Climbing Courses and Packages
Becoming a Better Climber Progression Series
4 week customized private series to build your skills and support you to become a more competent climber.
Trad, Sport & Multi-Pitch
Intro, Intermediate, Advanced
Trad
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Sport
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Multi-Pitch
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Trad ✳︎ Sport ✳︎ Multi-Pitch ✳︎
2 half days & 2 full days
Price includes processing fees and does not include gratuity for your guide.
Becoming a Better Trad/Sport/Multi-Pitch Climber Tracks are Outlined Below. Curriculums are modified for the client. Sign up with a friend to learn together and pay less.
Pay with Venmo to save on processing fees:
$1520 for 1:1
$1070 for 2:1
Becoming a Better Trad Climber: Intro
Day 1: Gear placements and mock leading
Day 2: Anchors (gear and trees), belaying from above, rappelling, mock leading
Day 3: Leading your first trad pitch(es)
Day 4: Leading your first trad multi-pitch, clear communications, more rappel practice
Day 5: Optional Alpine day for additional discounted rate
Becoming a Better Trad Climber: Intermediate
Pre req: Experience leading multi-pitch trad; proficient with anchor building and gear placements; confident outdoor lead climbing
Day 1: Follow pitch/route that is harder than what you could lead; mock lead/lead at a lower lever
Day 2: Creative anchors, rope management (hanging belays), leading/mock leading a pitch, hanging/falling on gear
Day 3: First mini proj (breaking into new grades), falling/hanging on gear
Day 4: Basic Rescue Skills
Becoming a Better Sport Climber: Intro
Day 1: Foundations: Intro to outdoor leading, basic anchors, anchor cleaning
Day 2: Rappelling and more anchor cleaning
Day 3: Leading, mock leading and falling
Day 4: Sport projecting skills
Becoming a Better Sport Climber: Intermediate
Day 1: Foundations: Mock leading harder grades/wimpy sticking - honing skills and communications
Day 2: Breaking into new grades
Day 3: Working with the mind
Day 4: Projecting tactics and integrating skills or birthday/special challenge!
Becoming a Better Multi-Pitch Climber: Intro
Day 1: Basic anchors and belaying from above, climb a short mult-pitch
Day 2: Lead pitch(es) on a multi-pitch, rappel
Day 3: Lead a longer multipitch, rope management skills (hanging belay)
Day 4: More pitches, rope skills and anchors, basic rescue
Becoming a Better Multi-Pitch Climber: Intermediate
Day 1: Climb a bigger multi-pitch (maybe trad follow)
Day 2: Lead/swap leads on a new climb
Day 3: Belaying 2 climbers; rappelling in a party of 3
Day 4: Efficiency practice, or more rescue skills