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Mountaineering & Scrambling Courses in North Wales | Excellent Instruction

Mountaineering & Scrambling Courses in North Wales | Excellent Instruction

Private Guided Scrambling

If you’re looking for an awesome day out in the mountains covering plenty of technical ground then book on to one of our Private Guided Scrambling days. There are lots of excellent enchainments in North Wales and places like the Ogwen Valley are teaming with classic scrambles. You don’t need any previous experience or specialist equipment.

Bristly Ridge on the side of Glyder Fach, classic easy scrambling in Snowdonia
A big day doing Tryfan’s North Ridge & Glyder Fach’s Bristly Ridge aka the Glyderau Horseshoe

Intro to Alpine Climbing & Scrambling

If you’d like to learn the skills you need to take on graded scrambles (grade 2/3) and alpine rock routes then this course will look at the techniques you’ll need to use. Knowing how and when to use the rope is critical here. Moving on from Grade 1 routes required completely new skills; you’ll need a rope and some trad gear to stay safe, and you’ll need to pitch some sections.

Grade 2 guided scrambling in the Ogwen Valley, Cwm Idwal area of Snowdonia
Snowdonia’s most classic alpine style ridge; Cneifion Arete (grade 3) in Cwm Idwal, Ogwen Valley

Advanced Scrambling: Alpine Training (for an Alps / Dolomites Trip)

If you’re already competent climber but you’d like to sharpen your skills before an alpine climbing trip to the Alps or Dolomites we’ll cover plenty of varied ground and look at some of the safety systems you can use to balance speed and security. Short pitching, moving together, direct belays etc

Advanced scrambling, mountaineering and alpine climbing training courses in snowdonia, north wales
Advanced scrambling on Tryfan’s East face. We did nearly 100 mini pitches on this epic day!

Scrambling Progression

If you’re a competent scrambler but you’re looking to break in to actual graded rock climbs then this is the course that will bridge the gap. Some sections of grade 3 scrambles include bits of Diff / Vdiff climbing so some of the terrain will be familiar but actual rock climbs are considerably more serious in that escape will be more difficult, the climbing more sustained and route finding could be harder. Climbing is the obvious next step once you’re confident with roped scrambling.

Alpine Scrambling & rock climbing on the west face of tryfan. Courses and workshops in snowdonia north wales
Grade 3 scrambling on Tryfan; basically short sections of graded rock climbing!