Multipitch Sport School
The 2025 application will open Monday, July 21.
Applications will be accepted through Friday, August 1st or until there is a significant waiting list, whichever occurs first.
Marc Chalfant at Banks Lake
Multipitch Sport School Director(s) - Breeyn Greer & Taylor Brown
Course Description:
Maybe you’ve gotten to the top of a climb and in an adrenaline-fueled fog thought ‘jeeze, I could go up again.’ Maybe your buddy took you up a multipitch route and you felt uncomfortably dependent on them leading and rigging. Or, maybe you’re ready to take incremental steps to transition your climbing from the crag to the alpine. Multipitch sport school will begin to bridge the gap between single pitch sport leading and traditional and/or alpine climbing. Topics will include but not be limited to belaying from above, multipitch anchors, swing and block leads, multipitch rappelling, and basic bailing techniques.
Climbing is an inherently dangerous sport. The course is intended to help students develop new skills that safely stretch their existing abilities. Like all Spokane Mountaineers classes, active participation and preparation will allow students to get the most out of the curriculum.
Course Schedule - Summer, 2025:
- Thursday, 9/4/2025 6-8pm (Location TBD)
- Saturday, 9/6/2025 – Sunday 9/7/2025, 8am-5pm (Location TBD)
- Saturday, 9/13/2025 – Grad Climb may require travel depending on selected route (Locations TBD)
Course Requirements:
- Spokane Mountaineers Sport Lead School or equivalent
- Comfortable with:
- sport lead climbing at 5.8
- lead belaying
- setting up and extended rappel w/backup
- Knots & hitches required:
- Figure 8 Rewoven
- Figure 8 on a Bight
- Bowline
- Double Fishman
- Clove Hitch
- Munter Hitch
- Girth Hitch
Gear Requirements:
- Helmet
- Harness
- Climbing Shoes
- Belay Device w/Guide Mode
- Personal Anchor System (PAS)
- Carabiners - 6 locking, 2 to 4 non-locking
- 6+ Quick Draws
- Autoblock / Hollowblock
- 2 Alpine Draws - Optional
- 18-24 foot, 6 mm Cordelette - Optional
- Belay/rappel gloves - Optional
Included with tutition, students will receive a copy of, Rock Climbing 2nd Ed.: Mastering Basic Skills, Donahue & Luebben (provided student does not already own this book) and a
double length dyneema sling.
Application Process
The course is limited to 8 participants. Participants must be 18 or older. All participants must be members of the Spokane Mountaineers. Join now if you are not a member already. Selection criteria considered will include, but not be limited to, date/time application was submitted, climbing experience, committment to the dates of the course, and previous participation with the Spokane Mountaineers.
The application link below will take you to a form. Please fill this out carefully and completely.
Accepted applicants will be notified during the week following August 1st at the latest.