Climbing Courses In North Wales
Execeptional Quality
Supportive Instruction -
Patient, constructive coaching designed to build genuine confidence.
Genuine Adventure -
Develop your skills on real rock, mountain terrain and adventurous routes.
Bespoke -
Every course is built around your experience, goals and ambitions.
Qualified Professionals -
Professional instruction backed by recognised climbing and mountaineering qualifications.
Why how to climb?
At How to Climb, every course is built around you. Whether you're taking your first steps onto outdoor rock, learning to lead trad, developing your multi-pitch skills or preparing for a bigger climbing objective, we'll tailor the day to your experience, goals and ambitions.
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Our approach is patient, professional and practical. You'll develop sound climbing skills, build confidence and understand the decisions behind good climbing—not simply follow a set syllabus.
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Based in North Wales, we use the area's exceptional mountain crags, sea cliffs and traditional climbing to create genuinely useful and memorable learning experiences.
Intro to Trad Climbing
New to climbing and not sure where to start? Our Intro to Traditional Climbing courses are designed to introduce you to outdoor trad climbing in a calm, supportive, and enjoyable way.
Learn to Lead Trad Climbs
Ready to move into leading trad climbs, but want to do it properly, safely, and at your own pace? Our Learn to Lead Traditional Climbing courses are fully bespoke, designed around you, your experience, and your goals.
Multi-pitch Climbing Skills
Aimed at single pitch trad leaders who would like to move onto longer and more adventurous routes. On these courses we look at stance management, multipitch abseiling, avoiding tangles and much more.
Climbing Self Rescue Skills
Do you know what to do when it all goes wrong? Join us for a day or two of playing with ropes to gain confidence in the case of an emergency. Escaping the system, hoisting/hauling, abseiling past a knot and rescuing an injured casualty are all elements we usually cover.
Sea Cliff Climbing
Take your climbing to the coast and experience some of the UK's most adventurous and spectacular rock climbing. Sea cliff climbing combines traditional climbing with a unique set of challenges, from route finding and exposed belays to tides, weather, access and complex descents.
Bigwall Climbing Skills
Prepare for bigger, longer and more committing climbs with practical big wall skills training tailored to your objectives.
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All things aid climbing and hauling!
Intro to Scrambling
Move beyond the footpaths and discover the more adventurous side of the mountains. Basic scrambling sits between walking and climbing, taking you onto rocky ridges, gullies and steeper terrain where confident movement and good route choices become increasingly important.
Learn to Lead Sport Climbs
Interested in learning to lead sport climbs? This is the perfect course for you to gain the knowledge and confidence to sport climb.
Advanced Scrambling
Take your scrambling beyond Grade 1 and onto steeper, more technical terrain. Advanced scrambling combines the movement and route-finding skills of scrambling with the ropework and protection techniques of climbing.
WHich course is right for you?
I'm new to outdoor climbing
→ Intro to Trad Climbing
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I can climb trad but want to start leading
→ Learn to Lead
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I lead trad and want to climb longer routes
→ Multi-Pitch Skills
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I want to climb harder
→ Advanced Trad
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I want to be more prepared for emergencies
→ Self-Rescue Skills
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I'm preparing for a specific big objective
→ Bigwall & Alpine Prep
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I want to learn scrambling
→ Intro / Advanced Scrambling
Prices
Courses are bespoke, so the final price depends on the objectives, duration, location and equipment required.
Full-day instruction from:
1:1 — £250
1:2 — £300
1:3 — £350
1:4 — £400
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Get in touch with your goals and we'll recommend the best format for you.
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