Big Walling Skills Courses

Over the years Snowdonia Mountain Guides owner Mark Reeves has climbed a few Big Wall routes in both USA and Canada. During those trip he learnt the hard way just what additional skills that you need to scale the biggest cliff faces the world has to offer. What this course offers is a How to Big Wall Climb in a weekend.

The philosophy we have is to take your existing skills as a rock climber and build on them until we have all the necessary skills you need to climb a big wall. What this course generally entails is one day in a climbing wall, which may seem very odd, but our experience is that an indoor wall allows us change the tasks quickly, allowing us to cover more of the skills you need. On the second day we head outdoors and let you put the skills we have taught you on day one into practice on real rock.

This course covers everything you need to know how to do to climb a big wall, including.

Leading Skills – Freeing, French Free & Aiding in ascent
Following Skills – Jumaring, deviations and roof problems
Belays & Ropework
Skills for Living in a vertical world

Course Dates

2 day How to Big Wall Course 30th and 31st July

£150 per person