GEAR & CHEER: Online Auction

Our auction is OPEN now through 6:30pm MT, Tuesday, October 21.
Shop over 100 outdoor gear items and experiences, knowing your winning bids contribute to getting more women, girls, and non-binary people outdoors. 

GEAR & CHEER: Dirty Boots Edition
September 15 2026 | 5:30-8:30pm
Yellow Barn Farm (Longmont), CO

Have questions? Email Steph at szoccatelli@womenswilderness.org

Our annual Fundraiser and Friendraiser our community has come to love is back….with a twist! Gear & Cheer: Dirty Boots Edition. 🥾 This year, we’re bringing it back to our roots and infusing the event with even more Women’s Wilderness magic!

Join us for a night of community, inspiration, and delicious farm-to-table local food, prepared from Chef Ryan of the Mercantile, all hosted at Yellow Barn Farm in Longmont, CO.

The event features a huge ONLINE auction of 100 items including outdoor gear, local experiences, woman owned brands, and MORE! 🏕️

The bidding is open to anyone in the US, including both in-person guests and people wishing to join online only.

FEATURING

🎻 Back to Mountain on the Mic

Back to the Mountain draws on the strength of the bones of traditional old time and bluegrass music as a platform to explore unique interpretations of these beloved songs. Add to that their haunting, relevant and at times heartbreaking original songs and powerful vocal performances for an entertaining and memorable Colorado music experience. Click here for their Facebook page.
 
Athena Project amplifies the voices of all women+ and underrepresented genders through the arts by providing them with paid work opportunities while also ensuring audiences get to see and hear their artistic works.
 

🎤 Becca Droz as Emcee

Becca is a local rock climbing athlete, coach and guide. Her guiding career started teaching climbing courses at Women’s Wilderness! She is an athlete for Ocun, coaches at Movement and started her own guiding company this year, Sunrise Mindset Guiding & Coaching. With Sunrise Mindset she provides private rock climbing adventures and instruction, women’s courses and international trips. Becca’s focus of work is on expanding and connecting the women’s climbing community. She provides unique opportunities for women to improve their rock climbing performance, mindset, and skillset and make lasting connections. 

Website: www.sunrise-mindset.com Instagram: @Sunrise_Mindset @becca.droz

🧗🏻‍♀️ Guest Speaker Kate Kelleghan

Kate is a Boulder-based rock climber known for her endurance and big-wall speed ascents.

A former member of Yosemite Search and Rescue (YOSAR), she’s achieved notable milestones including setting a women’s speed record on The Naked Edge in Eldorado Canyon with Becca Droz, and with partner Laura Pineau, becoming the first all-female duo to complete Yosemite’s “Triple Crown” (El Capitan, Mount Watkins, and Half Dome) in under 24 hours.

Kate’s mixes grit, skill, and goofiness to inspire the climbing community and push the boundaries of what’s possible in climbing.

Instagram: @katekelleghan

🥕 Chef Ryan Turano

Ryan, grew up on Long Island. His love for food started with Sunday dinners at his grandparents house. Each Sunday was an eclectic Italian feast created with ingredients from the backyard garden. 
 
Ryan has a Culinary Arts degree from Johnson & Wales University in Rhode Island. Ryan has owned and operated two restaurants. The Sloppy Dog in Breckenridge and Sunny’s breakfast restaurant in Denver. He is currently Chef at the Jamestown Mercantile in Jamestown Colorado.
 
When not in the kitchen you’ll find him snowboarding, hiking, running his online crystal business and spending time with his three children. 

🚜 Yellow Barn Farm for the Venue

Yellow Barn Farm is a historically landmarked 100-acre property helping to pioneer the Regenerative Movement. Our intention is to create a space that feels like summer camp, for all ages, all year – while taking care of the Earth, our communities, and ourselves.

For too long modern agriculture has ignored the call of the land. Now, it’s time to make amends with the land, its inhabitants, and its original stewards. By implementing circular, regenerative, closed-loop systems, we’re engaging in a reciprocal relationship with the land, offering services like composting, workshops, farm-to-tables, indigenous-led celebrations, and more.”

🏕️ 100+ Gear Items & Experiences

Our online auction features over 100 outdoor gear items and experiences. 

The online auction is free and can be joined from anywhere. 

This is your chance to upgrade your gear and do some holiday shopping, all while knowing that 100% of your money goes to supporting increasing access the outdoors for women, girls, and non-binary people. 

TOP SPONSORS

THE GEAR & CHEER SILENT AUCTION IS COMING 👀

Take a look at some of the incredible brands and companies that have been a part of previous auctions!

10th Mountain Division Hut Association – 3W Races – A-Frame Club Winter Park – ABC Kids ClimbingAllTrailsAltra RunningArc’teryx Boulder – Backcountry FoodieBackcountry PulseBearvault – BivoBranwyn – Breckenridge Nordic CenterCarboy WineryCheekyClean WasteConfluence Small Business CollectiveCopper MountainCrazy CreekDenver Art MuseumDenver Center for Performing ArtsDenver Zoo Conservation AllianceEagle CreekEcho Mountain Ski AreaEarth Song JewelryFarm To SummitFjäll RävenFulsom Custom SkisGlenwood Caverns Adventure ParkGood To-GoHartford Gear Co. – Hyperlite Mountain Gear –  Icelantic SkisIron Mountain Hot SpringsKatabatic GearKate’s Real FoodKendra Scott Jewelry – Klymit – Kula ClothLifes2Short FitnessLimelight BoulderLoveland Ski Area  – Ludere JewelryMountain Sun PubMountainsmithNeptune MountaineeringOsmia OrganicsOutdoor ResearchOWL VeniceO.W.L.S. Skills – Patagonia Boulder –  PetzlpStylePurple Rain Skirts –  Rocky TalkieRugged OutdoorswomanSalty Britches – Sea & AdventuresSenita Athletics Ski Like A GirlStio BoulderSuffer BetterSymbiosis GearThe Essence Photography –  Tim’s Naturals – Turtle FurVntrbirdsWestonWild West ChocolatesWoods Boss Brewing CompanyYMCA of the RockiesYogaSixYumbini Foods