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The Legacy of Chicks Climbing and Skiing
Established in 1999, the organization provided safe spaces and programs for female ice climbers, rock climbers, mountaineers, and skiers.

When Norie Kizaki returned from an ice climbing clinic with Chicks Climbing and Skiing in 2003, she immediately quit her office job to become a certified guide. “Chicks was the reason I had the courage to stop what I was doing and pursue my passion,” Kizaki says.

The organization’s impact on Kizaki’s life is one story of hundreds from women who are saddened over the organization’s recent dissolution.

After 21 years in business, the Chicks leadership have decided that their business model is no longer viable, especially with coronavirus-era social-distancing and stay-local requirements in place. “We can’t safely build community the way we have in the past as responsible business owners,” they wrote on Instagram. Chicks’ last day in operation was August 15.

The women-specific organization was a first of its kind, blazing a path for women in the climbing world and in the outdoor industry. The affinity group provided a safe space for women of all abilities and backgrounds to learn from each other and grow as athletes.
“I’m just grateful for what they’ve done in this space because they created a knowledge that we could do it,” says Lizzy VanPatten, founder of She Moves Mountains, another organization teaching technical rock climbing skills to women. “They definitely paved the way for more of us to step in.”
Kim Reynolds founded the organization as Chicks With Picks in 1999, offering female ice climbing courses. They expanded to offer rock climbing courses around 2010, then backcountry skiing in 2014, renaming the organization Chicks Climbing and Skiing. They hired a total of 32 female guides—including Kizaki—all certified by the American Mountain Guide Association.
Kitty Calhoun, one of the four owners who bought the business in 2014 from Reynolds, said she knew Chicks meant a lot to the community, but she expected to go out more quietly. The team has been touched by the outpouring of love and support. “Kim set out to change a paradigm and she did,” Calhoun says. “[Climbing] was kind of an old boys club and network. I never imagined that we would have our own, but we do.”

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