Petra Cliffs News Today

Andrea Charest of the Burlington-based Petra Cliffs Climbing Center breaks down what you need to know to become a rock climbing pro.

The states decision to spend $6 million to remediate brownfields along Burlingtons Pines Street clears way for development.

Skiing and biking are Spencer Lutsky’s top adventure sports. “They combine my two favorite things of going fast and catching air,” said Lutsky in a...

Wanting to get out of the house with kiddos in winter, but not prepared to hit the slopes? Here are some indoor places to get out that energy.

Risk Reflection: Teaching avalanche education through Vermont’s pandemic restrictions On a snowy January weekend, I took my AIARE Level 1 course with Petra Cliffs’ co-owner Steve Charest, who has been an AIARE course provider since 2009. Local Covid restrictions made this year’s courses different from any others Charest has taught over the past decade, and Charest’s Vermont-based courses were unlike others in the country. Throughout the winter, the state had some of the most restrictive...

Updated: 11:53 AM EDT May 6, 2021 Marshall Kramsky NBC5 Sportsdesk Anchor/Reporter Running and jumping have been a staple in every Summer Olympics, and now — climbing. "Such a natural fit from the beginning of time, humans have been climbers to escape danger, and or a variety of reasons, and its really fun," said Andrea Charest, the owner of Petra Cliffs Indoor Climbing Center in Burlington, Vermont. Olympic Climbing is a bit more structured than the "escape dange...

We’ll boldly go …  A noon Monday Lunch and Learn on science fiction, the first of two presented this month by the Sullivan Museum and History Center, will lead this week’s campus activities schedule, which also includes several sessions related to criminal justice and law enforcement careers. Science fiction enthusiasts Glennie Sewell and Joseph Cates will lead the noon to 1 p.m. Monday session, “Star Trek: From Science Fiction to Science Facts,” which will focus on the lasting reson...