2014 Idaho Mountain Festival

The granite domes of the City of Rocks National Reserve and Castle Rocks State Park summon climbers like the mythical Shangri-La beckons adventurers. The unique formations with crisp patina edges, splitter and varying cracks, and lines from 5.14 to 5.1 can leave any tradster, bolt-clipper, and pebble-wrestler in a climbing-induced coma. Overshadowed by the better known and ever-popular City of Rocks, Castle Rocks remains a destination less frequented and saved for the “next time we visit the City.”

One Giant Climbing Party - Idaho Mountain Festival

There we were, kicking it with over 250 people at Castle Rock State Park. Hundreds of tents lay scattered across the grass while the gorgeous granite domes loomed over us from behind. In the morning we were fed and educated. During the day we climbed. In the evenings we were fed and entertained, only to repeat the pattern the next day.

 

Event: Idaho Mountain Festival

Liberty Mountain is representing Edelweiss, Singing Rock, Cypher, and Grivel as sponsors of the 2nd annual Idaho Mountain Festival. Edelweiss, Singing Rock, and Cypher are supporting the festival as exclusive product-line sponsors (top-level sponsors) while Grivel is sponsoring the Saturday-night dinner. For more info about the festival and to pre-order your tickets, visit the event website: www.idahomountainfest.com. 

The Idaho Mountain Festival, held at Idaho's Castle Rocks State Park and City of Rocks National Reserve, is a 4-day climbing and trail running festival that has little to do with competition and more about gathering like-minded outdoor enthusiasts to celebrate these great outdoor sports with workshops, slideshows, movies, music, food, trail races, and a whole lot of climbing.

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Our Trip To The Idaho Mountain Festival

Last weekend, the inaugural Idaho Mountain Festival took place in Castle Rocks State Park, near Almo, ID. During this 4-day climbing and trail running party, 175+ people were in attendance and 6 of those were our very own Liberty Mountain employees. For our crew it was only a 3-hour drive to get there. There was no way that we’d pass up this type of outdoor event.

The Idaho Mountain Festival provided all the attendees with free tent camping in a luscious grass field that surrounded the Castle Rocks Lodge. You could definitely tell where we were tenting it because we had our  matching Peregrine Radama tents lined up in a row.

The staff and sponsors at the festival definitely kept our stomachs full and our mouths happy with all the free breakfasts and dinners for the all-inclusive attendees. The food was made from scratch and tasted delicious. Our Warehouse Supervisor, Todd Cordery, had this to say about the food, “The Food was really good, We had the breakfast on Saturday morning witch was super healthy, well at least it looked and tasted really good. The Tacos for dinner were even better. There is nothing better then a full day of good climbing and good food.”

Liberty Mountain was actually a high level partner with the festival through some of our core brands, e.g., Beal, Singing Rock, Cypher, Grivel, Peregrine, and Pieps. Beal, Singing Rock and Cypher were exclusive product-line sponsors while Grivel sponsored the Saturday Night Taco Bar. Peregrine and Pieps, along with the other brands, supported the many raffles with a load of great gear.