UK ROCK CLIMBING AND MOUNTAINEERING COURSES
Our UK rock climbing and mountaineering courses can take place in Scotland and North Wales depending on the season (check out the online calendar for dates). This way we get the best weather and conditions these areas have to offer and this enables you to get the most out of your climbing. Have a look at our example course to give you an idea of what you could do.
Want to climb with someone else on the course but don’t have a partner? Let us know and we’ll try to find someone for you to help keep the costs down on our new find a partner page.
Rock climbing and mountaineering in Scotland
Because Scotland has such a large amount and diversity of climbing and mountaineering possibilities, our Scottish courses are flexible in the areas in which we choose to operate.
This approach means that we get the best conditions to climb or walk in. Areas frequently used are: Glen Coe, Glen Nevis, Dunkeld and the Cairngorms. Check our online calendar for dates.
Because our climbing courses are tailor-made to suit your needs you get to decide what you want to do. This could be a five day introduction to rock climbing course, one day climbing a classic route such as Centurian on Ben Nevis, or three days’ performance coaching with a rest in between to help to maximise your learning.
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Some suggestions for courses include:
Learn to Lead
Introduction to rock climbing
Indoors to Outdoors
Scrambling
Navigation
Personal Guiding
Ropework Improvement
Mountain Skills
Wild Campcraft
Performance coaching
Want to share your course with someone but can’t find a partner? We should be able to find one for you. Four weeks’ advance notice needed, if possible. Just drop us an e-mail or give us a call.
ROCK CLIMBING AND MOUNTAINEERING IN NORTH WALES
Our Welsh courses are based in Snowdonia National Park in North Wales. This area has a vast array of classic rock climbs and scrambles and is considered by many to be the home of British rock climbing.
There is a great variety of rock types, and therefore climbing styles. One day you might be maneuvering up a chimney in the Ogwen Valley, then the next be delicately balancing on the small edges in the Slate Quarries. Routes range from single pitch to long mountain days.
If the weather isn’t at its best, there are plenty of other options outside the Park to make sure you get the most out of your course - for example, Tremadog, Holyhead Mountain and the Great Orme often get glorious sunshine if the weather is not so good in the mountains.
Have a look at an example course which took place this summer in North Wales.
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An example course
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Day 1
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Trad climbing on Holyhead Mountain
The weather was a bit threatening in the mountains so we headed over to Anglesey and Holyhead Mountain where the sun was shining. We climbed some short multi-pitch routes from Diff to VS, covering some ropework, seconding skills and climbing technique.
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Day 2
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Learning to lead at Little Tryfan
Both clients were keen to learn to lead so we headed to Little Tryfan in the Ogwen Valley. After practicing gear placements, they led two multi-pitch routes with their instructor on a fixed line beside them.
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Day 3
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Bouldering and sport climbing in the Llanberis area
The morning was spent at the RAC boulders near Capel Curig. This was a great chance to improve climbing performance and consider tactics for training and development of technique. In the afternoon we headed to the Llanberis slate quarries to climb some newly bolted routes and use what we’d learned in the morning on the small edges of the slate. We also led some sport climbs, again with the instructor on a rope to one side. Finally, the clients tried to ‘push their grade’ on a much harder sport climb on top-rope.
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Day 4
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A mountain day in the Ogwen Valley
Today was a perfect sunny day and a great opportunity to use everything we’d learned on a long mountain day. Starting at the base of Idwal slabs and finishing on the classic C’neifion Arete we completed about 15 pitches with some scrambling in between. A grand day out.
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Day 5
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Tremadog cliffs
Today had a wet start so we headed to Tremadog where the routes often dry faster than in the mountains. First, we climbed the challenging Striptease (VS 5a) which was dry despite some rain due to its overhanging nature. The weather cleared up in the afternoon so the clients had the chance to lead Hail Bebe, a multi-pitch V Diff.
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What’s included:
- All instruction and guiding
- Technical equipment (ropes, harnesses, helmets, climbing hardwear)
- Travel to and from the crags
Optional extras:
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