Northeast Mountain Guiding

Our rock climbing trips and adventure courses are based from Sella, on the Costa Blanca in Spain.  These trips were designed and are guided and instructed by our Spain Rock Climbing Guide,  AMI certified guide Ryan Glass.

Forty minutes from Alicante airport, this area has the best winter weather in Europe and is home to thousands of fantastic routes, precisely why numerous tourists continue to hunt for cheap airfare bound to these parts during this time of the year. Just a short drive either way up the coast or inland will take you to the vast selection of crags in the Costa Blanca. There is a huge variety of rock climbing to be found here.  One day you’ll be clipping bolts on a single pitch crag, the next you’ll be enjoying a long mountain route or an exposed via ferrata.

Rock Climbing Trips and Courses

Intro To Sport Climbing - movement skills on rock, ropework and knots, choice and use of equipment, belaying, seconding routes, lots of climbing.

Intro To Traditional Climbing - many people think that Spain is all about clipping bolts. There are also hundreds of trad routes on the Costa Blanca. These provide a great arena for learning movement skills, ropework and knots, choice and use of equipment, belaying, seconding routes and much more.

Learn to Lead - if you have spent a lot of time climbing on toprope or seconding a climbing partner, you may want to learn how to lead in a safe environment and under the supervision of a certified instructor. Spain is an excellent place to learn how to lead.

Intro to multi-pitch - this area of Spain offers a number of classic multi-pitch routes (both sport and trad) that offer a good starting point for an introduction to multi-pitch climbing. Routes of a few pitches to long day routes are an option.

Performance Sport Climbing Courses - are designed to help you climb better and harder. Most people improve several grades during a course and develop a knowledge of what is required to continually improve their climbing. Tactics, technique, redpointing processes, mental training and much more!

Private Guiding - gives you the option to climb the routes you want. There are dozens of long, multi-pitch classic routes such as Epsolon Central and Aristoteles on the Puig Campana and Via Valencianos on the Penon D’Ifach as well as hundreds of single pitch crags to choose from.

Adventure Courses, Via Ferrata and Ridge Scrambling

Via Ferrata were originally invented in Italy during WWI to enable troops to travel quickly through mountainous terrain. They are now used for recreation and provide exhilerating experiences on big cliffs with easy access. There are 3 Via Ferrata in the Costa Blanca area. Learn all you need to know to tackle Via Ferrata independently and safely: lanyard systems, movement techniques using rungs and rock, assessing the quality of fixed equipment, techniques for retreat and much more!

The Bernia Ridge offers a unique mountaineering experience comparable to, but shorter than, the Skye Ridge. It's an excellent place to learn scrambling techniques and ropework while enjoying the breathtaking exposure and grand panoramas. It's also good preparation for those who wish to undertake greater challenges such as the Skye Ridge. The Bernia Ridge is usually completed in stages over 2 separate days, this allows time for learning skills along the way. It is possible to complete a full traverse in a day for those with a suitable level of fitness and more experience.

All courses are tailor-made to suit your needs.  Prior to your trip and/or course or upon arrival your instructor will discuss what you want to gain from the course and choose appropriate venues and instructional methods.

Rock climbing involves risk of serious injury and/or death!

Make sure you prepare yourself and that you are in shape for the trip you sign up for or plan.

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