush urban parks and a network of a dozen modern climbing gyms, climbing fever has hit the city and Montrealers want more!
We have done it before
Montréal has hosted the following signature climbing sports events as well as national and international competitions:
- Since 2013 - Jackalope action sports festival
- 2017 Youth Pan American Championships
- 2018, 2019 Québec Cup
- 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 Psicobloc Open Series
- 2019 Climbing Escalade Canada Lead & Speed Nationals
Signature climbing and bouldering events in Montréal reach new summits
Montréal’s cutting-edge climbing infrastructures
More than a dozen indoor climbing walls and centres city-wide
Including several venues that host international and national climbing competitions. Horizon Roc is the only climbing gym in Canada to provide official international-level climbing walls for the three competition climbing disciplines and boasts the only 15-metre-high speed wall in eastern Canada. Allez-up is a climbing centre that hosts national competitions.
Parc Jean-Drapeau
Parc Jean-Drapeau, a man-made island in the middle of the St. Lawrence River, offers stunning views of downtown Montréal’s skyline. Its world-class climbing infrastructure includes a 16-metre high Psicobloc wall built over an Olympic-size pool that is surrounded by hundreds of seats.
Montréal's ecosystem is real and vibrant
- Québec’s climbing association is based in the heart of Montréal
- Many climbing centres based in Montréal can support or organize climbing events
- We have thousands of volunteers ready to contribute
- Key climbing suppliers are based in the Montréal area