Our profits
WHAT WE SUPPORT
We donate our profits to organizations that expand access to climbing and strengthen the community around us.
We urge you to do the same.
Outdoor access
Western Massachusetts Climbers Coalition
Keeps the Reservoir open to everyone.
Access Fund
National climbing advocacy.
Youth programs
Railroad Street Youth Project
Mentorship and a safe space for teens.
Greenagers
Teens in conservation and farming work.
Accessibility
We fund this one ourselves
Hardship memberships at $49/mo. No questions asked.
Community
Great Barrington Farmers Market
Local farms, every Saturday downtown.
The people
WHO WE ARE
Berkshire Boulders is a small locally run operation.
You can find us onsite or outdoors.
Nick Friedman
Founder
Nick started Berkshire Boulders because he saw outdoor recreation in the Berkshires, particularly climbing and mountain biking, as underrepresented and full of potential. He wanted to build something tangible that could serve as a starting point for the community, both as a place to climb indoors and as a vehicle for expanding awareness of and access to the outdoors. Ultimately Nick believes in outdoor recreation as essential community asset and an anchor to regional economic development.
Austen McNulty
General Manager
Austen was raised in the Berkshires and developed his early climbing roots in Great Barrington before beginning his coaching career as a youth instructor at Indoor Ascent in New Hampshire. He worked as a recreational therapist in Utah, using the outdoors to help people heal, then spent three years at VITAL Climbing in New York as Head Coach and Program Director, building youth programs, clinics, and camps from the ground up. He cares about helping climbers of every background find out what they're capable of.