This 2 day Traditional Climbing course covers everything you need to know to be confident and proficient at traditional protected rock climbing.
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This 2 day Traditional Climbing course covers everything you need to know to be confident and proficient at traditional protected rock climbing. Day 1 is spent focusing on gear placements/gear anchors, followed up with supervised leads with your ACMG guide. Day 2, dial in those skills and build confidence so you are ready for the stone after this complete course.
Climb 5.8, an understanding of top rope anchors and proficiency belaying, previous lead experience recommended but not required
Proper placement of cams & nuts, building trad gear anchors, lead tactics and route selection
Traditional climbing - or trad climbing as it's more commonly known - is the craft of placing protection gear up climbing routes. Whether that's climbing big walls, alpine objectives or multi-pitch routes up the Stawamus Chief, the ability to trad climb provides climbers with access to mountains all over the world.
In addition to our field days, all students will have access to our online course too, so you can study before and after you head out into the field. Students can also join our top-up clinics running throughout the season. Simply book your clinic on one of our scheduled dates, and get yourself back on the rock to put your skills into practice!
Save 10% when this course is combined with Multi-Pitch Climbing in the same booking.
All participants are required to read and sign a release of liability waiver prior to their trip.
Whether you are confident at top rope climbing or sport climbing, our single day Trad Climbing course is for intermediate to advanced climbers. No lead climbing experience necessary! This course is also highly recommended to climbers interested in taking our Multi-Pitch Climbing course, as trad climbing experience is required.
• Climb 5.8 Outdoors
• Proficiency with Belaying
• Top Rope and Lead with a Variety of Devices
• Proficiency with Climbing Knots and Gear
• Understanding of Climbing Anchor Principals
• Previous Lead Climbing Experience (recommended, but not required)
The morning is spent practicing gear placements and making gear anchors. The afternoon is practice top-roped leads and ultimately supervised leads.
Understanding Required Gear
Excellent Gear Placements
Building Gear, Tree and Natural Anchors
Safe Leading + Safe Belaying
Practice Leads
Flexible Cancelation Pricing
$46
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Fantastic mountain guides whom I would come back to anytime. My experience with Altus has been on three different occasions: ice climbing, ski touring and mountaineering, and each time had an awesome adventure. Their guides are extremely knowledgeable, inspiring, thorough, and able to cater to individuals' preferences and needs.
Did two climbing courses with Altus and both were great! Very skilled and experienced instructors who knew how to pass on their knowledge and let you learn hands on. I can fully recommend Altus for any outdoor course or trip!
