Research on outdoor recreation participation consistently shows that White individuals participate in outdoor recreation/leisure activities more than Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) (Humphrey 2020; Lee and Scott 2016; Li and Wen 2023). In this paper I investigate aspects of outdoorsy culture and barriers that impact Women of Color’s participation in outdoor recreation in the American outdoors. I conducted six interviews with women of color who rock climb and recreate outdoors. Findings included stereotypes of outdoorsy culture, experiences of racism and sexism, and barriers such as financial and access to skill development. Stereotypes of outdoorsy culture were images consisting of White, male, athletic physiques, and associated with extreme or intense activities. The women I interviewed also experienced varying degrees of racism and sexism largely in the form of questioning their skills and knowledge. Lastly, participants expressed the costs and financial burden associated with outdoor recreation as a barrier as well as the struggles accessing skill development whether it was due to cost, or others who are more experienced unwillingness to share knowledge. Aspects of outdoorsy culture can make outdoor recreation undesirable and inaccessible to many BIPOC possibly contributing to the unequal participation in outdoor recreation.