Outdoor Climbing progression - 5 days
  • Plas y Brenin
  • 5 Days
  • 4 People to 1 instructor

Outdoor Climbing progression - 5 days

  • Climb
  • Intermediate
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Overview

This immersive course is all about developing your skillset at a level that’s tailored to you. We’ll start in a slightly bigger team for nice social scenes, then split into pairs and address any specific aims you have. This might include going to a more adventurous crag such as a sea cliff, pushing your sport climbing grade, or even leading your first route.

You should leave the course feeling more confident and capable as a climber and eager to put your takeaways into action!

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The Objectives

You'll spend five days climbing at some of North Wales's fantastic crags, working with experienced instructors to develop your movement, technical skills and understanding of outdoor climbing. Whether you're looking to become more confident climbing outdoors, improve your technique, or work towards leading trad routes, this course will help you develop the skills to take your climbing further.

Throughout the course, you'll:

  • Develop more efficient footwork, balance, body positioning and movement techniques on natural rock.
  • Develop route-reading skills
  • Become more comfortable climbing on different rock types, angles and styles of terrain.
  • Refine belaying and rope management
  • Explore gear selection and setting up anchors
  • Learn how weather, rock conditions, access and venue choice influence climbing decisions.
  • Build the judgement and experience to progress
  • Learn what you need to progress your climbing beyond the course

Itinerary

* Please note: Itinerary is subject to weather and availability.

Every course is unique as we tailor each one to the team and the weather, but this should give a flavour of what you might get up to.

Monday

Informal welcome chat with our staff and your course members;
A bit of a shakedown day – get some climbing in and see where everyone’s at;
Look at building belays and rigging top ropes;
Movement coaching on a top rope;
Abseil with a prussik;
Return to Plas y Brenin for tea and cake!

Tuesday

Go sport climbing for the day;
Climb on a different rock type;
Use clipsticks to get the rope to the top of the crag, and then work (‘redpoint’) a route;
Focus on tactics – finding rests and good clipping positions;
Try sport climbing specific belay devices such as a GriGri and Clickup;
Do lots of fun climbing;
Return to Plas y Brenin for more tea and cake!

Wednesday

Ratio drop to 1 instructor to two course members;
Head to a multi-pitch crag and climb some great routes;
Instruction will be tailored to each pair;
A common theme could be developing seconding skills; removing gear, tying into belays, managing stances and abseiling with a prusik;
Return to Plas y Brenin for more tea and cake!

Thursday

More multi-pitch climbing;
Develop the previous day’s learning, e.g. placing gear and building belays, rigging an abseil independently;
Climb fun routes;
Return to Plas y Brenin for more tea and cake!

Friday

More multi-pitch climbing;
Either climbing on a more demanding crag such as a sea cliff, or heading to a friendly crag for an introduction to lead climbing if it’s appropriate;
Overall, a consolidation of the week;
Obviously, climbing more great routes;
Return to Plas y Brenin for more tea and cake, and a fond farewell.

Experience Required

You need to be able to tie in and belay confidently, and have seconded some routes outdoors (at any grade). If you’ve been on our Introduction to Rock Climbing or Indoor to Outdoor Climbing courses and been out on the rock ever since, this is a great next step!

Develop your all-around skill set to open up new routes, grades, and crags. You'll have time to consolidate and build confidence over 5 days.

Available Course Dates

Start the booking process by selecting a course date, then adjust your details to suit your requirements.

Course Start Date
Duration
Cost*
Course Start Date
5th April, 2027
Duration
5 Days
Cost*
Non-Residential:
£675.00
Residential:
£1,025.00
Course Start Date
16th August, 2027
Duration
5 Days
Cost*
Non-Residential:
£675.00
Residential:
£1,025.00
Course Start Date
11th October, 2027
Duration
5 Days
Cost*
Non-Residential:
£675.00
Residential:
£1,025.00

*If your course is based at Plas Y Brenin, Capel Curig, residential prices include catering from the morning of your course start date and cover the duration of your course, accommodation starts on the night before your course commences to the morning of the last day of your booking.

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