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 rock climbing courses in North Wales. Each course is carefully planned around your experience, goals, and ambitions, ensuring instruction that is patient, professional, and engaging. The focus is on developing sound skills, confidence, and a long-term appreciation for climbing.
From introductory sessions through to learn-to-lead programmes and advanced courses, every course is tailored to support clear, steady progression. Alex places strong emphasis on goal setting, constructive feedback, and structured practice, creating an effective learning environment that supports genuine improvement and confidence on the rock.
Whether you are new to rock climbing or preparing for multi-pitch routes, these courses provide expert coaching and structured guidance to help you progress safely and confidently. Explore the course options below, or get in touch to plan a personalised climbing course suited to your aims.
Intro to Climbing
New to trad 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
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.
Advanced Trad
Already leading trad climbs and looking to step things up? Our Advanced Traditional Climbing courses are designed for climbers who want to refine their systems, improve decision-making, and feel more confident on harder, more complex routes.
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 and Alpine Prep
Are you are off on a guided trip somewhere cool or have a big objective you are working towards? We offer bespoke training for big adventures.
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.
Prices
We love getting to know our students, and we believe the planning stage is an important part of any great climbing course. Taking the time to understand your experience, goals, and pace allows us to create a learning environment that’s supportive, professional, and genuinely enjoyable. If it also sparks a shared sense of adventure and a few laughs along the way, even better.
Every course is different, with varying objectives, locations, and equipment requirements. For that reason, we don’t use a fixed price for our rock climbing courses. Instead, we price with integrity and transparency, based on what each course involves. To give you a clear idea of what to expect, the rates below serve as a starting point for a full day of instruction.
Course fees per day (instructor to participant):
1:1 £250
1:2 £300
1:3 £350
1:4 £400
Some course types may require additional instructors to facilitate, give us a shout if you aren't sure and we will help plan the best course for your needs.