Tours

This two-session Gym-to-Crag series is designed for those who have had the opportunity to climb indoors and familiarize themselves with common climbing systems such as top-roping and/or lead climbing. This course is all-encompassing and starts off with a classroom session, where we will discuss equipment, ethics, anchoring, belaying, rappelling, safety, and more. The outdoor session will be held outside in Clear Creek Canyon outside of Golden, CO. We will all build anchors, clean anchors, practice knots & hitches, rappel, and do some climbing! Every participant will have an opportunity to practice all of these new skills while under the supervision of an experienced, and AMGA Certified Single-Pitch Instructor.

This course is held over two days, Tuesday, August 15th (2 hrs) and Saturday, August 19th (6hrs).

• Tuesday evening classroom session is held at the RAB Store in Denver.
• Saturday outdoor session will take place in Clear Creek Canyon, outside of Golden, CO.

This course does NOT include instruction on how to lead climb. If you have practiced lead climbing in the climbing gym, then course participants will be provided opportunities to practice those skills during this course.

Outcome

First and foremost, we want every individual to be successful and walk away knowing that they gave their personal best and had a great time outdoors. Gaining proficiency in rock climbing will aid in your ability to progress towards more challenging objectives and venues, and will also help you to develop a well-rounded understanding of the basic safety principles and mechanisms that all climbers utilize.

• Learn to properly lead and top-rope belay with ATC and GriGri-style devices
• Rope Management
• Utilize effective communication and commands
• Learn the fundamentals of Leave No Trace ethics
• Learn the fundamentals of setting up an outdoor top-rope system on a bolted anchor​
• Application of additional common climbing knots & hitches for top-rope anchors
• Cleaning the anchor and setting up a rappel or lower.
• Rock climbing gear considerations and selection
• Technical climbing instruction on rock