The Access Fund New River Gorge Stewards Are Back!

​You may remember seeing Bill and Ryan, our beloved stewards from last year, at some of your favorite spots serving up the best coffee, company, and education. We are excited to share that we have two new Stewards with us for 2023, Grisha and Nina!

𝘚𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳?

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗴 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗼𝗻 (𝟵 𝗮𝗺 - 𝟭𝟮 𝗽𝗺 𝗘𝗦𝗧). The mission of the program is to share resources about the area, most importantly the local climbing ethics, Leave No Trace principles, and ongoing stewardship advocacy from a local to national standpoint. Their goals are to create teachable moments and create conversations with the climbing community about minimizing impacts in climbing areas at the New River Gorge.

Where can you catch climber coffee?
📍𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆: 𝗞𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗼𝗼𝗿
📍𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆: 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮
📍𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆: 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗸𝗲

Be on the lookout for upcoming introduction posts for each of our Stewards so you can get to know them a little bit better!

The Access Fund New River Gorge Climber Stewards program is in partnership with @newrivernps and @usacehq with support from @alpinestartfoods, @gsioutdoors, @adidasterrex, @mammutna, @scarpana, @rockcreekgear, @yeti