WATERSHED STORIES

Watershed Row is a 1928 building with a rock climbing gym, a bakery, a venue, and other small business and public gathering space for people in Klamath Falls, Oregon. By standard construction measures, it would have been cheaper and faster to level the site and build from scratch. But what would be lost?

Moving to Klamath Falls was an opportunity to gather up all our skills, experience and dreams and put them into action. We brought experience in organizing, agriculture and community building, and we dreamed of starting a bakery.

Klamath Falls has no shortage of rock climbing enthusiasts but (at the moment) lacks a dedicated gym. It’s actually remarkable that our rural small town ever had such a gym. In 2021, after a seventeen year run, The Yeti’s Lair closed its doors, leaving the climbing community hanging.