Youth Clubs Parent Skills Series - Seattle - 2025

Youth Program

Youth Clubs Parent Skills Series

Skills series for parents of Seattle youth clubs members

This course will allow parents to grow and develop their climbing skills as well as trip leadership skills through multi-session seminars and workshops. Parents will gain skills to be able to help out on climbing trips as well as plan and lead trips for the clubs programs, as well as become certified leaders with the Mountaineers. Parents not ready to formally become leaders, who would rather help out as assistants, are still welcome to participate in this course.

We supplement our in-person skill sessions with relevant videos found in this google classroom: 

Google Classroom

Class code: iq6iifx 

In addition to the skills relating to the website and trip leadership, we include a 6 part climbing skills series for clubs parents with an optional for parents -  by parents climbing trip that you all plan, organize, and facilitate. To participate in the skills series we require that you attend ALL of the required climbing skills workshops since they build on each other. 

Please review the resources here in the Google Classroom (link can also be found under "Program Materials" on the course page). We encourage you to practice these skills between sessions with fellow parents taking the skills series. Reference the program center calendar to see if the north or south plazas are available for practicing.

Each session below will run from 9am and stop no later than 2pm. Depending on who is instructing the session, timing may move around a bit to better accommodate everyone. 

Skills session dates

  • Jan 11: Climbing 101
  • Jan 26: Anchors, Cleaning & Lowering
  • Feb 2: Lead Belay
  • Feb 9: Lead Climbing
  • Mar 2: Rappelling
  • Mar 30: Mock Crag Day (practice putting it all together)
  • TBD: Parents Only Climbing Trip. Parents wanting to go on the climbing trip should expect to help plan the trip. Historically, climbing the Feathers at Vantage is a good choice and shouldn't be too hot. 
Program Requirements
Program Activity Date Availability Leader
Parent Trip Leadership Series #1 | How to Plan a Trip (optional)
Seattle Program Center
Thu, Dec 12, 2024
Registration closes Dec 13
9 participants
SEA Youth Clubs Parent Climbing 101 Workshop (optional)
Seattle Program Center
Sat, Jan 11, 2025
Registration closes Jan 9
6 participants
2 instructors
Climbing Skills Series | Anchors, Cleaning & Lowering (optional)
Seattle Program Center
Sun, Jan 26, 2025
Registration closes Jan 25
2 participants
2 instructors
Climbing Skills Series | Lead Belaying (optional)
Seattle Program Center
Sun, Feb 2, 2025
Registration closes Jan 31
0 participants
1 instructor
Climbing Skills Series | Lead Climbing (optional)
Seattle Program Center
Sun, Feb 9, 2025
Registration closes Feb 7
2 participants
0 instructors
Climbing Skills Series | Rappelling (optional)
Seattle Program Center
Sun, Mar 2, 2025
Registration closes Feb 28
0 participants
1 instructor
Climbing Skills Series | Top Rope Setup (optional)
Seattle Program Center
Sun, Mar 30, 2025
Registration closes Mar 28
1 participant
2 instructors
Climbing Skills | Culminating Skills Practice (optional)
Seattle Program Center
Sun, Apr 13, 2025
Registration closes Apr 11
2 participants
1 instructor
Roster
Program Materials

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