Performance Route Climbing Classes
Want to push your roped climbing to the next level? Say hello to performance route climbing classes at BIG Depot Manchester.
Our advanced sessions perfectly follow on from our Learn the Ropes classes to help you take your rope climbing further, with options to sharpen technique, read routes, manage the pump and overcome any fears of falling.
You can also explore the techniques of projecting and onsight climbing harder routes to really unlock your potential.
Scroll on to find out more about each area we can cover.
What are Performance Route Climbing classes?
A recurring series of individually bookable sessions that can be booked to suit your climbing goals. Pick your area, and choose how much you want to learn!
These classes are perfectly positioned for those who are signed off to auto belay or rope climb independently in our centre, or those who have completed relevant sections of our Learn To pathway and would like to take their climbing to the next level.
What are the options for Performance Route Climbing classes?
Technique for Route Climbing (Autobelays)
These sessions focus on the fundamentals of techniques that are essential for building a solid foundation for route climbing. With a focus on weight distribution between arms and legs, and form using the hips through specific drills to learn, develop and deploy the techniques necessary.
Managing your Fatigue (Autobelays)
The pump comes for us all when pushing the grade. Focussing on the various gears needed to complete a route, such as when to put in maximum effort, how and when to rest to recuperate enough to send, and optimising the pace of your climbing.
Mindset & Fear of Falling (Lead Climbing)
Focusing on the key decisions that come with managing the risk of falling to becoming confident in marginal movements on the wall that can result in falling. There are 5 main areas of focus in these sessions that will help you gain the confidence you need to perform at your highest level and manage your mindset and acceptable risk level.
Projecting & Onsighting Routes (Lead Climbing)
These sessions will develop a climber’s ability to read a route and set expectations around onight, flash or redpoint climbing and the techniques required, such as top roping moves versus leading. Climbers can expect to learn the mindset requires to push their climbing to the next level on the sharp end.
How Much Is It?
£35 per class
Per person, per class.
Classes last 2 hours and are always under the careful supervision of our expert instructors.
Booking
Please note that you need to be a competent and signed-off auto belay or rope climber in our centre to book these sessions.
If you have any booking queries, please contact [email protected] or call us on 07902 332474
