Courses

Manchester Climbing Centre Outdoor Courses

Resin to Rock - Beginners Course - Learn to Lead - Multi-Pitch - SPA Refresher - Bouldering Day Out

Climbing is one of Europes fastest growing sports. Nowadays people often start climbing in purpose built indoor climbing walls and never experience what it's really about.

Our outdoor courses are designed to give you the confidence and experience to climb safely outdoors. If you already climb outside then the courses which are designed to develop your skills will be more appropriate. We offer a large range of courses covering basic rope work, through to technique master classes. Whatever grade you are climbing at, we will give you instruction that will help improve it, ensuring you can climb safely outdoors.

All MCC 's outdoor courses include equipment, instruction and VAT. It is important that you read the recommended clothing list .

The meeting point for all courses will be MCC at 9:00am . Transport is not provided, car-sharing is recommended, and we will help in arranging this if possible.

Food is not provided with any of these courses. Please bring a packed lunch, as the venues may be slightly remote.

Resin to Rock

If you've only climbed on artificial walls and you want to experience climbing outdoors why not book onto one of our "Resin to Rock" courses and let one of our qualified instructors give you the confidence you need to safely enjoy the experience.

Run as a one day course, we will take you out climbing into the Peak District, Yorkshire Dales or Staffordshire, where you will fully appreciate what it is like to climb outdoors.

On the course you will be climbing as much as possible. Each person attending the course must be a competent top rope belayer. All equipment is provided, but you are welcome to use your own harnesses and climbing shoes.

This course will be run with a minimum of four people. Insufficient uptake may result in the cancellation of the course.

  Beginners Course

This course is designed for people who are comfortable with belaying and climbing indoors and want to climb outdoors. We will take you out and expand your knowledge so that you can:

• Safely rig a top rope
• Understand basic rope work and knots
• Improve climbing technique
• Select and use appropriate equipment
• Understand how to read and interpret guide books

You will be under the guidance of one of our fully qualified instructors and all equipment is included. 1 to 6 ratio of Instructors to Clients.

This course will be run with a minimum of four people. Insufficient uptake may result in the cancellation of the course.

Learn to Lead

This course is designed for those who have experienced climbing outdoors but would like to learn to lead safely. Each person attending the course must be a competent indoor lead climber.

This course will cover the following:

• Rope Management
• Gear placement
• Anchor selection
• Equipment choice
• Guidebook Interpretation
• Route Choice
• Retrieval of equipment

We will cover all the aspects that you need to know to become a safe and competent leader. With a ratio of 1 to 2 you will receive an intense induction into outdoor lead climbing.

Multi-pitch

We offer two types of multi pitch course.

Beginners: This is for people with a basic knowledge of climbing who want to tackle some big mountain routes. One of instructors will take you up some of the classic routes in the Lake District or North Wales . All you need is a head for heights!

Learn to Multi pitch: If you are already a competent leader this course should develop your knowledge and rope work so that you are able to explore a whole new level of climbing.

SPA Refresher

This is a one-day course for people who have carried out their SPA training and would like to refresh all the topics and scenarios covered in the SPA syllabus.

We can arrange SPA refresher courses to suit a group of between four and six people.

This course will be run with a minimum of four people. Insufficient uptake may result in the cancellation of the course.

Bouldering Day Out

This course will be run by one of our experienced members of staff, who can give you a workshop on improving your climbing technique on real rock. This course is suitable for climbers who want to improve their technique or push their grade. Bouldering mats will be provided.

The course is run for a group of up to six people. These sessions can be run at a venue of your choice, or we can recommend venues depending upon your ability and requirements.

Larger groups can be accommodated, please contact us for further information.

Booking Terms and Conditions

We advise everyone reads the Outdoor Booking Terms and Conditions before booking a Manchester Climbing Centre course.

Please see our Outdoor Risk Assesment