ALPINE ROCK CLIMBING SKILLS COURSE

COURSE OUTCOMES

This course is designed for the person looking to learn the skills and techniques to start climbing in alpine environments. These skills will be learned in the climbing areas in the area you have chosen to take the course, where you will be climbing on amazing rock and surrounded by some of the most beautiful vistas and wildlife Arizona has to offer:

  • Belaying & Rappelling methods for moving swiftly over 3rd class to low-5th class terrain in the mountains
  • Alpine anchors and application
  • Route planning, maps, and GPS navigation techniques
  • Trip planning, packing, & gear selection
  • Wilderness Travel and LNT principles
  • Technical climbing instruction on rock

DIFFICULTY

INCLUSIONS

  • Guiding and Instruction with an AMGA Apprentice Alpine Guide
  • Supplemental equipment available upon request

EXCLUSIONS

  • Transportation to meet location
  • Hotel costs before, during, or after the outing
  • Guide gratuity
  • Lunch food with Snacks & Water
  • Personal hiking/climbing clothing and equipment
  • All rock climbing gear (harness, helmet, rock shoes, etc.)
  • Costs associated with weather delays or other variables beyond
    the control of Granite Mountain Guides

PRESCOTT LOCATION

PHOENIX LOCATION

TUCSON LOCATION

Alpine Rock Climbing Skills Course
1:1 | $400 ppsecondary
2:1 | $235 pp2:1 | $235 pp
3:1 | $200 ppsecondary
4:2 | $175 ppsecondary
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Alpine Rock Climbing Skills Course

Amazingly enough, the local Prescott region, the McDowell's in Phoenix, and Mt. Lemmon in Tucson supply the beginner alpine climber with some of the best venues in the Desert Southwest for building upon your climbing skills and honing the craft for the alpine environment. The Alpine Rock Skills Course utilizes amazing local climbing areas as the classroom to teach vital alpine climbing skills. The Prescott region provides the perfect setting for you to learn the necessary skills and leave the course as a competent climbing partner with the knowledge and ability to begin your own alpine endeavors.

Our single-day Alpine Rock Climbing Skills Course is designed for those who are new to alpine rock climbing and would like to experience what the backcountry has to offer and gain valuable skills for future mountain adventures. This is the perfect course to satisfy your curiosity if you’ve been thinking about transitioning to more backcountry climbing routes in the surrounding regions of Colorado’s Rocky Mountains or other mountain west destinations such as the North Cascades, Sierras, or Tetons.

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