Overview

Welcome to the 2025 - 2026 Season!

The Wisconsin High School Climbing League (WHSCL) is a program dedicated to high school students and catered to climbers of all ability levels. Our High School climbing program currently accommodates over 500 students, from 40 different high schools, and continues to grow steadily each year! A climbing team is a MUST at every high school!

All memberships include: Belay & knot training, technique & movement training, bouldering training, practices, yoga, 10% off in our pro shop, & more!

What to Expect

Weekly two-hour team practice – membership or day pass to local gym required
Monthly Top Rope and Bouldering competitions, with categories & awards for all ability levels – $10/competition
Monthly themed High School Hangouts – FREE
Instruction in knot tying, belaying, & basic climbing technique – FREE
Clinics offered at an additional cost to students interested in learning more advanced climbing techniques

Mission

The WHSCL provides a fun and welcoming environment, encourages an active lifestyle, builds social bonds, and promotes a love for the sport of rock climbing to high school students across the state of Wisconsin through competitions and weekly practices.

Vision

To empower high school students to climb and to legitimize rock climbing as a competitive high school sport.

Values

Fun & Welcoming
Active Lifestyle
Community
Love for Rock Climbing

Events

High School Hangouts

5:30pm – 8:00pm

Adventure Rock Brookfield

FREE to ALL High Schoolers!

Top Rope Belay Classes

Various Dates and Times

Ask your coach about scheduling a class for your team!

Climb-A-Thon Fundraiser

Kickoff on October 19th at the High School Hangout

Ask your coach about you team’s participation and dates!

Calendars

Select the location below to see all of that gym’s WHSCL happenings! Practices, Belay Classes, High School Hangouts, Competitions – they can all be found here!

Competitions

2025 – 2026 Competition Schedule

Division Placement Scrimmages

Students choose ONE of the scrimmages to attend and will participate during their team’s scheduled time. Select the Registration button to see the schedule for each scrimmage. If a student cannot attend their team’s scheduled time, they should talk to their coach.

Division Placement Scrimmage #1

November 17th – 21nd | Adventure Rock Milwaukee | Top Rope & Bouldering

Division Placement Scrimmage #2

November 17th – 21nd | Adventure Rock Brookfield | Top Rope & Bouldering

Division Placement Scrimmage #3

November 17th – 21nd | Odyssey Climbing + Fitness Green Bay | Top Rope & Bouldering

Division Placement Scrimmage #4

November 17th – 21nd | Odyssey Climbing + Fitness Appleton | Top Rope & Bouldering

Competition #1

December 13th

Adventure Rock Walker’s Point

Bouldering

Competition #2

January 10th

Odyssey Climbing + Fitness Appleton

Top Rope

Competition #3

February 7th

Adventure Rock Milwaukee

Top Rope

Competition #4

March 14th

Odyssey Climbing + Fitness Green Bay

Bouldering

Competition #5

April 11th

Adventure Rock Brookfield

Top Rope

STATE FINALS

April 25th

Adventure Rock Milwaukee

Top Rope & Bouldering

Divisions

Top Rope Divisions

Division 1 | 5.9

Division 2 | 5.10

Division 3 | 5.11

Division 4 | 5.12 & up

Bouldering Divisions

Division 1 | V1

Division 2 | V2

Division 3 | V4

Division 4 | V4

Rules

Teams

Current teams

Listed Alphabetically

Appleton East

Practice Location | Odyssey Climbing + Fitness Appleton
Practice | Contact Coach
Coach | Saurav Rana | [email protected]

Instagram | @aasd.climbingteam

Appleton North

Appleton West

Arrowhead

Bay Port

Practice Location | Odyssey Climbing + Fitness Green Bay
Practice | Contact Coach
Coach | Betsy Ferrebee | [email protected]

Brookfield Academy

Brookfield Central

Brookfield East

Climb @ the Loop

Composite team of schools in the Burlington area

Practice Location | Climb @ the Loop
Practice | Contact Coach
Coach | Bevin Dawson | [email protected]

De Pere

Practice Location | Odyssey Climbing + Fitness
Practice | Contact Coach
Coach | TBD

Divine Savior Holy Angels

Practices and competes as one team with Marquette University High School.

Dominican

Fond Du Lac

Green Bay Preble

Practice Location | Odyssey Climbing + Fitness Green Bay
Practice | Contact Coach
Coach | Andrew Bobholz | [email protected]

Green Bay Southwest

Practice Location | Odyssey Climbing + Fitness Green Bay
Practice | Contact Coach
Coach | Patrick Thornton | [email protected]

Heritage Christian

Homeschool North

Practice Location | Odyssey Climbing + Fitness Green Bay
Practice | Contact Coach
Coach | Cara Lederer | [email protected]

Homeschool South

Homestead

Hortonville

Kettle Moraine

Little Chute

Practice Location | Odyssey Climbing + Fitness Appleton
Practice | Contact Coach
Coach | Tim Bruce | [email protected]

Marquette University High School

Practices and competes as one team with Divine Savior Holy Angels.

Menomonee Falls

Milwaukee School of Languages

Mukwonago

Nathan Hale

New London

Practice Location | New London High School
Practice | Contact Coach
Coach | Tiffany Schulz | [email protected]

Oconomowoc

Pewaukee

Ronald Reagan

Rufus King

Practice Location

Shorewood

Sussex Hamilton

University School of Milwaukee

Valley Christian

Waukesha North

Practices with Waukesha South & Waukesha West.

Waukesha South

Practices with Waukesha North & Waukesha West.

Waukesha West

Practice Location | Adventure Rock Brookfield
Practice | Tuesday | 4:00pm – 6:00pm

Coach | Kat Mueller | [email protected]
Coach | Mitchell Mueller

Practices with Waukesha North & Waukesha South.

Wauwatosa East

Practices with Wauwatosa West.

Wauwatosa West

Practices with Wauwatosa East.

Whitefish Bay

Wisconsin Lutheran

Practice Location | Adventure Rock Milwaukee
Practice | Tuesday | 6:30pm – 8:30pm

Coach Rachel Rosenberg

[email protected]

Coach Tim Meister

Coach Mical Schaffer

Coach Bekah Schaffer

Fees

League Fee $25

Annual fee paid by each student athlete to cover league-wide expenses.

If your team practice at Adventure Rock, select your team’s practice location below to sign up for your team’s practice, sign the WHSCL Code of Conduct, and pay your $25 league fee.

If your team practices at Odyssey Climbing + Fitness, Climb @ the Loop, Greater Heights, Fond du Lac, New London, or anywhere else outside of Adventure Rock, select the option below to sign the WHSCL Code of Conduct and pay your $25 league fee.

Competition Fee $10

Price per competitor per competition for all qualifying competitions. Membership or Day Pass to host gym required in addition to competition fee.
State Finals $50

Price per competitor. Students must compete in two competitions to qualify for State Finals
Adventure Rock Membership $70

Monthly fee for unlimited climbing, yoga, and fitness to all three of our locations. $25 initiation fee.

Don’t see a team for your school?
Start one!

Contact

Lizzy Beach

WHSCL Director

[email protected]

262-790-6800 x 105

Follow the WHSCL on Instagram!

@WHSCLimbing

Overview

Welcome to the 2025 - 2026 Season!

Mission

The WHSCL provides a fun and welcoming environment, encourages an active lifestyle, builds social bonds, and promotes a love for the sport of rock climbing to high school students across the state of Wisconsin through competitions and weekly practices.

Vision

To empower high school students to climb and to legitimize rock climbing as a competitive high school sport.

Values

Fun & WelcomingActive LifestyleCommunityLove for Rock Climbing

Events

Calendars

Competitions

2025 – 2026 Competition Schedule

Competition #1

Competition #2

Competition #3

Competition #4

Competition #5

STATE FINALS

Divisions

Rules

Teams

Current teams

Fees

Don’t see a team for your school?Start one!

Contact

Buy a membership

Brookfield

Milwaukee

Walker's Point

ADVENTURE ROCK WALKER'S POINT ROLLING CLOSURES

Buy a 10-visit day pass

Buy a Membership

Fun & Welcoming
Active Lifestyle
Community
Love for Rock Climbing

Don’t see a team for your school?
Start one!