Lead Climbing Class

Learn to lead climb and expand your climbing opportunities!

Lead climbing is the next step for climbers who have developed strong top rope skills and are ready for a new challenge. In this class, a High Point instructor will teach the techniques and safety practices needed to lead climb and belay indoors. Lead climbing requires additional awareness, rope management, and technical skills, so this class is intended for climbers who are already comfortable top rope belaying and climbing independently.

Age and Experience Requirements

• Minimum age is 14.
• Must already know how to top rope belay efficiently.
• Comfortably climb a 5.9 without falling or resting on the rope.

Participants must meet all prerequisites to participate.

What You'll Learn

The class covers essential lead climbing techniques and procedures, including:

• Lead climbing equipment and rope management
• Tying in and completing safety checks
• Clipping quickdraws efficiently and correctly
• Lead belaying and feeding slack
• Climbing movement and identifying resting positions
• Climbing communication and universal commands
• Understanding fall factors, rope drag, and potential hazards
• Taking and catching lead falls
• Safely lowering a climber

Class Details

Duration: 3–4 hours

Equipment: All necessary climbing equipment is included.

Climbing Access: Participants may climb for the remainder of the day after successfully completing the class, subject to gym policies.

Testing Out: You must perform and pass a Lead Climbing Test upon first arrival during your next visit before climbing independently. This is to ensure you have retained all the skills.

Developing competent lead climbing and belaying skills takes practice. While some participants may be ready to pass their test after one class, passing is not guaranteed. No worries though! You can attempt to test out multiple times.

Pricing

Member             $35

Non-Member    $50

Booking Requirements

A minimum of two participants is required to run a class, with a maximum of six participants per instructor.

Booking with a partner? You can register for any available class.

Booking solo? We recommend choosing a class that already has participants registered to help ensure it runs. If none fit your schedule, go ahead and book any class that works for you!

If your class doesn't reach the minimum, we'll contact you 24 hours in advance. You can transfer to another class at no additional cost or receive a full refund if an alternative doesn't work for you.

Register for a Lead Climbing Class and take the next step in your climbing journey!