Course length

12 days total. 6 total weekends on an every other weekend schedule. 

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Locations we offer this course

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Washington - We will be mostly utilizing Exit 38 and Index with a possibility of climbs in Snoqualmie Pass, Darrington or Vesper Peak as final multi-pitch objectives. If weather is a problem we may need to relocate to Vantage.  

2022 Course Dates

Fully Booked for 2022, check back for 2023!

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*Note: Depending on flexibility in peoples' schedules we may try and push the weekend of July 2-3 forward or back to fall on a week day or the neighboring "off" weekend. This would better allow us to work around crowds on a holiday weekend.

Course Itinerary

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This is a rough outline, we may choose to move things around based on individual course flow

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Week 1 (Exit 38) May 21-22

• Knots and hitches relevant to sport climbing (figure eight, overhand on a bite, friction hitches, clove and munter hitches, double fisherman's)

• Building bolted anchors

• Cleaning bolted anchors

• Rope management for leaders

• Leading techniques for sport climbing

• Falling techniques

• Face climbing/ sport climbing movement

• Mental techniques for leading

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Week 2 (Exit 38) June 4-5

• Efficient anchor building and evaluation for multi pitch climbing with traditional gear or terrain features

• Methods to belaying a follower

• Efficient bolted multi-pitch transitions

• Efficient multi-pitch rope management

• Considerations for belaying a leader on a multi-pitch climb, including fall factors

• Rappelling 

• Student leadership on short multi-pitch sport routes

• Basic multi-pitch self rescue (ascending, munter mule overhand, hauling, lowers)

• Route finding and topos

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Week 3 (Index) June 18-19

• Appropriate gear selection

• Traditional gear placement

• Anchor building and evaluation using traditional gear

• Anchor building and evaluation using natural anchors or terrain features

• Leading techniques for trad climbing

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Week 4 (Index) July 2-3 

• Efficient anchor building and evaluation for multi pitch climbing with traditional gear or terrain features

• Methods to belaying a follower

• Efficient trad multi pitch transitions

• Efficient rope management

• Efficient multi pitch rappel transitions

• Route finding and topos

• Student leadership on short multi-pitch trad routes

• Crack climbing technique

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Week 5 (Likely Exit 38/ Snoqualmie pass) July 16-17

• Advanced multi-pitch self rescue (load transfers, passing knots, rappelling with an injured person)

• How to manage scrambling and low fifth class terrain

• Multi-pitch objective (Likely on The Tooth, Snoqualmie Pass)

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Week 6 (location variable) July 30-31

• Climb longer multi-pitch objectives which could include:

  • Tooth Fairy, The Tooth, Snoqualmie Pass

  • Ragged Edge, Vesper Peak, Mountain Loop Highway

  • Mile High Club, Mountain Loop Highway

  • Blueberry Buttress, Exfoliation Dome, Darrington

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Prerequisite

Must have experience lead climbing and belaying in a gym. No outdoor climbing experience necessary, but great if you have it. If you don’t meet this prerequisite, talk to us about taking a sport climbing course through us or a lead climbing course at your local gym. Contact us if you have any questions about whether or not this is the right course for you.

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Course Ratio 

Max 3 students per guide

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Cost

$2400 per person

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Please note we will need to have at least 3 participants confirmed by April 15th for the course to run.​