Starting January 18, Zwifters can join the Wahoo Climb Mission by signing up in-game from the homescreen. The mission runs for a 5-week period from January 24-February 26.
Mission Goal
The ultimate goal of the Mission is to climb 20,000 feet (6,096m) between January 24-February 26. But there are milestones along the way… with unlocks and prize entries!
Mission Milestones (Unlocks and Giveaways)
Climb 10,000 feet (3,048 meters) for an entry to win a Wahoo Bolt bike computer. This is equivalent to 3x up the Alpe du Zwift. When you’ve completed the task, you’ll also unlock the in-game Wahoo socks.
Ascend to 15,000 feet (4,572 meters) – comparable to 3x up Ven-Top – for an entry to win a Wahoo KICKR K.O.M. Bundle (KICKR trainer and KICKR Climb)! You’ll also unlock the in-game Wahoo cap unlock.
Finally, hit the big 20,000 feet (6,096 meters) mark to complete the Mission and earn a chance to win the Grand Prize – a Wahoo KICKR Bike Ultimate Bundle. That includes the amazing Wahoo KICKR Bike plus the Wahoo floormat, indoor desk, Headwind fan, and a Wahoo SYSTM Subscription.
Finishing this mission is equivalent to summiting the Volcano almost 32 times! You’ll be rewarded in-game with a Wahoo kit unlock.
In-Game Kit Previews
How Does This Work?
Zwift hasn’t had in-game missions since the CeramicSpeed Mission in May 2020, so many Zwifters will be unfamiliar with how Missions work.
Simply put, Missions are temporary challenges. Sign up, then all your activity in-game goes toward completing the Mission. Whether your elevation is gained in a workout, free ride, race… it all counts. The Mission badge on your homescreen will track your progress.
Missions are sort of like Zwift’s three Challenges (Climb Mt. Everest, Ride California, Tour Italy) except they are only active for a short time period, usually a month. If you have a Challenge and a Mission selected, your mileage and elevation will go toward completing both the Challenge and the Mission at the same time. It’s like earning extra credit!
Elevation Tracking Seem Off?
Astute Zwifter Aoi_Niigaki made the observation that:
It looks like Zwift adds up the total, works out the percentage completed, rounds it to the nearest whole number and then multiplies it by 60.96 (1% of the total elevation needed) to work out the total elevation that is displayed in the home screen in the Zwift app.
This does indeed seem to back up the numbers we’re seeing, so if your elevation numbers seem “off”, this may be at least part of the issue.
Questions or Comments?
Visit the Zwift Forum Wahoo Climbing Mission 2022 FAQ, and/or share below!
Will the sign up just show up on the homescreen like the TdZ did? I’m not seeing it in game right now…
Was just wondering the same thing? TDZ is all I’m able to see …
it’s early over on the west coast, give them some time to wake up and flip the switch I guess
This article does say January 24th
Thanks for this. I skipped past the dates yesterday and was coming back to see if there was a secret place to join. Clearly, I need to work on my reading comprehension.
There is a arrow next to the TDZ challenge, click that and it will go there, like a 2nd page
It’s supposed to, yes.
19:31h in Europe and no signs of the Wahoo mission yet. 😡
20:15 and no signs of the wahoo mission at all. 😡
Starts January 24… Some patience 😉
I will. 😋
But the option to sign up is supposed to be today (and mission starts on the 24th)
16:37 UTC Mission activated
On the Home Screen, you’ll see the “Tour du Zwift” (TdZ) box on the top left. BELOW it, there are left and right arrows – more accurately, symbols. Click the > and the box with the TdZ will scroll right to reveal the Wahoo Climb Challenge. Sign up there.
It’s on the left right behind the ADZ checklist…..there is a little arrow under it for a 1-2 type screen that toggles between the ADZ Checklist and the Wahoo Challenge
There should be a little arrow at the side of the TdZ info that takes you to the Climb Mission. At least there was for me yesterday…Be safe..
I signed signed up (RSVPd) on the home screen a few days before the start. Little arrow (swipe) from the TDZ. Did you end up signing up?
If I subscribe to this mission do the metres of ascent also count towards my Tron ?? Currently signed up to the Everest Mission at at 75% towards the tron
the answer to your question is in the article, yes the mission counts towards your challenge as well
Yea! for the mission, yea! for the giveaways, negative kudos for the goal: <600 feet gain/day for 34 days? One can almost get that riding Volcano Flat w/ Dan Diesel for an hour…which reminds me, maybe riding an hour a day, or 7 hours/week is a more worthy Challenge? Love my Kickr Wahoo, love the customer service, love Zwift Insider…prolly the site I have shared more than any other during my years using the 'Swifts'
In order to make a mission that’s achievable for all (or most) riding levels, I find the parameters quite fitting. An hour a day would be a lot for someone new to riding. Giveaway challenges always have to find a middle ground in order to be inclusive, which means most dedicated riders will not feel particularly challenged.
An hour a day can be a lot for any busy person, new to biking or not. But at 3 rides a week, it is “only” about 452m/ride.
Can kids (<16) also participate?
Too bad they didn’t make a new Wahoo cap and socks with the kit.
Do you know how to switch from Tdz to Wahoo mission?
Two different things. You can be signed up for both (and elevation gained in TdZ will go against the Wahoo mission)
This mission cannot be seen yet to be joined… How can we access it?
Easy way to complete the challenge – race the Mountain Massif TT’s – they are about 630 meters climbing and will take around 30-40 minutes. Know out a few of those, mission accomplished 👍
Post updated: Zwift just told me the in game signup will begin tomorrow.
Thanks for updating. I’d been looking this morning (UK time) wondering why I couldn’t sign in. Will be a bit more patient 😉
Hi Eric @Eric Schlange
Did it start at midnight on 1/24 or another time? Because I began riding at 9:00am on 1/24 then did the 10:00am tdz and then 2 rides today (1/25). I have climbed 937 meters but my mission progress only reflects 548 meters and the difference doesn’t equate to any one or two rides. I contacted Zwift so hopefully I will hear soon
This is fantastic timing! I have about 5000m left to get the Tron 😀
Got the Tron and never use it – it just looks odd and I prefer a REAL bike instead 😉
It’s been fun to work for. I’ve grown to love the Alpe And I don’t mind using a cartoon bike in a cartoon world…
Yes! Kudos for bringing back the missions! Wish this was announced with the opening of a Mt. Fuji climb. Question for me: Should I ride Ven-Top x4 plus pittance OR the 32 volcano OR a Tour of Fire and Ice? Love to hear what others are planning. I suspect someone is planning on doing in one ride so they can say they did it in less than 24 hours. Others will stretch it out to all 34 days and scrape just under before the time clock runs out. Maybe a new release will include a secret release of Fuji! 😉
Wild guess Zwift will drop Mt Fuji route in next update to work with the climbing mission plus other major updates going active.
I wouldn’t bother with Fire and Ice (if you already have the badge) due to the long distance to get to the Alpe. Do the jungle circuit and simply peel off to the right when the junction appears. You only end up doing around 3km which is a nice warm up and then pile up the Alpe – you have more time then to do more climbing 😉
I’d say Ven, only because there’s less lead up to get to it, and you’re not slowed down by any gravel road on the east there
32x volcano definitely not, 4x Ventop = ~160km (up and down), 6x Road to Sky = ~180 km ( up and down)
Ven-top will probably be harder in my opinion
If I were to do just the Alpe, I wouldn’t do the whole Road to Sky each time
And besides, when you come down the Alpe, you (or I have) turn right, away from where you started, so you’d do a loop on the outside before starting again.
I, if I was able to, would just turn around after going through the wall and do the Alpe again. So that’s what, 6*14Kms + the 5Kms or so at the start? Say 90kms total (+ 6,000m of elevation)
Yeeeii! It was about time that they added a new mission/challenge. My home screen in aTV has been taken by expired missions forever…!
how do we enter to get the IRL prizes
Wait until the signup appears on the main Zwift screen (tomorrow)
Thx
Hi all, I was on Zwift this morning (7am CET) and I can’t find this Wahoo climb mission. Is it coming up for others. Any chance of a screenshot to show where it is ? Thanks
I signed up! You have to sign in to the game mode as if you are going to ride. It should be on the upper left side of the home screen. If you’re signed up for the TDZ, there should be two little arrows under the banner. Just toggle over.
Thanks for the specific directions! Found it and I’m less than 10,000 m left for the tron so this is perfect timing!
have my Tron bike…
just finished the Masochist x25 AdZ accents badge…
and now this, welp better get back on the mountain
I hope this is a start of missions making a comeback!
Like the mission, like the unlocks, but poor timing for me – work starts on upgrading my pain cave in a couple of weeks and I’ll be without Zwift for about 4 weeks I expect!!
Still, I have the nice new pain cave to look forward to, and maybe I’ll be able to get back on line to smash the remaining metres…
The only unlock I see is a Wahoo jersey for what is a considerable challenge (for most riders). Compare to the CeramicSpeed challenge (which required simply spending time on different bike types) where you got a 1% power boost for the month as well as a jersey, or the standard challenges where you got competitive bikes. I’m extremely unimpressed.
This should get me really close to the TRON bike. Bring it on!
I was thinking the same. I’ve got 12k to go but been a bit lacking on climbs lately, so this will spur me on to get it.
Just added the Mission, 16:37 UTC
It’s there now on the top left of the home screen
I’ve just followed Chris’s guidance and it works a treat – thanks Chris👍
Jeeez… Who knew ” > ” shows it.
I would have never found this, thank you.
When will the mission show up. I keep checking and it is still not there
It’s on the home screen not the original mission challenge screen… Arrow over if your in TDZ it’s on the next page but was there for me days ago …
Will meetups count towards this climbing mission?
Yup.
Thank you, Eric!
This starts on the 24th January … but what time zone? Or is it any time zone as long as it is your 24th January?
It’s what I want to know! I have 937 meters climbed since 9:00am on 1/24 (Central Time zone USA) but my mission progress only shows 548 meters
Similar issue. I started at 6:30am CST on the 24th and I think I’m missing the ~450m I did that morning. I’m showing 900-something, should be closer to 1400~1500m.
Hi Drew, Zwift emailed and said I would be credited within 24 hours. I’d imagine everyone will be
It would be nice if there was a mission with an unlock reward worth receiving.
Must admit I probably wouldn’t bother too much with this one if it didn’t also get me working towards my last 10k for the Tron bike. Would be nice if they put the meilenstein wheels in or something so it was a useful climbing reward, as the pot luck wheel on the Alpe is a bit frustrating when you’ve been up in double figures and just keep getting gloves.
I read the “legal stuff”. The only prize/challenge mentioned is with the 10k climb and an wahoo bike computer. Are the additional climbing challenges/prizes in this article mentioned anywhere in legal agreement of challenge? Did I miss something?
The climb challenge tomorrow says it’s 4 weeks but the dates indicate 5 weeks, which is it?
Same question as JC, The Climbing Mission begins 24 Jan, but which time zone? Completed 1840 metres today at 1730 on the 24 Jan New Zealand time. Unsure if this is going to count towards the mission? Where is our progress displayed?
I also completed today, 24 jan 1060 m, but where is our progress displayed?
Same question. Road this morning but no progress shown. Just says I’m “Checked In’ on the selection screen.
Same here. Just got done riding and show no progress towards goal.
With me the same, have ridden over 1000 hm, Wahoo shows 0 in the Zwift start screen.
Was it a Free Ride or a workout?
Does it matter? Does workout climbing not count?
I’m not sure. According to some posts in Zwift Forum there seem to be others whose workouts were not considered even though they were started after the launch of the mission in Zwift’s timezone. So this is maybe not a timezone issue but an issue with workouts in general. I did a workout this morning and it was not taken into account, but I started it at 8 a.m. CET which was maybe to early (= 23:00 PST).
Tried it again today. My workout did definitly count. So everything seems to work as it should be right now.
Every single ride and climb counts
The progress is displayed on the same place where you signed up. On the homescreen. It’s where your TDZ stages are checked off
Where can I see my current progress? I clicked around a little bit, but could not find it. Thank you
As you’re logging into Zwift, on the left where (in my case) I see Tour de Zwift with the various stages I’ve completed, there is a little arrow to the right of the stage list and when you hit that it goes to another small screen with your progress.
I signed up a few days back, climbed Ven Top today (47 minutes) saw a TON of riders in a particular jersey from all over the world, did I miss something and the Climb Mission puts you in that kit? Maybe just a coincidence? I didn’t see any other interaction was needed for the Mission on the home screen, hmmmm…..
See the zwift forms this topic. Just looked at it and someone said there was error in mission start time.
post a link to where you read this please?
Rode 3 rides today for the Wahoo climbing challenge (close to 8,000 ft). Wahoo only showed I rode 1. Who is to correct this issue?
Could it be you rode ‘one day’? I rode 2x and it just showed total feet/meters climbed.
Yesterday i did a zwift ride but my progressbar is still 0%
wouldn’t bother with climb mission as it does not take climbing miles off of total
Well done zwift same old crap !!!
Will have no trouble taking our subscriptions !!!!
did A 3,000ft climb yesterday (24th january) and it didn’t count for some reason….
Had some issue (although didn’t climb that far…)
Time zones shouldn’t be an issue, if they are then it’s ridiculous…if the start date is 24th January then it should start at midnight on that day according to your time zone…if it’s based on a time zone in America then most of the world will lose out on their first days efforts if they did them early in the day. If this is the case then it’s a joke…time zones aren’t new…and they should have been accounted for
It doesn’t appear that my 1000ft from 1/24 showed up as credit for the Wahoo Mission. Is 1/25 the actual start day?
The cap better be black. Just sayin’
I was registered snd climbed 1700 m yesterday and it did not count. 😂
I did not get credit on the Wahoo Climbing Challenge for my Tour de Zwift stage 5 that started at 10am CDT Jan 24th. Who can help me?
I’ve now got more metres than what I’ve actually done
landing page of Wahoo Climbing Mission says the following: IS THIS A RACE?
No. This Mission was designed to help you climb 20,000 feet (6,096 meters) over the course of 4 weeks to win in-game unlocks and IRL prizes from Wahoo!
It also says Jan. 24th to Feb. 26th (5 weeks)
Which is it, 4 or 5 weeks?
Which one is it
Really hard to find the challenge for the Wahoo competition. I have already done 3500 mtrs of climbing and hope it adds it to the challenge for me. Mega annoying.
On the Home screen where you pick your World and routes, in the top left corner there’s a box with graphics. It may start off telling you about the Zwift Tour. Wait, and it will change. As well, there are two arrows under it, Left and Right. You can use those to toggle the screen until you see the challenge
Hi,
I though I managed to log on to the WAHOO Challenge via Zwift.com; as it should „active“ when I left the page.
bit today I wanted to check on the ZWIFT Homescreen and needed to activate it.
„Issue“ is: I did the Ven Top Tour to gain 1500m + TdZ Long distance 560m since February 24th.
but the homescreen says: 0% achievement.
what went wrong? Why did it not pull in my numbers from the record list?
I haven’t received any unlocks? Guessing the Cap / socks / Kit is the same as the Wahoo items I unlocked with Wahoo’s last challenge?
No unlocks for me either. I’m at 4693 m (15400 ft) which 77% complete. According to the article above the cap should have unlocked for me today and it didn’t…?
Correction – I received the email from Team Zwift acknowledging completion of 15K ft and provided a link to sign up for the giveaway. It also indicated that the cap unlock was now available. However, I believe I already had this cap in my garage from some unknown previous event.
I’m signed up for the Wahoo Climb Challenge, and my climbing is being tracked on the menu page, but I’m not receiving any emails about registering for the drawings. I do receive the monthly news letters so my email is correct. Who should I contact?
This is happening to a lot of people. When you complete 50%, 75%, and 100% you should get an email for each. 1) go to your profile and make sure you have *all* the notifications turned on to get future mission award emails. 2) Contact Zwift via chat or email and request links to the drawing entry pages you are missing.
I received an email once I received the 1st milestone of 3,048 meters and it provided a link to enter the first drawing for the BOLT. So, now I have surpassed the 4,572 meter milestone, but did not get another email to enter the next contest, the KICKR KOM bundle???
You get that when you finish the mission.
That’s not what the emails says. It says an entry would be active at each level reached. I’ve emailed Zwift support.
Here’s the email
I didn’t get an email for 3048 at all. I did get one for 4072, and I didn’t get one whenI finished. No idea what is going on with it.
I emailed [email protected] and told them I got the first email at 50% completion but no the 75% and I got a reply the next day with a link to sign up for the 2nd giveaway. Richard, send them an email and tell them which one you got and they will send you links to the missing ones.
I just emailed Zwift support (I got the entry links at 3048m and 6096m, but not 4072m), and I got this reply:
“Hi Dave ,
Thanks for contacting us! Replies sent to this inbox will no longer directly reach our team, so if you want to contact us, don’t reply to this email – we won’t get your response.”
So … do I have to use the live chat link they provided to get this sorted? Or is this just a poorly worded boilerplate auto-response?
Yes, go thru the chat feature. I’ve used that feature and it’s great
I read you have to register for the give away, but that it isn’t on ZWIFT. Where is it?
THE END IS NIGH!There’s just one week left to reach 20,000ft / 6,096m to unlock the Wahoo Climbers kit. Finishers are automatically entered to win the ultimate Wahoo KICKR Bike Ultimate Bundle in the final Wahoo Grand Prize Giveaway.* The Mission ends February 26!
*You must enter the giveaway for a chance to win. Prize giveaway is operated by Wahoo, not Zwift. Limit one entry per person. See terms and conditions.
Sooo was there a list of prize winners published anywhere? Google search nets me nothing.