Indoor Courses

For Beginners

$79 for Base Course / $119 for Base+ Course

Guided instructions for 2 hours with a certified trainer
Our 2-hour lesson will teach you all required skills for indoor climbing including: safety practices, proper set-up of equipment, climbing knot, verbal commands and belaying technique (rope management system). Get the most out of our expansive facility and learn everything you need to know to climb confidently!

Base Course

• 2 hour belay course
• Coquitlam: Please click the booking link below to find available days and times. If there are no times available please call the desk at (604) 526-2402
• North Vancouver: Please click the booking link below to find available days and times. If there are no times available please call the desk at (604) 984-9080

Prerequsites
Ages 14+

RESERVE YOUR SPOT!

Requests for custom times, outside of currently scheduled options, must be made 14 days in advance due to COVID-19 scheduling in the facility.

A complete climbing course for beginners

$200 for just the course / $260 for the course + a membership for the duration of the term

Beyond the Basics is a 5-week long, comprehensive novice climbing course to elevate your climbing to the next level! It has been designed to provide in-depth skills development, teaching the following tools and techniques:

• Climbing movement efficiency
• Stable and accurate body positioning
• Powerful dynamic movements
• Maximizing route projecting
• Mental strategies
• Recovery and injury prevention
• and more!

Once you’ve finished this course, you’ll have a well-rounded set of skills to enrich your climbing experience and finally “send that dream project!”

Course Details:

• 5 weeks, 1 session per week (2 hours)
• Location: North Vancouver or Coquitlam

Prerequisites
Ages 16+

Beginner to Intermediate

$99 for Lead Course / $139 for Lead+ Course

Once you have mastered the top rope skills from the intro belay course, you are ready for the next step in your evolution as a climber. Learn about dynamic belay techniques, clipping, hazard awareness, fall forces, and fall arrest using the dynamic belay method. Everything you need to know in order to lead climb indoors.

Lead Course

• 3 hour lead belay course
• Includes scheduled belay test and gym orientation

Prerequsites

• Ages 14+
• must have passed our top rope belay test
• top-rope belaying for 3+ months
• must be climbing 5.10+ confidently without any hangs or falls

RESERVE YOUR SPOT!

Requests for custom times, outside of currently scheduled options, must be made 14 days in advance due to COVID-19 scheduling in the facility.

For Beginners

$30 (or free with the Intro Belay Base+ Course)

This course explores the fundamentals of climbing movement. Warm ups and cool downs, footwork, body positioning, grip choice, balanced movement, and mental preparation. Basic stuff yes, but practices even experienced climbers need to focus on in order to climb with maximum efficiency.

• 1 hour course
• Weekly courses available at both gyms
• Includes rental equipment and day pass

Prerequsites
Ages 14+

Beginner to Intermediate

$30 (or free with the Intro Belay Base+ Course)

This course builds on the techniques and principles taught in Technical Climbing 1. Now that you have the fundamentals down, we look to build upon these concepts. We revisit a few basic principles of footwork, weight transfers, and efficient body positions, in order to prepare you to think about climbing in a new way. Topics covered include; how to climb efficiently, mental preparedness and focus, training endurance and power, and effective strategies for red-pointing. This course is designed for the intermediate level climber looking to climb beyond plateaus.

• 1 hour course
• Weekly courses available at both gyms
• Includes rental equipment and day pass

Prerequsites
Ages 14+, must have passed our top rope belay test and able to climb 5.10a or V2

Interested in the outdoors?

$140

The great outdoors is waiting, and we’re ready to help you explore! This introductory course covers all the basics of top-rope anchor systems for outdoor climbing. We cover knots, different anchor scenarios (hey, what do I do with this tree?) and set-ups, anchor cleaning and crag etiquette.

Details

• Location: North Vancouver
• Course length: 6-hours over 2 days

Prerequsites
Ages 19+ and must have Climb Base5 Top-Rope certification

$30

Slab can be your best friend or your worst enemy; there tends to be very little in-between. If you are of the opinion that slab is scary, then this is the class for you! We will cover balance, slab techniques and on tools to support you through mental barriers with this style of climbing.

Topics Covered

• How to optimally stand on volumes
• Optimal weight transfers and body positioning
• Fear management

$30

Fly high with this class, where we teach you everything you need to know to jump, leap and bound your way from one move to the next. We show you how to set your dyno up for success with body positioning, and provide even the most timid and static climber with the building blocks to become a confident dyno-er. Is that even a word? It is now!

Topics Covered

• Optimal dyno form
• Vertical dynos
• Mental barriers

$30

In recent years mobility has come to the forefront of sport as being a critical element in training. With climbing it is not just about being strong and being flexible, but also being mobile; this means being able to put your body into unusual positions, through an entire range of motion. This class covers the basics of why mobility is important to your climbing, which parts of the body to focus on and what some exercises might look like.

Topics Covered

• Why mobility is important
• Targets areas to consider
• Basic exercises to add to your climbing warmup

$30

Hangboarding can elevate your climbing substantially if done correctly, but if done poorly can result in career-ending injuries even for a recreational climber. This class aims to cover all the fundamentals you need to know to begin hangboard training safely. This class is intended for those who have been climbing at for 6 months or more.

Topics Covered

• Correct hanging posture
• Correct hanging hand form
• Sets and timing

$30

Ready to take your recreational climbing to the next level? This class will cover all the fundamentals to begin to train for climbing, including structuring your day, the dos and don’ts of training and phasing. Send your next project indoors or out with some light training and the knowledge on how to continue to improve safely and without injury.

Topics Covered

• What your climbing session should look like
• Training dos and don’ts
• Phasing