The Remarkables Alpine Rock Climbing Course courses the skills to increase your speed and safety on your own alpine rock climbing objectives and be able to plan and manage mountain routes, avoid potential issues, and problem-solve out of the most common emergency situations. Courses are run on the crags of Wānaka with day or overnight trips to the alpine rock of the Remarkables mountains near Queenstown.

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Alpine Rock Climbing Course Syllabus

Familiarity with ropework is important for all areas of alpine rock climbing and mountaineering. From simple pitching and abseiling to safeguard short sections of a route, or for emergency rescue use. Rock climbers and mountaineers should first be familiar with the fundamental building blocks and tools before then expanding their skills in more complex situations. General rules of keeping it simple and neat apply to all stages.

The Remarkables Alpine Rock Climbing Course can be tailored to the participant’s previous experience. Private courses with low ratios are great ways of developing a climbing partnership for bigger rock climbing and mountaineering objectives such as the Grand Traverse of the Remarkables, late season ascents of Tititea / Mount Aspiring, and in the Darrans.

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Syllabus includes:

• Equipment selection.
• Placing traditional protection on the crags and in the mountains.
• Multi-pitch skills including tactics for climbing in a pair or three.
• Anchor configurations, belaying, stance management, and techniques for protecting the anchor for multi-pitch climbing.
• Descent and abseiling systems.
• Ropework for scrambling and ridge traverses including shortening the rope, simulanteous climbing, security and speed considerations.
• Vertical upwards and downwards rescue including, escaping the system, load transfers, lowering, raising

Shortened private courses can be tailored to individual goals.

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Alpine Rock Climbing Course Details and Pricing

Duration: 1 to 3 days

Maximum ratio 1:2

2025/26 Dates: Get in touch to arrange private dates from November to April.

2025/26 Price:

1 day: from $590 per person for 2 people ( Wanaka based) or $750 (Remarkables based). Includes: GST, guide fees, compliance costs, technical equipment, and transport from Wānaka. Excludes: Lunch, snacks and dinners, accommodation in Wānaka, rock shoe hire (if required). Rock shoes can be hired from MT Outdoors.

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