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Alpine Rock Climbing Course

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Alpine Rock Climbing Course

Overview

The Remarkables Alpine Rock Climbing Course courses the skills to increase your speed and safety on your own alpine rock climbing objectives and be able to plan and manage mountain routes, avoid potential issues, and problem-solve out of the most common emergency situations. Courses are run on the crags of Wanaka with day or overnight trips to the alpine rock of the Remarkables mountains near Queenstown.
Wanaka Mountain Guides [] Alpine Rock Climbing Course

Location

The course is based at the local and easily accessible Wanaka single and multi-pitch crags. and the alpine rock climbing and classic ridge traverses of the Remarkables near Queenstown.

The alpine rock climbing skills syllabus can be covered over three days or a customised shorter refresher can be provided for those with previous experience.

If conditions allow, it may also be possible to camp or bivi for a night at Lake Alta. This his requires carrying in your overnight gear for an hour or so to the campsite.

The culmination of the course is usually an ascent of the summits of Single or Double Cone or the Classic Remarkables Grand Traverse.

Syllabus

Equipment

Familiarity with ropework is important for all areas of alpine rock climbing and mountaineering. From simple pitching and abseiling to safeguard short sections of a route, or for emergency rescue use. Rock climbers and mountaineers should first be familiar with the fundamental building blocks and tools before then expanding their skills in more complex situations. General rules of keeping it simple and neat apply to all stages.

Syllabus includes:

  • Equipment selection.
  • Placing traditional protection on the crags and in the mountains.
  • Multi-pitch skills including tactics for climbing in a pair or three.
  • Anchor configurations, belaying, stance management, and techniques for protecting the anchor for multi-pitch climbing.
  • Descent and abseiling systems.
  • Ropework for scrambling and ridge traverses including shortening the rope, simulanteous climbing, security and speed considerations.
  • Vertical upwards and downwards rescue including, escaping the system, load transfers, lowering, raising
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Course Resources

Shortened private courses can be tailored to individual goals.

Mountain Skills Progression

Advanced Alpine Mountaineering Course.

The Alpine Rock Climbing Course is one of our Specialist Mountain Skills courses. Check our our Knowledge Base for more advice to plan your mountain training progression.

Knowledge Base

Difficulty & Fitness

Rock Climbing Ability

Rock Climbing Ability

To get the most out of the course, participants should have some rock climbing experience on single and multi-pitch and be comfortable leading grade 14.
Ropework

Ropework

Rock climbers should be familiar with the fundamental building blocks of knots, belaying and lead sport climbing.

Dates & Pricing

Availability

Pricing

1 day: from $590 per person for 2 people ( Wanaka based) or $750 (Remarkables based).

Inclusions & Exclusions

Includes: GST, guide fees, compliance costs, technical equipment, and transport from Wanaka.

Excludes: Lunch, snacks and dinners, accommodation in Wanaka.

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Testimonials

"A great knowledgeable instructor. He made sure each participant understood the material. Friendly and made you feel comfortable asking any questions. I would highly recommend [the guide] and would love to be a part of another one of his instructional courses."

— Tom, Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue Course

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