What We Do?
The Northern Colorado Climber’s Coalition (NCCC) is a non-profit corporation dedicated to preserving climbing areas and fostering strong community awareness through education and activism. We recognize that to access Front Range climbing areas is a privilege and that it comes with the obligation to act as stewards of the lands we use to preserve their natural beauty for future generations. In order to accomplish our goals, we promote positive resource stewardship through regular public service projects at local climbing areas, in addition to a variety of community building educational programs.
Our Team:
Ryan Nelson
Board MemberA farm boy from Nebraska who transplanted himself to Colorado after finishing college. My eyes were quickly open to the climbing world, after my first Colorado summer of hiking in the Rocky Mountain National Park. I knew rock climbing was something I needed to pursue. Lighting grind boxes on fire in my dad's quonset, trying to do 50-50's and boardslides on my skateboard didn't seem as cool anymore. I caught the bug, and climbed everyday, no matter what my skin said. Bought a rope off of craigslist that was coreshot in 10 - 12 places and started teaching myself everything there is to know about climbing. Thank god I quickly realized how big of a death trap that rope was, and bought a proper rope a few months later. I quickly started ticking off the Horsetooth Classics, and eventually got bored with the normal circuit. A friend and I started to run around the reservoir cleaning old bouldering problems, and claiming we were the first ascents. A serious hay day of climbing for me. I grew up, got stronger, wiser, and most importantly kept cleaning rocks. Developing new routes taught me the important rope skills, that lead me to where I'm at now. One day I wrote a serious Anchor Replacement Initiative for Horsetooth Rock, and when Ben Scott saw that he immediately threw me on the NCCC Board. Since then I've ticked off some hard climbs, developed new crags around Northern Colorado, and have done first ascents of big walls around the world.
RD Pascoe
Board MemberRD moved to Fort Collins in January 1995 to climb and attend Colorado State University. After graduating CSU in 1997, RD stayed in Fort Collins and continued to climb regularly […]
Erin Robinson
Board MemberI started climbing in 1997 at the age of 18 in Great Falls, Virginia. Since that time, most other activities and interests, while not abandoned, took a backseat to climbing […]