Gunks Climbers’ Coalition Sponsors
The Gunks Climbers’ Coalition is grateful to the wonderful people and companies who have donated goods and services to our organization. Here’s a list of GCC sponsors over the past year.
Please return the favor and support our sponsors with your business. Click on the logos to learn more about their sponsorship, view images, and find the link to their website.
If you or your business would like to donate goods or services to the Gunks Climbers’ Coalition for future fundraiser, or if we were bad and forgot to list your business and you’ve donated in the past year, please contact the GCC.
Click the link to see our sponsors from previous years.
Recent Gunks Climbers' Coalition Sponsors
(in random order)
Chris Duca
•Chris Duca is a local artist and climber, who contributed his original illustration of High Exposure to the GCC Raffle.
Mountain Brauhaus Restaurant
•Mountain Brauhaus has a tradition of 65 years serving authentic German cuisine, while presenting varied options for the contemporary diner — including vegan specials, as well as adventurous combinations of specialty ingredients and fresh local harvests.
Ridge Tea & Spice Shop
•The Ridge is a new, climber-owned tea and coffee shop in New Paltz. The Ridge serves homemade sparkling iced teas, matcha, and locally roasted espresso lattes. Choose from 60 loose leaf teas and 70 spices in bulk to take home.
La Sportiva
•La Sportiva's mission is to bring you the best technical products to explore the outdoors.
Petzl
•Petzl designs tools and solutions to enable athletes and professionals to get involved, day and night, in the most inaccessible environments.
Minnewaska Lodge
•Minnewaska Lodge is where individuals and groups attain higher levels of consciousness, connectedness, serenity and adventure. It is an holistic experience, encompassing mind, body and spirit.
BCMG
•Based in NYC, TJ and BCMG aim to provide professional instruction and guided climbing for new and experienced climbers alike.
Alpine Endeavors
•Alpine Endeavors LLC is comprised of experienced, passionate climbers who are trained guides and instructors and offers climbing instruction and guiding to climbers of all ability levels.
57Hours
•57hours is an open platform connecting you with trained and certified outdoor adventure professionals all over the world.
Patagonia
•Patagonia grew out of a small company that made tools for climbers Alpinism remains at the heart of a worldwide business that still makes clothes for climbing – as well as for skiing, snowboarding, surfing, fly fishing, paddling and trail running.
REI
•A member-owned co-op since 1938, REI (Recreational Equipment Inc.) sells sporting goods, camping gear, travel equipment, and clothing.
BC’s New Paltz Climbing Gym
•BC's New Paltz Climbing Gym is a center for the rich climbing community based around the Gunks. BC's is the local spot for experienced climbers to meet partners, make friends, and enjoy the community our sport creates.
Vultaggio Studios
•Chris Vultaggio's adventure photography and writing has been featured by National Geographic online, Rock and Ice, Climbing magazine, and maintains a global base of Fortune 500 clients including BMW, Anheuser Busch inBev, and major financial institutions. Chris is also on the board of directors of the Gunks Climbers' Coaltion.
Tuthilltown Spirits
•Located in Gardiner NY and co-founded by climber Ralph Erenzo, Tuthilltown distillers are bringing back traditional batch-distilled spirits. The Tuthilltown Spirits line of products includes gin, vodkas, whiskeys, rum, eau de vie, brandy, liqueurs, and infusions.
The Gravity Vault
•The Gravity Vault began in 2005 with a climbing gym in Upper Saddle River, NJ, followed by Chatham, NJ. They now have many locations in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, including Poughkeepsie, NY, serving the Gunks climbing community.
Gunks Apps
•Gunks Apps provides the Gunks+ app for iPhone and Android, and digital guidebooks for the Trapps, Nears, and Peter's Kill rock climbing cliffs and boulders in the Shawangunks of New York and more.
Rock and Snow
•Specialists in Rock Climbing, Ice Climbing, Hiking and Cross-Country Skiing Since 1970.