The Ontario Access Coalition Survey
The Ontario Access Coalition Survey that reviews your 2015 climbing is available to fill out.
As they state, “It’s time for the 2015 OAC survey. A good chance to reflect on your climbing from the previous year and to think about your goals for the upcoming outdoor season.”
If you fill out the survey before April 4, you are eligible to win a $50 MEC gift certificate.
“Your answers help us better understand the community that we are representing, and we use survey information in communicating with stakeholders. Help us beat our record of 214 responses from last year.”
There are 66 questions in the survey and here are some stats from last year’s:
– Survey respondents estimated that they had been out for over 5,000 climber-days in 2014, a quarter of which were in Milton. 75 per cent of the climber-days were on day trips. Spending was over $150,000.
– Almost half of the respondents reported climbing at least three times a week (that’s a lot of climbing!) and the largest cluster of respondents live in the Greater Toronto Area, with a smaller clump in the National Capital Region and communities in Barrie, Kitchener-Waterloo, and London
– A majority (65 per cent) of respondents were in the 18 to 35 age group the most popular occupational grouping (20 per cent) was education, law and social, community and government services.
– Devil’s Glen was the favourite Ontario crag, preferred by 16 per cent of respondents, followed by Lion’s Head and Bon Echo.
– The vast majority of climbers (80 per cent) practiced sport climbing, while 53 per cent practiced trad climbing, and 33 per cent ice climbing. Bouldering was practiced at 50 per cent.
If you have climbing photos from Ontario, tag them on Instagram with #grippedmagazine for a feature.
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