The latest news from the Gunks

See a list of recently reported temporary hazards like wasps nests and snakes on rock climbs at the Gunks as of 8/29/2021.

22 Aug 2021

Chris Vultaggio

GCC Profiles: Chris Vultaggio on Climbing Local

Local climber, photographer, and JEDI advocate Chris Vultaggio has climbed in Africa, the Arctic Circle, and the Himalaya--but feels a connection like no other to the landscape and community of the Gunks. Read more in the first of our series, "GCC Profiles"--your chance to meet the people behind the climbing organization that makes awesome things happen here in the Gunks!

12 Aug 2021

Jannette Pazer

Gunks Temporary Hazard Report, 8/12/2021

See a list of recently reported temporary hazards like wasps nests and snakes on rock climbs at the Gunks as of 8/12/2021.

Staircase built at Antlion Cliff by volunteers

01 Aug 2021

Neil Berenholz

Progress!!! But our work is not finished…

Thanks to all of you who have donated to the campaign and to the volunteers who have labored to install anchors, build significant portions of the trail, and lay the massive blocks to complete the staircase leading up the hillside from the cliff. The reality is that there is more work to be done and we still need your financial support to repay the loan, and ultimately to complete the project.

29 Jul 2021

Jannette Pazer

Gunks Temporary Hazard Report, 7/29/2021

See a list of recently reported temporary hazards like wasps nests and snakes on rock climbs at the Gunks as of 7/29/2021.

28 Jul 2021

Jannette Pazer

GCC Summer Raffle Raises Over $10K!

The Gunks Climber’s Coalition is grateful to our many sponsors for making the 2021 GCC Summer Raffle a huge success beyond our wildest dreams! We raised $10,217 and had 275 people enter the raffle! This is far beyond any returns we’ve ever seen in an in-person raffle, where you’re limited to whomever is attending. Because it was virtual, people from...