Participants in climbing (traditional/ice/mountaineering) in the U.S. 2011-2024

Published by Statista Research Department, Apr 25, 2025

In 2024, the number of participants in climbing (traditional/ice/mountaineering) in the United States amounted to approximately 2.6 million. This was a slight increase over the previous year's figure of 2.57 million. 

Number of participants in climbing (traditional/ice/mountaineering) in the United States from 2011 to 2024 (in millions)

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Release date

February 2025

Region

United States

Survey time period

2011 to 2024

Number of respondents

18,000 respondents

Age group

6 years and older

Method of interview

Online interview

Supplementary notes

A weighting technique was used to balance the data to reflect the total U.S. population ages six and above.

A participant is defined as an individual who took part in the activity at least once in the given year.

Number of survey participants from 2016 onwards: 24,134 (2016) / 30,999 (2017) / 20,069 (2018) / 18,000 (2019) / 18,000 (2020) / 18,000 (2021) / 18,000 (2022) / 18,000 (2023) / 18,000 (2024). Figures for earlier years were not provided by the source.

Figures prior to 2017 were taken from previous surveys.

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