2026 Heart & Soul Climbing Competition

Since 2014, it's been our honor to organize and host the annual Heart & Soul Climbing Competition to raise money for the fight against cancer.

The 13th annual Heart & Soul Climbing Competition will be held on May 9th, 2026 at the DBC's flagship Central Denver location. You won’t want to miss it! Heart & Soul is a fun, inclusive competition for climbers of all levels. Come try some cool boulder problems and support a worthy cause! Spectators are also welcome.

This will be our 7th year giving locally to the University of Colorado Cancer Center.

So far, each Heart & Soul has raised more and more money and we hope to continue that trend in 2026. We celebrated an exciting milestone when our event total surpassed $150k and we're looking to build on that! Without our amazing community of climbers, none of this would be possible. We’re so grateful to have you involved.

Event Schedule:

7:30am - Doors open and check-in & registration begins for Block 1

8:00am - Climbing begins for Block 1

11:00am - Climbing ends for Block 1

11:00am - Climbing begins for Block 2 (check-in & registration opens 10:30am)

2:00pm - Climbing ends for Block 2

2:00pm - Climbing begins for Block 3 (check-in & registration opens 1:30pm, OPEN competitors must compete in Block 1 or 2)

3:00pm - Finalists announced via Instagram

5:00pm - Climbing ends for Block 3

5:00pm - Isolation area for finalists opens

5:30pm - Raffle

6:00pm - Isolation area for finalists closes

7:00pm - Open Finals

8:30pm - Awards

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