Thanks for another great on this rock!
Check out thIs video to catch a glimpse of what occurred at past On This Rock festivals.
MISSION, FAQS + CONTACTS
On This Rock Climbing Festival is about improving accessibility, experiencing belonging, and considering the way of Jesus in the climbing community.
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On This Rock is a climbing festival that we host next to Smith Rock in Terrebonne, Oregon. The event focuses on improving accessibility, experiencing belonging, and considering the way of Jesus in the climbing community. We had close to 300 attend in 2023.
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On This Rock 2024 is October 11-13, 2024.
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On This Rock is a totally free event. We’re blessed to have many donors and partners from year to year to help pay for the price of putting on the event.
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You sure can! Our On This Rock events cost around $20,000 to put on and our first event impacted over 300 people throughout the weekend. From our location, tent, many meals, water, professional-guides, and Reel Rock—everything has a dollar sign and those are just some of the many event details that we budget for. Want to be a donor? Head HERE to join us in our OTR events! We’re blessed to have donors like you be a part of this incredible journey.
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Yes, you sure can! Many of our Central Oregon locals came to last years showing of climbing films and didn’t stay for the whole On This Rock weekend. If you’d like to only join us for the climbing films, you’re more than welcome to—you’re missing out though!
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We have a large location for OTR because we want to give you the opportunity to camp on-site! There’s nothing like waking up in the morning to Smith Rock’s majestic nature. You’re also welcome to stay off-site. We’re more than happy to give some suggestions for places to stay!
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Many of the meals during the weekend are provided thanks to donors and partnering organizations. Meals include both Saturday and Sunday breakfast + dinner. You’ll have to provide your own food for lunch. There are some grocery stores and yummy restaurants nearby. You can also leave comments when you register about food allergens. We’ll do our best to be accommodating!
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Definitely not! You’re welcome to come hang for some good times. If you’re new to climbing and want to be professionally-guided, there a few different groups going out on both Saturday and Sunday. You’ll be able to select one of those groups if you’d like. It’s totally free, but spots are extremely limited.
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Registration is now open! Head HERE.
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We are stoked to invite vendors to apply for participation at OTR. Simply send us a message and we'll get back to you!
Have you been to otr?
are you coming from out of town?
If you answered yes to either of these questions, we are kindly requesting that you consider partnering with OTR and its hosting organization - Common Ground - by donating to this event. Here’s the reason: It is OTR’s commitment to offer this event to our entire community at no mandatory fee so as to keep our event as financially accessible as possible. That being said, the primary focal-population of this event and its hosting organization is our local Central Oregon community. (For context, last year’s OTR cost close to $20,000 and impacted the lives of nearly 300 people, many of whom traveled from out of the area to participate.) And if you’ve joined us before, from near or far, you know what this event is like and how valuable its offerings are! To ensure that OTR’s life-giving impact continues and grows in a way that is both sustainable and consistent with our mission, it would be immensely helpful to have your financial support for this event. Please know two things:
100% of any donations will go towards On This Rock events.
If you are planning to travel from out of the area and can’t swing a donation, that’s totally fine. Please still join us!