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ROCK CLIMBING
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North Conway,
New Paltz,
West Hartford,
Allamuchy, Chickies Rock, Great Falls, Little Falls,
Ralph Stover, Hammond Pond, Quincy Quarry
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Private and Group Rock Climbing
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Cost: Prices vary by reservation
Looking to master a specific skill or accomplish a particular goal or maybe you just want the instructor to yourself, or on a day of your own choosing. Regardless of the reason or the size of your party, just give us a call to set up a private lesson tailored to your needs and schedule. This is a very common choice for many of our clients and a great value for your time and money spent.
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Accelerated Rock Climbing
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Length: 3 days
Cost: $420
Our most popular program! This concentrated program takes beginning climbers through the comprehensive progression of our three main courses: Rock Climbing 101, Rock Climbing 201, and Rock Climbing 202. After these three days, you will have the knowledge, skills and variety of experience to think and respond to challenges on the cliff as a true climber. It’s a perfect way to cover a lot of vertical ground, and save some money at the same time!
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Kids Multi-Adventures
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Length: 1 to 4 days
Ages: Programs for ages 7-17
Activities: Rock Climbing, Kayaking, Hiking, Camping
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Whether you choose one of our day-long or overnight programs, our Kids’ Multi-Adventure Programs are designed to introduce your child to a variety of adventures and opportunities for growth. Our programming is a fantastic chance for your child to get outside, make new friends, and try something new and exciting while on your summer vacation! Our itineraries are filled with outdoor education, enrichment, and excitement for all ages and experience levels. Experience something more with the highest qualified and trained staff here at Eastern Mountain Sports. Let us provide your child a fun and unique experience in the heart of the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
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Rock Climbing 101: Discover Rock Climbing
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Length: 1 day
Cost: $150
If you’ve never rock climbed, or have been climbing indoors at a rock gym, this program is for you. We’ll go over the fundamentals of climbing and focus on giving you the knowledge to become a skilled and confident rock climber. You’ll learn about the relevant equipment, knots and terminology, and then we’ll move right into belaying, body position, footwork and safety around the climbing site.
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Rock Climbing 201: Applying Your Skills
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Length: 1 day
Cost: $150
Now that you’ve completed Rock Climbing 101, you’re ready to really put those skills to use on the cliff. We’ll build off your basic climbing knowledge and focus on application: when is it best to use one technique rather than another? Which gear is most appropriate for which situation? Is it best to steer toward the cracks, or stick with the footholds on the face? All these issues can be addressed while getting in some great climbing, and we can add pitches of different character or difficulty as we go, depending upon your needs.
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Rock Climbing 202: Just Climb!
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Length: 1 day
Cost: $150
Once you know the basics, one of the best things to do to improve is get some serious mileage on the cliff. Whether you aim for a long multi-pitch climb, or a series of shorter, more problematic routes, we’ll make sure you get lots of climbing in.
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Rock Climbing 301: Top Rope Basics
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Length: 2 days
Cost: $280
When it is time to start heading out on your own, you’ll want to hit this course first. We’ll take your knowledge and experience on the rock and fine-tune it to address the myriad issues that come with establishing toprope systems. You’ll learn how to assess a site for climbing and anchoring potential, and how to set anchors at the top and bottom of the crag using a variety of methods and materials. We’ll also cover how to deal with the typical issues that can complicate a day of toproping: difficult cliff-top access, troublesome situations at the edge, awkward descent options, and other potential problems.
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Rock Climbing 302: Learn to Lead
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Length: 3 days
Cost: $420
Leading a climb from the ground up is an awesome responsibility that is equally rewarding. This intense three-day course will give you the skills and knowledge you’ll need to explore the cliff from the “sharp” end of the rope. We’ll cover a wide variety of topics and introduce a broad selection of scenarios, as leading is a lot more than just going up first and sticking in some gear. You’ll learn about assessing your party in relation to your objectives, route choices and decision-making on the lead, protecting the leader and the seconds, establishing anchors en route, efficient belay-station management, and planning for the descent. Safety, efficiency, and error correction play big roles in this course, and the responsibility of the leader lies in not underestimating the commitment being taken on. Before enrolling, participants should be able to follow 5.8 climbs with confidence, have extensive toproping experience, and possess a thorough understanding of technical climbing equipment.
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Rock Climbing 303: Self Rescue
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Length: 2 days
Cost: $280
A must for every climber, this course will teach you how to handle all sorts of unanticipated situations on the cliff, using the standard gear you already have on hand. Day One will feature close-to-the-ground practice sessions that will introduce a broad range of tricks and techniques, and Day Two will present rescue scenarios and problem-solving exercises on the cliff. You’ll learn how to anticipate and ultimately address a wide variety of the unexpected challenges we encounter in the vertical world.
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Rock Climbing 401: Alpine Routes
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Length: 1 day
Cost: $150
For experienced rock climbers, there’s nothing like taking those skills where they really belong – way up high. Consider a long ridge high on New Hampshire’s Cannon Cliff, or one of the ultra-classic buttresses in Mt. Washington’s Huntington Ravine – there’s challenge, exposure, and even history waiting for us up there. This is not the place to learn new skills; it is the place to apply what you have already worked so hard to achieve, so come prepared for a serious day up in the mountains. Your efforts will be rewarded like never before.
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Rock Climbing 402: Aid Climbing
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Length: 1 day
Cost: $150
Aid climbing puts us in some of the most spectacular positions imaginable. This course introduces the specialized equipment and teaches the fundamental techniques that allow us to venture beyond the limits of free climbing. We’ll cover climbing on aid - using nuts, pitons, hooks and etriers, as well as techniques for ascending the rope, cleaning pitches on aid, and simple hauling systems. Participants should have significant free-climbing experience, including some leading.
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Rock Climbing 403: Glacier Skills
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Length: 1 day
Cost: $150
If you’ve planned a trip to bigger mountains somewhere this season, you’ll need to bone up on the skills specific to glacier travel and crevasse rescue. Though there are no glaciers in the northeast, we can still teach you the skills necessary to traverse glaciated terrain more safely. We’ll spend a portion of the day learning to assess glaciated terrain, then move on to rigging for glacier travel, crevasse self-extrication, and crevasse partner-rescue systems.
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Rock Climbing 501: AMGA Single Pitch Instructor Course
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Length: 3 days
Cost: $455
This program is for current, active rock climbers who have a real desire to teach rock climbing to novices in a single pitch setting. Candidates should be passionate climbers (with their own equipment) who regularly climb, and have been climbing outdoors for at least 12 months. The Single Pitch Instructor Program is designed to enable instructors to ‘proficiently facilitate and instruct the sport of rock climbing in a single pitch setting’. The three-day SPI course module covers all the required skills sets for managing a single pitch site from the base or top of the cliff where candidates can either access the top by non-technical terrain or by leading.
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Rock Climbing 502: AMGA Single Pitch Instructor Assessment
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Length: 2 days
Cost: $295
The SPI Assessment will take place at a single pitch climbing area where there are a selection traditional lead routes in the 5.6 range and toproping routes in the 5.8 range. The assessment will examine all aspects of institutional single pitch climbing that the Single Pitch Instructor may encounter. We will look at climbing movement and all aspects of technical systems from anchoring to assistance skills and general climbing competence. The candidate must show the examiner they have the technical and instructional skills to pass the AMGA Single Pitch Instructor Assessment. The SPI Assessment is broken down into four distinct evaluation sessions; climbing movement, technical skills, teaching ability and group management skills.
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Family Rock Climbing
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Length: 1 day and 1/2 days (no Saturdays)
Cost: 1 day $350 and 1/2 days $195
Cost is for families up to 5 people
Make rock climbing the new outdoor activity that the whole family can enjoy together. It’ll be just you and your family with your own guide for the day – no set agenda or expectations here. This is a great way to introduce your kids to climbing (or if your child is already an avid climber, we can help you understand what it’s all about!). Full days are preferable in order to make the most out of your experience, but if you have younger children with shorter attention spans, we do have a half day option (Saturdays excluded). Please call the climbing school for more information on how your family can benefit from this special day.
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First Ascent Rock Clinic
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Length: 5 hours
Cost: $95
Never tried outdoor rock climbing before? We’ll cover all the basics including harnesses, shoes, helmets, ropes, basic technique, and safety around the climbing site. The objective of this clinic is to get new climbers quickly familiar with the sport and to gain trust in the climbing system. Everyone will have a chance to climb under the close supervision of a trained Eastern Mountain Sports climbing instructor. You will have plenty of time to experience rock climbing outdoors, and most of all, have fun!
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Second Ascent Rock Clinic
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Length: 5 hours
Cost: $95
If you have taken our First Ascent clinic (or have similar experience), this is the perfect follow-up. We’ll take the new set of skills you have been shown and help you apply them with greater confidence and understanding on climbs of a different character or difficulty. You’ll be amazed at how efficiently you move on the rock and how smoothly you handle the rope once you have a little experience under your belt. Whether it’s been a day, or a week, or a year since your first class, you’ll find that things really click on this second day
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Top Rope Basics
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Length: 1 day
Cost: $150
Once you feel confident with your climbing skills on rock and have experience belaying and descending, you might want to venture out on your own in a toprope setting. This clinic is meant to give you a basic introduction to the systems used for setting up topropes yourself, using fixed and natural anchors.
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