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Fox Mountain Guides and Climbing School is the Southeast leader in climber education. We offer courses for gym climbers wanting to start climbing outdoors and people that have never climbed through to the seasoned climber with years of experience. The reason that our courses are unmatched for quality or content is our instructors, AMGA Certified Rock Guide Adam Fox, AMGA Certified Rock Instructor Ron Funderburke and our top level instructors in Fox Mountain Guides have years of experience with not only climbing but also teaching curriculum in a wilderness setting. We teach here in NC and have experience instructing across the USA and internationally. Also, the School headquarters has a custom built classroom with WiFi, digital projector for slide shows, PowerPoint presentations and videos. We have a climbing library and indoor work room to teach ground school components of classes inside in case of inclement weather. No other company in the Southeast region can offer you this level of experienced instruction and custom facilities!
"How can I learn to climb? I asked all around Charlotte and I got the same answer from Jessie Browns, Inner Peaks and Great Outdoor Prov. Co. All three said to contact Fox Mountain Guides because they were the best out there. So with 3 Fox brochures in hand I called to schedule the rock climbing 101 Course. I then took the Single Pitch Lead Course and then the ‘Master Class’ in December from Adam himself. It's been the best money I've spent for climbing yet!"-Jeff Jenkins
Foundation Level CoursesThis course is designed for people with little or no previous outdoor rock climbing experience. Our rock climbing 101 courses cover the broad range of climbing skills focusing on movement, equipment, communication, leave no trace, climbing ethics and tones of climbing!
Intermediate Level CoursesThese courses are aimed at more advanced climbers that have been climbing on rock in a top rope setting or have completed our foundation level courses. These courses focus heavily on the technical skills needed to climb in the single pitch setting safely and efficiently.Prerequisites: Taken our Foundation Level courses or can top rope 5.6 climbs, rappel and have some experience placing artificial gear and building anchors.
Advanced Level CoursesOur advanced courses are for climbers with extensive backgrounds in single or multipitch climbing. The Advanced Level courses cover high-end topics focusing on smart, cutting edge systems with minimal equipment. The skills in these courses are similar to those taught in our Guide Training courses. Whether you have just come through our Foundation and Intermediate Level courses or are a seasoned climber with years of experience climbing multipitch rock we guarantee you will learn an amazing amount of new tricks and skills on these courses.Prerequisites: Taken our Intermediate Level courses or can traditional lead 5.7 climbs, rappel and have experience building artificial and natural anchors.
Climbing Instructor and Guide Training CoursesThese courses are made up of one of in house training courses along with the National Standard for climbing Instructor and Guide Training and Certification, the American Mountain Guides Association. The rock climbing Instructors Workshop is designed for Summer Camp Staff, Scout and Church Group Leaders as well as any professional teaching rock climbing such as Outward Bound, NOLS staff. The American Mountain Guides Association courses start with the AMGA Climbing Wall Instructor Course, the AMGA Single Pitch Instructor Program for people working in single pitch environments and the AMGA Rock Instructor Course for those that wish to go onto Rock Instructor Certification and guide clients on multipitch rock.
Skills Course FlowchartThe flowchart below represents our suggested path through our skills courses. The courses have been refined over the year with courses being added, changed and discontinued as we have found the perfect fit and flow for our training program. These courses can be taken in any order and you don't have to start with rock climbing 101, but if you are a novice climber or never climbed before you will get the most out of the training program and the most bang for your buck if you follow the suggested outline. These courses are scheduled throughout the year but if you don't see a date on the schedule call us and we can arrange to set up a new date. All the courses can be taught on any date 12 months of the year as 'Private Instruction' either for yourself, a group of friends or for your organization. It is also possible to create any training program you wish as Private instruction for as many days as you wish, in the past clients have booked us for 9 days straight of private instruction following all the skills classes below from rock climbing 101 to Multipitch Lead.
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