Trad Leading

Our Trad Leading course is for climbers who wish to ascend from the ground up using only what they have brought to the climb! You will learn the skills necessary to lead, belay a second, clean, and top rope trad climbs. Students will be able to practice their placements, rope management, anchor building, and top belaying while backed up on a top rope system. Guided practice and preparation from this course will set you on track for leading your first trad route.
Skills Taught:
Prerequisites:
Difficulty:
Skills Taught:
- Route finding and following
- Gear placement and evaluation
- Clipping tactics
- Rope management
- Falling
- Lead belaying
- Top belaying
- Anchor rigging
- Anchor evaluation
- Cleaning a route
- Multi-pitch consideration and transitions
Prerequisites:
- Outdoor climbing experience
Difficulty:
- Considerable
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