Are you looking to gain confidence and experience of lead climbing? There is no better place to start your lead climbing journey! With almost guaranteed sunshine and dry rock, Tafraout and its surrounding mountains offer the perfect environment to learn the ‘nuts and bolts’ of lead climbing. We offer all manner of tailored courses for those with some previous rock climbing experience from sport / trad single pitch courses to looking at the progression from single to multi-pitch climbing. Our experienced Senior Instructor team are all qualified Mountaineering and Climbing Instructors and members of the Association of Mountaineering Instructors, the representative body for professionally qualified MCI’s in the UK and Ireland.

We provide all the of the kit required and will typically cover the following aspects of lead climbing:

• Guidebooks, route choice and grading

• Lead belaying and essential rope-work skills/knots

• Communication between climbers

• Placing and rating gear placements
  both passive (nuts,hexs,slings) and active (camming devices)

• Efficient climbing movement skills and restful positions

• Equalising gear and building solid anchors

• Seconding and gear removal

• Problem solving and avoidance

• And of course, lots of climbing!

AUTUMN 2026 DATES - LEARN TO LEAD TRAD CLIMBING WEEK
For more info, prices and to book onto one of our 7-day courses, please choose from the following available dates to be directed to our WeTravel booking page. For shorter courses, please click ‘contact us’ to discuss your requirements.