This clinic will introduce you to all the basic skills required to get out and climb with your friends. You will learn all the knots required for climbing safely; communication signals; how to belay your climbing partners; movement techniques for a variety of climbing styles; and, you will have a great day of climbing while doing all this! At the end of this clinic you will be able to get out climbing with more experienced climbers. Suitable for people who have never climbed before, or have had very little instruction in climbing basics.

Already comfortable climbing, but not too confident in setting up your own top-rope systems? This is the clinic for you. Working with pre-existing features such as bolts and trees, you will learn all the do’s and don’ts of creating and managing safe top rope sites. Basic anchoring fundamentals; tips for ensuring your systems are safe and ready to be used; proper equipment use and standards; and, suggestions of good climbs in Squamish to practice setting up your own TR systems on. Suitable for any level of climber who has not actively participated in setting up outdoor top-rope climbing systems, or anyone who wants to ensure their existing skills are up to par with accepted standards.

Same skills as Bouldering Basics, except taught by a woman and you will be learning and practicing your skills with other women.

Many climbers find themselves struggling on climbs that involve any amount of crack climbing. This clinic will help you refine the techniques needed to get through any section of crack – hand cracks, offwidths, finger jams, etc – all of these techniques plus more will be explained and demonstrated at suitable sites before you have an opportunity to get on the rock and practice them with the clinic instructor coaching you. Suitable for climbers of any level, though previous climbing experience and ability to belay is required.

No one expects anything to go wrong when climbing, but if it should happen are you prepared to deal with the situation? This clinic will give you some solid technical skill that will help you and your climbing partners deal with any rescues situation involving ropework. You will learn how to safely escape any belay system; methods for transferring weight from your belay to an anchor (load transfers); how to rig a raising system in order to pull someone up if need; and, how to use a variety of simple systems to problems solve many different situations that can arise when climbing. This course is best suited to climbers who can belay and are comfortable building their own top-rope anchor systems.

Aid climbing is a great way to get out and experience a completely different approach to climbing. This clinic will show you all the basic skills to get you started. Gear placements, route selection, belaying considerations, use of specialised gear and how to second and clean a route are all discussed and practiced. This is a great clinic for anyone who wants to increase their skills for use of gear and creating climbing systems as well. Climbers on this clinic must know how to belay and rappel and should be familiar with use of trad gear.

This clinic is suited for the climber who already is leading comfortably on bolts and has some experience leading on their own trad gear as well. You will learn skills to improve your ability to place gear on more difficult climbs and in m ore complex situations. Scenarios involving traverses, mid-pitch descents, protecting overhangs, minimising rope drag, and other situations that require increased problem solving skills in order to protect safely are all covered in this clinic. Climbers on this course should be comfortable leading at a 5.8 level already.

Same skills as Intro to Rock , except you will be learning and practicing your skills with all ages.

Already comfortable climbing, but not too confident in setting up your own top-rope systems? This is the clinic for you. Working with pre-existing features such as bolts and trees, you will learn all the do’s and don’ts of creating and managing safe top rope sites. Basic anchoring fundamentals; tips for ensuring your systems are safe and ready to be used; proper equipment use and standards; and, suggestions of good climbs in Squamish to practice setting up your own TR systems on. Suitable for any level of climber who has not actively participated in setting up outdoor top-rope climbing systems, or anyone who wants to ensure their existing skills are up to par with accepted standards.

Placing gear on lead is a skill that requires an intimate knowledge of how every piece of protection can (and cannot!) be used on the rock. This clinic will help you improve your ability to quickly and efficiently create safe protection placements while on lead. You will have lots of time to practice placement of a wide variety of types of pro with your instructor helping you to analyse every placement and giving instant feedback. This clinic is best suited to climbers with some lead experience, or who have followed lead climbers and are looking at getting into leading themselves. Due to the time restraints and nature of this clinic, it is unlikely anyone will be able to actually do any active lead climbing – all climbing will be on top-rope.

No one expects anything to go wrong when climbing, but if it should happen are you prepared to deal with the situation? This clinic will give you some solid technical skill that will help you and your climbing partners deal with any rescues situation involving ropework. You will learn how to safely escape any belay system; methods for transferring weight from your belay to an anchor (load transfers); how to rig a raising system in order to pull someone up if need; and, how to use a variety of simple systems to problems solve many different situations that can arise when climbing. This course is best suited to climbers who can belay and are comfortable building their own top-rope anchor systems.

This clinic is suited for the climber who already is leading comfortably on bolts and has some experience leading on their own trad gear as well. You will learn skills to improve your ability to place gear on more difficult climbs and in m ore complex situations. Scenarios involving traverses, mid-pitch descents, protecting overhangs, minimising rope drag, and other situations that require increased problem solving skills in order to protect safely are all covered in this clinic. Climbers on this course should be comfortable leading at a 5.8 level already.

Climbing rock routes in the alpine requires a different approach than climbing in areas such as Squamish. The need to travel quickly and efficiently; climbing over a wide variety of terrain ;and, the need to use minimal or lightweight gear all require different skills and techniques. This clinic will help you develop skills to tackle alpine rock routes in a true “alpine” fashion, as opposed to trying to use Squamish-style techniques in the mountains. This clinic is best suited for climbers who are comfortable trad lead climbers at any level. The clinic will take place in Squamish in areas that closely resemble alpine-type terrain.