$120 USD

Beginner Trad Climbing

This course is great for everyone from first-timers to experienced indoor climbers. Top roping is one of the most accessible forms of climbing, and this course will give you all the tools you need to build your own anchors and climb on them outdoors!

We’ll cover basic outdoors skills, technical systems, and all the tips and tricks you need to have the best outdoor climbing experience possible. Please note this course does NOT review trad gear anchors.

*Top-roping is roped climbing with an anchor already established at the top of the climb. Falls are virtually inconsequential since the rope will catch you almost immediately.

Pre-requisites:

Must know how to top rope belay

Learning outcomes:

•  Have a working knowledge of key equipment, including climbing shoes, harnesses, helmets, chalk, climbing rope, slings/cordelette, carabiners, and belay devices
•  Practice building and cleaning common single pitch anchors, including top-access skills
•  Practice and receive coaching on basic and intermediate climbing movement
•  Be knowledgeable about top-roping jargon
•  Be knowledgeable about anchoring (“rigging”) jargon
•  Connect with other climbers interested in top-roping

Shelma Jun
she/they
@shelmatic

Shelma grew up rather venturesome in California skinning knees on skateboards and raging on her snowboard through terrain parks. Though she was captain of her high school’s first women’s water polo team, it is ultimately through climbing that she found her girl crew. When she started climbing after a shoulder surgery sidelined her from other sports, she didn't expect to find the strong, passionate group of females that would inspire her to start Flash Foxy, a climbing community that brings together hundreds of self-identified women every year at women’s climbing festivals.

Based in Brooklyn, Shelma’s advocacy work through events, writing and films intertwine her desires to create opportunities for women to support one another, work in partnership with other grassroots initiatives to amplify the voices of underrepresented folks and honour Indigenous connections to the places we recreate in through land acknowledgment. 

$120 USD

Intermediate Rock Climbing

Granite can be the most devious and complex rock to understand how to climb well. In this clinic we will set up a variety of routes and work on our ability to read granite and understand the body positions, footwork and movement patterns that will help us move most efficiently.

Come prepared to challenge yourself, experiment with different movement styles and repeat cruxes until you are climbing them as fluidly as possible.

Pre-requisites:

•  Ability to climb 5.10 granite or harder outside

•  Lead belay and climbing proficiency

Madaleine Sorkin
she/they
@madaleinesorkin

Madaleine Sorkin is a rock climber living creatively in Western Colorado. Mad has traveled to free climb big, difficult rock walls from the Rockies to Yosemite, and internationally has completed first free ascents in Kyrgyzstan, Patagonia, Jordan and Canada.

They made several first or early free ascents on remote rock walls and often in female teams. They have freed walls up to 5.14 including the Dunn-Westbay Direct above 13,500 feet on the Diamond of Longs Peak. Mad is a certified AMGA Rock Guide and enjoys coaching climbers to engage their performance edge. In 2018, impacted by climbing-related tragedies in her community, Mad co-founded The Climbing Grief Fund (CGF) in partnership with the American Alpine Club. CGF works to evolve the conversation around grief in the climbing community and connect individuals to effective mental health professionals and resources.

$120 USD

Beginner Trad Climbing

Ready to take your climbing beyond the boulder?

Join Marian May for a hands-on clinic bridging the gap between bouldering and single pitch climbing.

We'll cover the essentials: partner dynamics, gear selection, and foundational rope skills; knots and hitches, belaying, and anchor cleaning, all while getting on real rock.

Expect a full day of top rope climbing, learning, and genuine community-building in a welcoming, inclusive environment.

Pre-requisites:

Must know how to top rope belay

Marian May Perez

they/them
@heyitsmayjay

Marian May Perez is a community builder, outdoor advocate, DJ, and co-founder living at the intersection of people, purpose, and the outdoors. With 15+ years across nonprofit leadership, retail management, and event production in the outdoor industry, they specialize in creating inclusive spaces where people feel genuinely welcomed.

They co-founded Rise Outside to make climbing, hiking, and backpacking accessible to underrepresented communities across the Northeast, and serves as a Regional Ambassador for Arc'teryx New York and Event Coordinator for Flash Foxy. A certified AMGA Single Pitch Instructor, Wilderness First Responder, and Leave No Trace Level 2 Instructor, May brings both technical expertise and deep community roots to everything they do.

$50 USD

Open to all skill levels

Has existential dread been getting you down lately?

Come climb it out with Patrick Dunn and OUT in the Wild for a guided day of climbing, hanging out, and spending time outside with other queer folks.

It's designed to be welcoming for everyone—from first-timers to experienced crushers who just want a fun day out.

We’ll spend the day top-rope climbing, cheering each other on, and enjoying being outside together. But also, bring your questions for the guides! Have you always wondered why we use a figure 8 knot? Or maybe you're not sure what kind of shoe you should buy? OUT in the Wild's guides got you covered!

The goal isn’t to chase grades or push your limits; it’s to create a space for queer climbers to meet, climb, and build community in a relaxed, supportive environment.

Top ropes will be set up on routes ranging from 5.0–5.10+, so there will be something for everypne. Guides will be there to help with technique, belaying, and getting everyone on the wall safely.

No outdoor experience necessary. Just bring your whole self, snacks, and a willingness to try something new.

Patrick Dunn

he/him/his

@out_inthewild

Hailing from the infamous beaches of New Jersey, Patrick moved to the west coast in search of adventure and queer community.

After struggling to find queer community in the outdoors, he started OUT in the Wild to create a space for 2SLGBTQIA+ folks to connect with each other, learn new skills and experience the magic of climbing outside. You can find him at his home crag of Smith Rock clipping bolts or jamming splitter cracks in the lower gorge.

Patrick has been climbing for 20 years and started guiding in 2019. Through guiding he loves to share his passion for climbing and the outdoors. In his spare time, he is also an artist and amateur chef!

$120 USD
Advanced Multi-Pitch Climbing (Sport and Trad)

Do you want to be less of a junkshow on multi-pitch routes? Are you ready to flow up big-walls with ease?

Then forget about the climbing, in this clinic we're going to focus on all the systems we can use to save us time, expend less energy, and improve our overall efficiency on the wall.

$120 USD
Intermediate Climbing Safety 

Self rescue refers to skills that climbing partners use to help each other and themselves if something goes wrong. Whether you're a top rope hero or venturing into multi pitch terrain, rescue skills are essential to being safer and more self-sufficient in the outdoors.

This clinic covers self-rescue using common equipment climbers carry on a day out. We'll work hands-on to address the most common rescue scenarios, using skills like ascending a rope, assisting a stuck climber from above and below, escaping the belay, rappel techniques, and more.

$120 USD

Beginner/Intermediate Trad Climbing

Building secure belay or rappel anchors and making solid gear placements and evaluations provide the foundation of outdoor rock climbing.

In this ground school clinic, you’ll review the principles of anchor construction and understand what makes a solid anchor, focusing on what you can do when fixed hardware (like bolts) are not an option.

We’ll discuss how to use natural features, like trees and boulders, to create anchors. We will also go over traditional climbing gear, how to assess placements, and how to build anchors in a variety of configurations.

Whether you’re interested in refining more of your traditional climbing skills or getting into multi-pitch and/or alpine climbing, it will be a great day focusing on systems that keep us and others safe and having fun out on rock.

Pre-requisites:

None

Sof Petros

she/they

@sofiapetros

Sof Petros is a professional rock climbing guide, community organizer, and trainer. Her family connects Sof to the lands of Ayiti-Kiskeya-Bohio (Haiti), Chile, and the Mediterranean. After living abroad and across the mountain west, Sof found the mountains and ocean of the Pacific Northwest felt most like “home.”

Now based in Seattle, Sof is an AMGA Certified Single Pitch Instructor and Apprentice Rock Guide, working across community and commercial initiatives. During the winter season, they teach avalanche awareness programs with the Northwest Avalanche Center, and are an alpine ski instructor at Stevens Pass where they also lead for EDGE Outdoors. Sof climbs to connect more deeply with the landscape and to have a testing ground for exploring their relationship with their body, fear, and joy. Time spent in the city includes organizing, drinking good espresso, sniffing out local music, and pursuing graduate study at the University of Washington.

$120 USD

Beginner Trad Climbing

Introduction to Trad Climbing exposes climbers to skills they need to explore the adventurous practice and spirit of traditional climbing whether you're new to the craft or trying to refine the skills you already have.

We’ll cover the essentials like learning how to place stoppers and cams, and we’ll also have candid conversations about risk and how to manage it when the variables start to add up.

We'll also go over lead belay techniques on tube-style and assisted-breaking belay devices.

Most of our course time will be spent working on skills with very little rock climbing, so come prepared to spend time hanging in your harness!

Pre-requisites:

•  Must know how to belay someone on top rope

•  Participants have top-roped a minimum of ten climbs on at least three separate occasions (indoor or outdoors)

•  Experience sport climbing (indoors or outdoors) and/or following trad climbs is helpful but not required

Em Pellerin

she/they

@emclimber

Like many young girls growing up in Québec, Emilie dreamed of becoming a figure skater, but she ended up becoming a professional climber instead. Those close to her swear she is actually the reincarnation of a circus monkey. Em’s ability to comfortably hang upside down at a crux makes her belayers exhausted and pumped just watching her. Her tenacity is always inspiring, especially when she sends which happens often.

Happy-go-lucky, Em's outlook on life is nothing short of endearingly earnest. Em is cool, calm and confident even in the most stressful situations; whether it be a thunderstorm or a stuck rope, she finds a solution.