Crag Stewards Victoria is a structured network of climbers who can monitor the impact of our activity, promote awareness of best practices to protect environmental and cultural values in the places where we climb and take action to maintain and preserve them.

Big changes in our climbing environment over recent years have required the climbing community to be more structured about the ways we work to preserve the condition of our precious climbing areas.

• Climbing has increased in popularity putting more pressure on fragile climbing environments
• Improved understanding and respect for First Nations cultures requires us to acknowledge and protect cultural values
• Tightening of regulations governing volunteer work requires a more structured approach to planning and activation

CSV acknowledges First Nations peoples’ continuous connections with country over thousands of years. We respect their cultural heritage and their right to determine how their country should be cared for today. We aim to work with each Representative Aboriginal Party to best understand how our program can support their plans for caring for Country.

Have look through this website and read a little more to better understand today’s climbing environment and how you can contribute to making climbing sustainable for future climbing generations.