10 Teams
40 Competitors
12 Challenges
1 Winning Team!

The 2025 Ironwood Games is set to be a thrilling event that merges arboriculture, forestry, and heavy equipment operation in a team competition unlike any other.

Hosted in a spacious outdoor venue capable of accommodating the rigorous demands of the event, ten skilled teams will face off in a series of challenges designed to test their precision, speed, and teamwork. Competitors will navigate through events including tree climbing & rigging, forestry skills, and complex machinery maneuvers, showcasing their expertise in each field. This unique event not only highlights the physical and technical skills of the participants but also emphasizes safety, strategy, and communication skills. Spectators can expect a dynamic blend of action-packed competition, awesome vendors, and family-friendly fun.

FIRST PLACE PRIZE

$3,200

Cash + Entry into ‘26 Ironwood Games

$2,000

SECOND PLACE PRIZE

in gear prizes

$1,000

THIRD PLACE PRIZE

in gear prizes

THE GAMES

  • Arbor Ascent

    Bring the heat! A single team member from each team will ascend using a climbing system, to ring a high bell, 75' in the air, in the shortest possible time.

  • Around The Bur

    This high-stakes, strategic team event involves a series of climbing and rigging challenges requiring teamwork, communication, and skills, on and off the ground, in the shade of our beloved Bur.

  • Canopy Clamber

    This high-intensity vertical obstacle course challenges each team to strategically tackle this 82 ft. rope ladder. Clamber on!

  • Cut Stickz

    This relay event requires teams to participate in a precision timbersports-inspired limbing event. Go too slow and you won’t earn full points, but speed over precision may jeopardize your score.

  • Daisy Duel

    This head-to-head showdown will require fast hands and an eye for accuracy as competitors daisy chain 200 feet of rope. All or nothing scoring. This might get a little western.

  • Juggernaut Jaunt

    Choose from a team of two with mechanical advantage or go full brawn with all four team members and complete this feat of strength as you move more than 8,000 pounds. Do or do not, there is no try.

  • Mind Over Machine

    Make sure your head is in the game and your grapple skills are on point. With the help of your teammates’ communication, a designated team operator will use a grapple truck to solve a larger-than-life puzzle.

  • Muscle Memory

    Brawn and Brains. This team event will require each competitor to take turns tying an assigned knot while the other three team members support the weight of a log. Speed and knowledge reduce team stress!

  • Not Bore-ing

    Your choice, all teammates or only one teammate may compete in this event that tests your finesse with a chainsaw. We’re back to basics; know all of your notches, and be prepared to deliver the perfect bore cut.

  • Smooth Operator

    This team event requires it all: skidsteer and excavator operation, communication, skills, and patience, navigating a course with all required materials and assembling and disassembling a timber mat bridge to our specifications.

  • Timber Titans

    This relay trio of timbersports-inspired events will require speed, precision, and grit, as competitors complete a total of five cuts. Sounds easy enough, right?

  • Under Pressure

    Applicator time. This team relay event will test your hose management and endurance skills as you navigate an obstacle course and complete the event tasks.