Seattle Climbing Committee

📢 🚨 announcement(s)

• INTENSIVE BASIC COURSE APPLICATION OPEN - APPLY BY 1/31

• FOLLOWING ALPINE ROCK application open- APPLY BY 2/15

📌 bookmarks

• 📜 COMMITTEE CHARTER 

• 📝 CLUB-WIDE CLIMBING STANDARDS

• 💰 COMMITTEE FINANCE TRACKER  (FY2025 | FY2026)

• COURSES / CLINICS / INFO SESSIONS / PRACTICE OR REFRESHER SESSIONS

  • 🎯 POSTED courses (AS OF DATE) for 2025-26 SEASON

    • Past courses (for reference)

  • 🎯 UPCOMING instructional CLINICS, SEMINARS

  • ⓘ UPCOMING INFO SESSIONS

  • 🎯 UPCOMING PRACTICE SESSIONS

• TEACHING OPPORTUNITIES

•  Climbing Committee Chair

•  For equivalency, fill out the google forms as below: 

  • Top Rope Belay Certification
    • Do you already have a belay badge from your climbing gym? Reach out to info@mountaineers.org for this badge to be awarded onto your profile.
    • If not, please contact the climbing committee chair.
  • Lead Belaying & Sport Climbing
  • Basic Glacier and/or Basic Rock Equivalency
  • Single/Multi-Pitch Trad Climbing Equivalency

• Leader Progression / Leadership Subcommittee

  • Rock Climb Rope Leader Badge (only for those taking courses offered by us; others go to LEAD to find more details on how to submit your application)

• Committee's Gear Manager (manages ropes, anchors, and other equipment stored at the program center)

  • Alpine and Glacier ropes are managed by this spreadsheet (also a QR code is provided on storage cages to access this spreadsheet). Instructions are on the Info tab, for cage codes, contact the Gear Manager or the Climbing Committee Chair.

➕ more topics to explore

Committee Meetings	Online Forums (CHECK WITH YOUR COURSE LEADER / CONNECT WITH CHAIR TO BE INVITED)
CLIMBING TRIPS & ACTIVITIES	PEAK PINS
Leadership	SEATTLE PROGRAM CENTER CLIMBING WALLS

TEACH

For provide safe learning environment, review our new instructor guidelines.
instructor / leader guidelines

Attend our instructor review / practice or refresher sessions to stay on top of what we are teaching and best practices on the same.
practice or refresher sessions

Instruct at our field trips once you have mastered the skills. There are instructor courses and clinics to help you prepare. Then, maybe lead some field trips?
Instructor  Opportunities

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learn

Below is the list of what we typically offer:

• COURSES

  • Intro to Rock
  • Sport Climbing: Leading Bolted Routes
  • Basic Alpine Climbing
    This course typically runs from December through May, before climbing trips June through September.
    If this course is a huge commitment, consider this compressed course. Also, this course can be taken one module at a time. Note: The compressed and modules require Scrambling badge or experience as prerequisite.
    • Intensive Basic [Compressed Course]
    • Glacier Travel [Module] 
    • Following Alpine Rock [Module]
  • Intermediate Alpine Climbing
    • Winter Mountaineering & advanced Crevasse Rescue
    • Single Pitch Trad
    • Multi Pitch Trad
    • Self Rescue I
    • Self Rescue II 
    • Alpine Ice
  • Advanced Climbing
    • Water Ice
      • Top Rope Water Ice Climbing
      • Leading on Water Ice 
    • Aid & Big Walls 
    • Advanced Alpine Rock 
    • Expedition Planning - Denali (not offered every year)

• CLINICS

  Occasionally, we also offer clinics on advanced skills such as but not limited to:
  • Advanced Alpine Rock Skills
  • Crack Climbing Practice Sessions
  • Drytooling Meeting
  • Friction Climbing
  • Lead Rope Soloing
  • Lead Self-Belay and Short fixing
  • Moving Efficiently and Safely in 3rd and 4th Class Terrain
  • Three Person Systems on Rock
  • Top Rope Soloing on Single Pitch Routes

• REFRESHER CLINICS:

  • Basic Climbing Refreshers
    • Crevasse Rescue
    • Alpine Rock Climbing Skills
  • Self-Rescue Refresher
  • Instructor Review Sessions (all of our basic and intermediate courses run these instructor review sessions, which can also be used to refresh your skills)

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