Buying a Rock Climbing Rack
I often get asked what is needed you need on a first climbing rack. The answer is not necessarily black or white, instead, a climbing rack should be based on your current needs but this article gives you a quick verview
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Rock Climbing
ML, SPA and MIA Refresher Courses
This course is aimed at people planning to go on a Mountain Training NGB assessment in either Summer Mountain Leader, Single Pitch Award, Climbing Wall Award or Mountain Instructor award and want to refresh skills that are hard to consolidate alone. We have also had…
SPA Refresher Evening
This evening course covers the rigging aspects of the SPA syllabus and is ideal to help you refresh your skills in preparation for your assessment. The course changes depending on what skills you feel you need to work on and are practically based at single…
Instructor Mentoring Program – ML, SPA & MIA
WHY COME TO SNOWDONIA MOUNTAIN GUIDES FOR INSTRUCTOR MENTORING? To answer this ask yourself what it is you think an outdoor instructor does and the skills you need to do that job… Most people will recite the ML, SPA and MIA syllabus just fine but…
Part-time fast track instructor scheme
This course is a part-time non-residential route to becoming a mountain based instructor. If you want to break into the industry and want a helping hand to guide you through the qualification process then this is the course for you. Snowdonia Mountain Guides offer a…
Sea Cliff Climbing
Sea Cliff Climbing is possibly one of the most amazing climbing experiences that you can have climbing in the UK. What’s more the veritable home of sea cliff climbing in the world, Gogarth is just outside Snowdonia in North Wales. So if you’d like to…
Introduction to Sports Climbing
With the development of sport climbing across the country, there is now plenty of opportunities, both in the UK and abroad to go bolt clipping. It is also the easiest way to convert from indoor climbing to outdoor rock climbing, as such the popularity of…
UK Trad Climbing Tour
This is a truly unique course to get out there and experience the very best climbing that the UK has to offer. This month-long course will open your eyes to the adventures on our shores. With a month of coaching and guiding means your climbing…
Lead Climbing Coaching – 5 Day
So you have managed to climb Severe or above and want to progress upwards through the grades but something is holding you back? That is where the Lead Climbing Coaching Courses comes in. The essence of this course is helping you to answer that question…
How to Climb a Big Wall
Over the years Snowdonia Mountain Guides owner Mark Reeves has climbed a few Big Walls in both the USA and Canada. During those trips he learnt the hard way what additional skills that you need to scale the biggest cliff faces the world. What this…