Climbing Packs

A climbing pack has to survive the approach, perform at the crag or the base of the wall, and stay out of the way when you are moving over rock. OutThere USA climbing packs are designed by our founder, three-time Adventure Racing World Champion Mike Kloser, who has scrambled, rappelled, and climbed through race stages on every continent. That firsthand experience with vertical terrain shaped how these packs carry, compress, and secure gear on exposed approaches and technical scrambles.

The WC-30 is the workhorse for crag days and multi-pitch approaches. At 30 liters it fits a 70-meter rope, a full trad rack, shoes, helmet, harness, water, and lunch without needing to strap anything to the outside. Side compression straps cinch the load tight against your back on exposed approach trails and scrambles, keeping your center of gravity stable when the terrain gets steep. The streamlined profile avoids snags on brush-choked approach gullies, and the padded hipbelt takes weight off your shoulders on long walk-ins so you arrive at the base feeling fresh instead of wrecked.

For sport-climbing days, bouldering sessions, and shorter approaches where you are carrying less, the WC-15 strips down to 15 liters and covers the essentials: shoes, chalk bag, a few draws or a crash-pad strap, water, and a layer. The adjustable harness fits a wide range of torso lengths, so it works whether you are wearing a thin base layer or a puffy belay jacket. External webbing loops on the bottom of the pack let you attach an ice axe or trekking poles for alpine approaches, and the breathable back panel keeps you from overheating on steep uphill sections.

Both climbing packs are built from durable, abrasion-resistant nylon that stands up to being dragged across rough rock, tossed at the base of a route, and stuffed into chimneys and off-widths. Reinforced stress points handle the weight of a full rack without blowing out seams. These are packs built for climbers who need their gear to work as hard as they do.