...ROCK CLIMBING, SCRAMBLING, MOUNTAINEERING AND HILLWALKING IN NORTH WALES...GUIDING, COACHING AND INSTRUCTION
As a result of a recent plunge in pass rate in the Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor Award, the Association of Mountaineering Instructors are trialling a new mentoring programme. It’s idea is to help reduce the failure rate from over 60% in the current assessment process.…
The Rock Climbing Instructor – Assessment Course is ideal for anyone who wants to manage groups at single pitch crags and indoor climbing walls. It is an industry standard qualification and one that has started the career of many mountaineering instructors and guides. The course…
The Rock Climbing Instructor Award is ideal for anyone who wants to manage groups at single pitch crags and indoor climbing walls. It is an industry standard qualification and one that has started the career of many mountaineering instructors and guides.
The course will follow the Rock Climbing Instructor Syllabus over three days and is delivered practically at a number of crags and a climbing wall. It will demonstrate how to operate as a competent and safe Rock Climbing Instructor, the course is designed to promote discussion on the wide variety of technical equipment available and methods of working on a crag with a group.
The course runs over three days and includes two days outside on single pitch crags, where you will be shown the majority of the syllabus with regards to safely using a single pitch climbing venue with a group of novice climbers. Another day is then spent in an indoor climbing wall teaching you about managing groups inside and some basic technique coaching.
We expect you to be interested in rock climbing to come on the course as such you will need you own harness, helmet and basic rock climbing equipment, including a rack and rope. We can provide some specialist equipment for the training course. A full kit list is provided.
The course is non-residential, so you will need to find accommodation for the duration of the course.
You will also need to supply your own food throughout the course.
This Fast Track Instructor Scheme in Rock Climbing and Mountain leadership runs over 30 weeks of the year and has an average of 4 days contact time a week with one of our instructors or teaching team. Over those 120 days, we will develop you…
Having climbed here last year we feel that for certain clients then Chulilla will be a fantastic opportunity for them to have a Sports Climbing Holiday aimed at getting them to redpoint their first 7th grade routes. With this in mind, we really do recommend…
Many years ago I was lucky enough to travel to a remote part of Canada and climb a route called the Lotus Flower Tower. Set in the impressive Cirque of the Unclimbables the Lotus Flower Tower is one of the most amazing free climbs in the world. It is also one of the hardest to get to. What we are offering here is a fully guided Lotus Flower Tower Expedition.
In terms of difficulty the route has an E2/3 pitch but in general the climbing s HVS or below. As such it is well within the realms of most climbers to attain this isolated summit via 17 pitches of rock climbing. With the option to camp out on the face on a large central ledge. As such this offers up the realms of big wall free climbing to so many people.
What we offer is a guided service whereby we arrange the transport from Whitehorse to the Cirque and then guide you up the Lotus Flower Tower and at the same time take any further chance we have to ascend the neighbouring peaks.
This is not a cheap trip and will cost in the region of £5000 for an individual, we can guide two to four people up this route with up to two guides coming along to ensure your safety with a 1 to 2 person ratio at all times. As such if you can get a few friends together then this really could be the adventure of a lifetime.
The climbing in the area is some of the most amazing granite you will ever encounter, its remotest adds the amazing sense of place. During our last expedition, we also managed to fit in a new route on a neighbouring peak. We did have the luxury of a month. We would suggest a minimum of two weeks in order to get a weather window for the Lotus Flower Tower. The ideal time is May through to July, when you can expect warm days.
If you want to grab a quick mountain route with our guides over the short and often sharp welsh winter then these Guided Winter Classics experience is great as we offer last minute booking. This means that you can book the course just a few…
Our Winter Mountain Skills courses are about turning a summer mountaineering or climber into a winter warrior. The Winter Mountain skills you need to become a winter mountaineer stem from the harsh environment that you are required to survive in. Sub-zero temperatures, strong winds and…
Pushed up out of the prehistoric oceans, folded and twisted under massive pressure and force and then eroded by first the great Ice Ages and then the weather; the Mountains of Snowdonia are as good an alpine playground as anywhere in the UK. With soaring ridge lines and rocky buttresses, there are few other places with such a wealth of world-class scrambling in such a concentrated area as Snowdonia. There is no better place in the UK to have an Introduction to Scrambling. So if you want to come and explore these areas, we can guide you on any routes that we feel are right for your level of experience, and if you wanted can teach you the mountain skills to go it alone.
This Introduction to Scrambling course is an instructional and gudied course teaching all the skills you need to know to head out scrambling under your own steam. These will include:
We firmly believe that with the concentration of classic easy scrambles that Snowdonia has that there is no better place to have an introduction to scrambling course. Our inbstructors have worked extensivcely in North Wales and many deliver courses teach people to instruct in this type of terrain. As such they have a unique set of skills that goes beyond guiding people in the mountains. They can also train people to develop the skills be self-sufficent be it navigating or scrambling throuhg the moutnains.
Pushed up out of the prehistoric oceans, folded and twisted under massive pressure and force and then eroded by first the great Ice Ages and then the weather; the Mountains of Snowdonia are as good an alpine playground as anywhere in the UK. With soaring…