The Intro to Sport Climbing course is designed to take experienced indoor lead climbers and give them the fundamental skills to transition outdoors. Sessions are split into skill lessons as well as hands on practice time with your instructors spread out over 2 weekday evenings!
REQUIREMENTS TO Particpate in the intro to sport course AT COYOTE ROCK GYM:
- Have 6 months indoor lead climbing experience
- Posses lead accreditation at an indoor climbing facility using a Gri-Gri, Gri-Gri+ or Neox belay device
- Participants must be 16+ at the time of the course start
Intro to sport climbing Course – $220.00 per person
The course is run with two instructors and a maximum of 6 total participants. Please note, a minimum of 4 participants are required to run the course. Please note, participants are welcome to bring any gear they may have but there will be group gear available to use during the course. We strongly recommend having your own harness before enrolling.
Course Availability:
Tuesday October 6th and Thursday October 8th, 6:00-9:30pm – Book Here
Monday October 19th and Wednesday October 21st, 6:00-9:30pm – Book Here
**Private courses available on demand for groups between 4-6 participants, please email Coyoterockgymmanager@gmail.com for more info**
Meet Dan!
For the past 4 years he has been both an active indoor and outdoor climber with his primary discipline being lead climbing. During his free time you can find Dan outside enjoying the region’s numerous sport climbs with a favourite being “Cat Woman, 5.11b” at Down Under.
Dan is currently the Lead Climbing course instructor for Coyote. He is an ACMG Climbing Gym Instructor Level 2 and an AMGA Single Pitch Instructor Course Graduate.
Meet James!
James has been actively climbing for the last 15 years with his favourite discipline being ice and alpine climbing. He enjoys climbing all year round while also working as a professional climbing guide in the Ottawa area.
James is currently the Manager for Coyote. He is an AMGA Apprentice Alpine Guide, Apprentice Rock Guide, Ice Instructor Course Graduate, Single Pitch Instructor and Climbing Wall Instructor.