The American Scholastic Climbing League was created BY climbers FOR climbers. We are a non-profit 501C3 created in May of 2018 following a ten-year successful run of the Colorado High School Climbing League (est. 2008). 

The American Scholastic Climbing League is a league for ALL middle and high school climbers… beginner to advanced. Our goal is to connect climbers in an atmosphere of positive competition. Climbers in grades 6-8 compete in a middle school classification and climbers in grades 9-12 compete in a high school classification. Both classifications are divided by gender into a Boys and Girls category.

When you register for the ASCL you will be asked to include the school you attend or would attend based upon your enrollment area if you are home-schooled or attend a primarily online school. Our goal includes helping climbers create climbing teams at their high schools, and it only takes 3 high school climbers per gender to earn a team score at any of our competitions. It is not necessary to have an official coach or sponsor from your school to participate in the ASCL.

Each region in the ASCL hosts a series of competitions during the season culminating in a Regional Final and State Final (for states with multiple regions). Regular season competitions can be Bouldering Only, Roped Only, or Mixed style comps. During each competition, climbers will attempt to climb a predetermined number of preselected climbs to submit for scoring. Points are awarded for the difficulty of the climb as well as flashing the climb (no falls) and/or completing a roped climb on lead.

The ASCL season generally opens in November and closes in February.