Snowdonia Mountain Guides

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Snowdonia Mountain Guides

Introduction to Lead Climbing Courses

Are you either stuck inside or left to second or top rope routes and want to learn how to lead climb on leader placed protection. The world of trad climbing is a door that can be opened to you if you come on a learn to lead course. So if you don't know your nuts from your cams or a clove hitch from a overhand then this is the course for you.

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Classic Mountain Walks in Snowdonia

Many lowland walkers want to challenge themselves by climbing bigger and bigger hills, what this means is eventually you are going to have to climb a mountain. Officially this is a peak above 600 metres, however in many people eyes they see a mountain as a steep rock peak. Fortunately in Wales this simple isn't the case. There are plenty of Mountains that have very pleasant routes to the top where you have to go out of your way to find any rock or scree. So if you want to walk up a mountain rather than climb one this is the course for you.

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Performance Rock Climbing Coaching

So you have managed to climb HVS or beyond and want to move ever upwards through the grades, but something is holding you back, but what. This is what this course will do for you, as underpinning what we do on this course is your specific needs, whether it be technique, tactics or a mental block that is holding you back we will find those weaknesses and hand pick routes and challenges to help you find a way through to the success you want.

 

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Classic Rock Climbs in Snowdonia

Snowdonia is one of the most amazing places to climb anywhere in the UK. Within 25 miles of Llanberis the adventure capital and home of Snowdonia Mountain Guides is a staggering 9 or more different rock types, some of which have been pushed over geologic time to different angles, meaning that virtually every crag has a unique feel to the climbing. What this means for us as climber is a total wealth of different climbing experiences right on our door steps.

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Scrambles in Snowdonia

Pushed up out of the prehistoric oceans, folded and twisted under massive pressure and force and then eroded by first the great Ice Ages and then the weather, the Mountains of Snowdonia are as good an Alpine-esque playground as anywhere in the UK. With soaring ridge lines and rocky buttresses there are few other

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Introduction to Navigation for Walkers

Many walker have made it through there early years without know where on earth they are with any degree of accuracy, even more have become geographic embarrassed or lost. What this course will do is take you from simple navigation along paths and progressively introduce new skills at your own pace, whilst allowing you to consolidate those skills so you feel confident in using them. So if you don't know a ring contour from a re-entrant or a bearing from a pacing then this is the course for you.

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Sea Cliff Climbing Courses

Possible one of 'THE' most amazing experiences that you can have climbing in the UK, the veritable home of sea cliff climbing in the world, and what's more Snowdonia and North Wales has some of what is considered to be the best sea cliffs anywhere. So if you'd like to climb 'A Dream of White Horses' or just experience what it is like to climb where the sea meets the sky, and be caught 'twixt the devil and the deep blue sea then this course is for you.

 

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