Community Highline Gathering

Join us for the annual event! Come out to learn the fundamentals of highlining and connect with old friends in beautiful Buckskin Crags, Cañon City Colorado!

$30 Early Bird, $40 Normal

Gathering Location

The gathering takes place on the Buckskin Joe property with camping at the Royal Gorge Park East Ridge Campground just a couple miles away.

Highlining Address

Buckskin Joe 415 County Rd 364a, Cañon City, CO 81212

Buckskin Joe and Camping relative to nearby cities

Pin for entrance gate: 38.477488447091226, -105.32726615377477

NOTE:

The Buckskin Joe address will take you to within 100m of the correct spot, but to be sure the coordinates for the gate are provided. An Image of the gate is included below. The second image here shows the relative locations of the entrance, and points of interest on the property.

Blue Star: Parking for the far side anchor of the 200s

Green Star: Parking and Port-o-Potties, about a 150m approach to crag (within sight)

Yellow Star: Actual location of the Crag. Climbing and highlining here!

Co Rd 389B, Cañon City, CO 81212

Camping Address : East Ridge Campground

Site Numbers: 8-18, reserved for the night of May 8th and 9th

Entrance Gate to Gathering!

Campground Map: We have 8-18:)

Gathering + Speed Comp Schedule

Friday: Arrive any time for the gathering. Lines will already be up so feel free to arrive as early as sunrise! Session all day long and even into the night if desired. Majority of the gathering goers will head to camp around sunset.

Saturday: Session all day on non-comp lines. Race day (Participant Details below). Schedule for athletes: check in at the crag by 8:30AM. Seeding, explanation, and rules at 8:30AM. First race will start at 9:00AM. The bracket for the races will be built as the time trials complete. Races will have 30-minute timeslots. We expect races to complete around 11:00 AM. At 6 PM everyone at the gathering will head over to the Whitewater bar and Grill right across the street.

Sunday: We will session all morning and then start derig around noon.

Speedline Comp Details

Before Race Day: All Athletes must complete a time trial on Friday or before 8:30AM Saturday. An official time trial will consist of 2 consecutive runs timed by another individual.

On Race Day: All athletes must check in before 8:30 AM on Saturday to compete. At 8:30 AM we will go over the flow of the competition and rules. The time trial times will be used to create the bracket for competition. The bracket will follow the image to the right where the grey box numbers are rank based in seed times. All time trials and races will be held on four parallel 73 m polyester lines with a 30 m running segment. The intent with the 30 m running segment is that even those who are still getting comfortable high lining or speedwalking will feel like they can partake. There will be a 10-minute cut off to complete the 30 m segment.

This competition is recognized by the ISA and there will be ISA speed competition points awarded to all competitors. 2025 was a grand slam for reference.

There will be a prize for both the men and women’s podium finishers.

If you would like to volunteer to help time, the speed line competitions message Logan he would so appreciate your help!

Saturday, May 19 at 8:30 AM at the Buckskin crags

Rigging Class

Rigging Class will be on May 2 and 3 and will go through a range of skills depending on where the participant is in their rigging journey. This rigging class is free, but in order to receive detailed information for the weekend you must get a ticket still!

The Anchors at the Buckskin Crags will offer the chance to practice 2 and 3 bolt anchors, anchors with significant extension, hang frames, and the curtain rod method. We will be rigging lines to ISA festival rigging standards, so this will be a great course for safety-focused rigging.

This class focuses heavily on learning through repetition. We will rig the 10 lines that are going to be used during CHG the following weekend so you will get very comfortable with rigging on bolts over the course of the weekend. If the crew is stoked up, we can establish a new line as a bonus to see what we think about when putting up new lines.

Of course, we will take time to highline in addition to just rigging:)