This coverage is from Terrace Standard and the original article can be found here.

The Skeena Climbing Society is proposing a new bouldering gym to be installed within the Terrace Peaks Gymnastics Club facility, aiming to fill a significant recreational gap in the city. Gail Febo, presenting for the society, told Terrace city council at a meeting Oct. 14 that the project aims to address the high demand for climbing, which is currently underserved by the limited public access at the Caledonia Secondary School gym. “We have just eight months a year. We can use it two hours a week, and within those two hours, it’s quite crowded,” Febo said.

She noted that a kids’ climb event the society held highlighted the need for more than just a training facility. “It was actually a desire for a positive social space in the winter time,” she said. “There’s just a lack in Terrace of places you can go, and especially drop-in spaces… that are affordable.” The project, which requires $130,000 in fundraising, would also create the first climbing competition center north of Kelowna. “Terrace is by far the largest center in BC without public access to a climbing gym,” Febo said. Council was supportive of the project, with Councillor Sarah Zimmerman confirming the demand she saw at the kids’ event. “I can attest that there were long lineup,” she said. “I can see that the demand is there.”

Council voted to provide a letter of support for a grant application, but with a condition suggested by Councillor James Cordeiro that the project first receive endorsement from the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine, as the facility is located in Thornhill, outside city limits.