Courses
Execeptional Quality
Supportive Coaches
Genuine Adventure
Comprehensive Training
Great Communication
Goal Setting Support
Qualified Professionals
Why how to climb?
Alex Riley is passionate about delivering high-quality, personalised climbing courses in North Wales. Every course is carefully planned to match your ability, goals, and ambitions, ensuring that climbing instruction is engaging, inspiring, and progressive.
From introductory sessions to learn-to-lead programs and advanced climbing courses, Alex tailors each experience to help you build skills, improve technique, and gain confidence on the rock. With a focus on goal setting and reflection, every course encourages meaningful progression and lasting enjoyment of the sport.
Whether you’re new to rock climbing or aiming to tackle multi-pitch routes, these courses provide structured guidance and expert coaching to help you reach your next level. Check below for course examples or contact us to plan your personalised climbing experience.
Intro to Climbing
Our intro courses cover all the skills needed to competently second/follow traditional rock climbs. We look at tying in, belaying, building belays, placing and removing gear and much more.
Rock Climbing Leader
Learn how to place gear, build belays and safely climb traditional rock climbs. We often run five day courses which are great for consolidating experience and moving on to more advanced techniques and more challenging climbs.
Advanced Trad Week
A week long course aimed at experienced climbs who want to reach the next level. We'll look at personal performance, rescue skills and more!
Self Rescue
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.
Bigwall Skills
A course aimed at boosting your existing trad skills to equip you to tackle bigwalls like El Cap. We will normally aim to cover; aid climbing, jumaring, hauling and all the bigwall logistics and tactics needed to climb big rocks.
Multipitch 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.
