Rock Climbing Courses in Colorado
Build Your Rock Climbing Skills With Expert Instruction
Skyward Mountaineering’s rock climbing courses are based in some of Colorado’s best climbing crags, including Unaweep Canyon and Escalante Canyon in Grand Junction, Rifle Mountain Park and Boulder Canyon. Whether you're transitioning from the climbing gym to outdoor crags, learning to lead trad and multipitch routes, or looking to refine your crack climbing technique, Skyward Mountaineering offers expert-led rock climbing courses designed around your goals and experience. Learn from detail-oriented instructors and AMGA Rock Guides to develop the practical skills, confidence, and decision making needed to become a more capable and independent climber.
Beginner to advanced rock climbing courses, for all abilities:
Gym to Crag
Crack Climbing
Intro to Trad & Multipitch
No prerequisites needed for beginner courses. Climbing courses, such as Intro to Trad & Multipitch and Crack Climbing require that climbers have previous outdoor toprope rock climbing experience and are competent 5.9 climbers.
Courses are full days (8 hours) of hands-on learning and rock climbing. Your guide will have a pre-course meeting to discuss logistics and learning outcomes, course days are packed with learning and climbing.
Rock climbing courses are held in Grand Junction, Rifle Mountain Park and Boulder, Colorado. Custom courses also offered upon request.
Hands-On Rock Climbing Courses For All Abilities
Meet new friends and partners in a fun and supportive educational space. Our AMGA certified Rock Guides are passionate instructors with keen attention to detail, providing one-on-one coaching and feedback to meet you where you’re at and help you see tangible improvements in your confidence and skills. We offer a range of rock climbing courses spread throughout the best crags in Colorado, whether this is your first time outdoor climbing or you want to take the sharp end and learn to lead trad.
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Introduction to outdoor rock climbing course
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2 day rock climbing course for outdoor climbers who want to learn how to lead trad and be more efficient on multipitch routes
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2 day course focusing on learning efficient crack climbing techniques for all sizes
What You’ll Learn in a Rock Climbing Course:
Rock climbing equipment selection
Climbing communication
Lead belaying
Leading outdoor sport climbing routes
How to build and clean anchors
Improving rock climbing movement techniques
Improve crack climbing movement technique
Learn how to jam cracks of all sizes: finger locks, hand jams, and offwidth
Footwork: toe jams, foot jams, calf locks, and heel-toes
How to make tape gloves
How to lead trad routes
Belaying a leader and a follower
Placing trad gear: cams and nuts
Multipitch anchors
Efficient multipitch transitions
How to lead climb securely
Introduction to self rescue systems
Learn How To Rock Climb With Skyward Mountaineering
Skyward Mountaineering’s rock climbing courses are provided at excellent crags throughout Colorado. Our access to a wide variety of rock climbing venues, such as granite and sandstone crags in Grand Junction, Rifle sport climbing, and Boulder Canyon on the Front Range, combined with our decades of experience recreating and guiding on big cliffs around the world provide the backbone for all of our rock climbing courses. Skyward’s rock climbing courses are customized so climbers build confidence through competence by developing the unique skillset necessary to climb efficiently and safely on diverse rock types.
Ready to Improve Your Rock Climbing Skills? Customize Your Rock Climbing Course:
Our scheduled rock climbing courses are based in Colorado, with private, custom instruction also available in world-class destinations including Moab, Red Rock, and Index. Book a private rock climbing course at the crag of your choice!