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Climbing Lessons Near You

We offer many rock climbing courses, which are group classes in areas of rock climbing. You can learn things like how to rock climb, how rock climbing anchors work, how to rappel, rock climbing rescue skills, and more. These courses are set for particular dates and have slots for anyone to sign up on. All courses run for 8 hours (8am-4pm) on the selected date. These large groups make our courses more affordable than our private climbing days.

You can also sign up for a private day of climbing and ask for us to cover one of these courses with you one-on-one in a way that fits your schedule and your specific climbing goals.

  • Intro to Top-Rope Climbing Course - Greater Boston Climbing School

    Intro to Top Rope Course

    Our Intro to Top Rope course is designed for new climbers or experienced gym climbers. This course covers all of the basics that you need to be able to set up your own top ropes on bolts outside and become a self-sufficient top-rope climber.

    You will learn: what gear you need, how to tether yourself, different top-rope anchors and when to use them, cleaning anchors, and the basics of belaying and climbing.

  • Advanced Top Rope Skills Course - Greater Boston Climbing School

    Advanced Top Rope Skills Course

    Do you know the basics of top rope and want to take the next step? The advanced tope rope skills course will give you the skills to expand the climbing options around you so that you can broaden your climbing horizons. You will also learn valuable skills that can improve your quality of life when climbing outside and that will be great assets before learning more-advanced types of rock climbing.

    This course is designed for anyone that has outdoor climbing experience and/or has completed the Intro to Top Rope course.

    In this course you will learn how to build tree anchors, how to belay from the top, and how to rappel.

  • Self Rescue Skills For Outdoor Rock Climbers  - Greater Boston Climbing School

    Self Rescue Skills

    Rescue skills are a necessity for any climber looking to take on bigger objectives. They can help you round out your climbing toolbelt and be able to respond if you ever need to help a climber.

    This course teaches systems and techniques to perform rescue skills in a climbing setting. This course is perfect for anyone that leads climbing groups and wants to learn how to respond to rescue a climber off the wall.

    In this course, you will learn how to escape the belay, how to take over a belay, how to ascend a rope, and advanced lowering skills.

  • Intro to Trad Climbing Course

    Intro to Trad Climbing Course

    Traditional (Trad) climbing is a leader placing protection as they climb by using specialized gear and natural rock features. Placing protection with trad gear is a very advanced skill that requires a lot of knowledge to get right.

    This course is for experienced top-rope and/or sport climbers that want to start learning trad leading under the guidance of a climbing professional. You will learn how to place three types of trad equipment: cams, tri-cams, and nuts. You will also practice building gear anchors and climb your first trad leads!