Learning to identify and place solid traditional protection is crucial to safe climbing on traditional rock routes; it is the foundation for all that follows. This course is designed to instill confidence for participants to begin leading single pitch crack routes. Skills covered in this all-inclusive course include:

• Risk assessments and crags hazards
• Lead climbing safety, route selection and assessment
• Gear placements and removal, protection evaluation
• Multi-point/multi-directional anchor construction
• Managing a belay station, rope handling
• Fall factors and forces created
• Technique, lead-climbing strategy, lead belays and belaying from above.
• Equipment selection and use
• Climbing strategies and communication

PREREQUISITES: Climbers enrolling in our Traditional Rock Courses should have a background in lead climbing sport climbs.  Contact us about options if you feel you need to gain these skills.

Upon completion of our 2-day Traditional Climbing Course participants should have the necessary skills and confidence to lead climb traditional routes on their own.