Rock Climbing Courses
Rock climbing courses can be customised to progress your outdoor climbing skills. Instruction at levels to safely pursue your own rock climbing goals. Learn skills for sport climbing, climbing using your own trad protection, techniques, tactics for multi-pitch and alpine climbs, and vertical rescue for beginners to advanced. These include many transferable skills to mountaineering and alpine rock climbing.
Course length can be tailored to previous experience and aspirations from short 1-day refreshers to more comprehensive multi-day courses. We also offer guided rock climbing around Wānaka for private groups or families, or alpine and multi-pitch climbing around the Southern Lakes.
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Introduction to Sport Climbing Course
1+ day, all year. Group courses from $350 per person.
Based at local Wānaka crags, learn the fundamental skills for sport climbing including learning to lead climb, lowering-off fixed anchors, cleaning routes, and abseiling. Progress your sport climbing goals with tactics, mental, strength, and fitness training movement coaching, and projecting.
Multi-pitch and Trad Rock Climbing Courses
1-3 days, October – April.
Expand your climbing horizons to multi-pitch or traditionally protected routes. Courses cover skills such as selecting and placing removable protection, gear management, anchor building, belaying, stance management, and descent.
Alpine Rock Climbing Course
1-3 days, December to March
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 alpine rock of the Remarkables.
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Technical Rope Skills Course
1-3 days, November to April
Develop your technical rope and rescue skills to grow your confidence on the crags and in the mountains. The syllabus includes multi-pitch rope management, pitching efficiencies, belaying techniques, abseiling, ascending ropes, raising and lowering.
Our team of certified mountain guides are committed to sharing our knowledge of safe and enjoyable climbing. Their experience demonstrates significant industry experience and practical knowledge in fields including instruction, guiding, and search and rescue. This ensures that participants receive industry-leading instruction covering the latest techniques.
‘We had a great day rock climbing in Wānaka! Since we only had one day in Wanaka for climbing, we wanted a guide to take us to good spots so we could be more efficient, and [our guide] was great, giving us several options along the way and kept us safe. Would highly recommend this company if you’re looking for either a group guided experience or a private one!’
Sarah, Wānaka Rock Climbing
‘Thank you again. That was an awesome day out and I really appreciated how generous [Tim] was with his time and knowledge. Tim crammed in more than I thought possible in a day.’
— Megan, Remarkables Alpine Rock Climbing Course
‘[Our guide] was awesome and very patient and meticulous in teaching me the ropes’.
— Butch, Introduction to Sport Climbing Course.
‘I went for a day learning about anchors/lead climbing etc with my 8 year old daughter who has taken to climbing. [Our guide] was fantastic, he made it work for the both of us and had no issues helping my daughter so she could belay me! Through his kind, enthusiastic and knowledgeable approach to climbing, he gave my daughter the confidence to tackle lead climbing as well. She was so proud of herself. I would highly recommend this company, and will be back at some point to take it to the next level once we work on what we have learned so far.
Rebecca, Introduction to Sport Climbing Course
See also
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