Colorado
Education Clinics
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Community Events
Custom Climbing Instruction
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Colorado Clinics + Events
Since 2020, She Sends Collective has been committed to creating accessible climbing education opportunities for women and genderqueer climbers. We believe that high-quality instruction should be financially accessible to our community, and we’ve worked toward that vision through direct subsidization from our founder, through participants who choose to pay it forward for future climbers, and through donations.
We are equally committed to creating learning environments that feel safe, supportive, and inclusive. Through trauma-informed education provided to our guides and volunteers, we strive to better equip our team to hold space for the mental and emotional realities of climbing. Because climbing isn’t just a physical pursuit — it’s also deeply mental and emotional — our community deserves spaces where people can learn, grow, and feel supported.
All programs are offered through either a donation-based or tiered pricing model, allowing participants to contribute in a way that feels aligned with their financial situation. Additional financial assistance is always available if needed — we simply ask that you reach out to us directly at chelsea@shesendscollective.com.
Our education clinics and community events are currently open to women and TGNC climbers only.
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Single-day Custom Climbing Instruction
These offerings are designed specifically for single-day instruction bookings, making them perfect for climbers seeking individualized support without committing to a clinic. If you’re interested in deeper skill development over multiple days, She Sends also offers discounted multi-day Custom Climbing Instruction Packages designed to support long-term growth and mentorship.
Multi-day Custom Climbing Instruction Packages
For climbers seeking deeper immersion, continuity, and long-term progression, She Sends also offers Multi-Day Custom Climbing Instruction Packages for bookings of 2+ days.
These experiences allow for more intentional skill development, personalized progression plans, and expanded opportunities to build confidence and technical knowledge over multiple days outdoors. Multi-day instruction is ideal for climbers working toward larger goals, preparing for specific objectives, or wanting additional time to absorb and practice new skills.
Multi-day bookings are offered at a discounted day rate compared to single-day instruction.
UPCOMING CLINICS + EVENTS
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May 7 | Community Climb Series @ G1 Climbing + Fitness
Saturday, May 9 | Intro to Outdoor Leading
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July 2 | Community Climb Series @ G1 Climbing + Fitness
July 11 | Community Circle - Crag Days
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October 2-4 | We Send Climbing Festival
Progression Packages
Progression Packages are a separate offering designed specifically as a clinic add-on opportunity for climbers who want continued support after participating in a She Sends clinic.
These highly discounted 1–2 day instruction packages are intended to help climbers continue practicing and applying the skills introduced during their clinic experience while receiving ongoing mentorship and personalized coaching.
Progression Packages are ideal for climbers who:
Want to continue building on clinic curriculum
Benefit from additional hands-on support outdoors
Want accountability and continued progression
Are seeking more confidence applying new skills independently
Because these packages are reserved specifically for clinic participants, they create a more accessible pathway for climbers to continue learning and growing beyond a single educational experience.
When you register for your clinic, you’ll see the option to opt into the Progression Package.
40+ Summer Climbing Crew
Dates: August 6, 13, 20 + 27
Location: Jefferson or Boulder County
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Build confidence, consistency, and community with our 4-week outdoor climbing series designed specifically for femmes and thems ages 40+. Rather than a one-time clinic, this progressive series gives you the opportunity to spend more intentional time outside, develop your skills week after week, and climb alongside the same supportive group. Education is tailored to each individual.
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Community Intent:
Create a supportive, age-specific community where femmes and thems 40+ can build confidence, consistency, and lasting climbing connections.Event Outcome:
Participants leave with increased confidence outdoors, stronger climbing partnerships, improved skills through consistent practice, and a community they'll continue climbing with long after the series ends. -
To get the most out of this program, participants should:
Have prior experience climbing outdoors (even if limited)
Be able to confidently top-rope belay
Be open to learning, asking questions, and trying new things
Be comfortable spending multiple evenings outside in varying conditions
You do not need to:
– Lead climb
– Have everything dialed
– Feel “strong” or advanced
This is a space to build from where you’re at.
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Kate Sedrowski
Intro to Trad Climbing
Dates: August 29-30
Location: Jefferson or Boulder County
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Ready to move beyond sport climbing and start building the skills needed to climb traditional routes safely and confidently?
This 1.5-day Intro to Trad Climbing Clinic is designed for climbers looking to learn the foundations of traditional lead climbing in a supportive, hands-on environment. Throughout the clinic, participants will gain practical experience placing gear, building anchors, managing ropes, and understanding the systems that create safe and efficient trad climbers.
You’ll spend time learning from the ground up before progressing into mock leading routes while placing gear and receiving direct feedback from your guide(s). Our goal is to help you build both technical understanding and confidence while developing good habits from the start.
Whether you’re hoping to eventually lead single pitch trad routes, follow trad climbs more competently, or simply deepen your understanding of climbing systems, this clinic provides a strong foundation for future progression.
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Participants will:
Develop a working knowledge of active + passive protection, gear selection, and gear care
Practice placing trad gear in a variety of rock features
Learn the fundamentals of anchor building
Practice mock leading while placing gear
Learn how to identify clipping + resting stances while leading
Understand rope management considerations while trad climbing
Explore concepts of leader safety, risk assessment, and fall factors
Build familiarity with common trad climbing terminology + systems
Connect with other climbers interested in learning trad climbing
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Participants should be comfortable belaying on TR with an assisting locking belay device, and tying in with a figure 8 follow through knot.
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Jessie Pouchet
Mindful Send Retreat
Dates: September 18-20
Location: Shelf Road, CO
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The Mindful Send Retreat is an immersive climbing and therapeutic integration experience for women and gender-expansive climbers who want to explore these layers of climbing more intentionally.
Set among the limestone cliffs of Shelf Road, Colorado, we'll spend the weekend climbing, camping, learning, reflecting, and connecting—with ourselves, one another, and the outdoors.
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Throughout the weekend, we'll weave climbing with therapeutic programming and intentional opportunities for reflection.
Together, we'll explore:
Fear + discomfort
Nervous system regulation
Falling + catching
Movement + body awareness
The relationship between fear and performance
Values-based decision making
Self-trust + resilience
Community without comparison
This isn't a retreat about climbing harder.
It's about becoming curious about what happens within you while you climb and learning how the skills we practice on the wall can support us far beyond it.
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Participants should be comfortable belaying on TR with an assisting locking belay device, and tying in with a figure 8 follow through knot.
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Chelsea Rude + Lia Wolfe
Climb + Coffee: September
Dates: September 27
Location: Boulder Canyon, CO
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☕️🧗 Climb + Coffee — The Last One of 2026!
We’re wrapping up our 2026 Climb + Coffee season with one final day of climbing, connection, and community—and we’re making this one extra special.
We’ve teamed up with prAna Boulder to help us close out the season in a BIG way. 👀 Everyone who registers before August 26 is getting seriously hooked up for this event. Trust us—you’ll want to get your name on the list early.
Climb + Coffee is all about creating an approachable space to climb outside, meet other women+ climbers, build confidence, and spend the morning climbing together. Whether you’re looking for new climbing partners, want more experience outside, or simply want to be part of the She Sends community, come join us for our final Climb + Coffee of 2026!
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Connection + fun :)
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Participants should be comfortable belaying on TR with an assisting locking belay device, and tying in with a figure 8 follow through knot.
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Chelsea Rude + Brooke Ross
Intro to Trad Climbing
Dates: September 26-27
Location: Jefferson or Boulder County
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Ready to move beyond sport climbing and start building the skills needed to climb traditional routes safely and confidently?
This 1.5-day Intro to Trad Climbing Clinic is designed for climbers looking to learn the foundations of traditional lead climbing in a supportive, hands-on environment. Throughout the clinic, participants will gain practical experience placing gear, building anchors, managing ropes, and understanding the systems that create safe and efficient trad climbers.
You’ll spend time learning from the ground up before progressing into mock leading routes while placing gear and receiving direct feedback from your guide(s). Our goal is to help you build both technical understanding and confidence while developing good habits from the start.
Whether you’re hoping to eventually lead single pitch trad routes, follow trad climbs more competently, or simply deepen your understanding of climbing systems, this clinic provides a strong foundation for future progression.
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Participants will:
Develop a working knowledge of active + passive protection, gear selection, and gear care
Practice placing trad gear in a variety of rock features
Learn the fundamentals of anchor building
Practice mock leading while placing gear
Learn how to identify clipping + resting stances while leading
Understand rope management considerations while trad climbing
Explore concepts of leader safety, risk assessment, and fall factors
Build familiarity with common trad climbing terminology + systems
Connect with other climbers interested in learning trad climbing
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Participants should be comfortable belaying on TR with an assisting locking belay device, and tying in with a figure 8 follow through knot.
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Kate Sedrowski