- Beginner
- Ages 16+
If you’re an adventurous person looking for a hobby, take the next step and enroll in our outdoor climbing course.
Quick Details
An intermediate course designed as the first technical progression as an outdoor lead climber.
Learn from certified AMGA single-pitch instructors and AMGA certified rock guides how to lead sport routes, properly belay lead climbers, construct two bolt anchors, and safely clean and lower from anchor. This course will teach you everything you need to know to be a safe sport climber. We will cover topics that include equipment, knots, communication, safety, clipping, cleaning, movement and lead climbing strategy and technique.
Leave the climbing gym and go confidently as a sport climber to explore your favorite sport climbing crags.
**If you want the same material but want to go at your own pace check out the Ultimate Sport Climbing Course***
This course will run from 9am-5pm.
You will meet your climbing instructor at 9am and hike to the climbing site.
In the morning you will learn about the equipment and skills required for leading outdoor sport climbs. You will learn about lead belaying, proper clipping technique, and lead climbing safety and get to practice these skills on the rock.
After a lunch break, you will learn how to tie the knots required for sport climbing, how to build sport climbing anchors, and how to safely clean anchors. Following this lesson, you will have the rest of the afternoon to practice your lead climbing technique and reinforce all the skills you have learned in this course.
You can expect to be back at the parking lot at 5pm.
Transportation and times will be coordinated by email when the pre-trip announcement is sent to all registrants. The course is scheduled to run from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
If you want the same material but want to go at your own pace check out the Ultimate Sport Climbing Course You might consider using the Ultimate Sport Climbing Course as a resource after graduating from the Outdoor Sport Lead Climbing Course.
Once you’ve learned to lead sport routes, take the next step in your rock climbing journey and join Kaf for Traditional Climbing Fundamentals. Or explore the world of glaciers with a Mountaineering: Intermediate course.