Rock Climbing Company

Climbing Courses in Wales

 

The Rock Climbing Company offers personalised climbing holidays with instruction and guiding in the Southern Spanish province of Andalucia. We specialise in providing climbing courses that are totally customisable - so you can choose how many days climbing instruction that you want, the topics that you want to cover and the accommodation you need.

Our base is Villanueva del Rosario, which lies in the hills 35km north of Malaga. This pretty mountain town hosts a vast range of crags with many routes of all grades from 3 to 9b+. Some crags are within walking distance and most of them are only a 10 min drive.

The area has an unusually long climbing season because of its position in the hills - too hot and you can head up high where there are north facing crags; too cold or cloudy and you can normally escape to the valley or sea level crags that are bathed in sun.

Excellent crags such as Archidona, Loja, El Torcal de Antequera are only 15 to 30 minutes drive. The popular El Chorro is about 40 km away.

 There is also some excellent bouldering, hiking and mountain biking in this area. Beaches are only 40 minutes away and if you fancy a bit of skiing the Sierra Nevada is only 1.5 hours away.

The Rock Climbing Company offers the following services:

You can choose whatever suits your budget or particular needs.

A precis of some the most popular courses is set out below - follow the links for full details. There are no set course itineraries because everybody's requirements are different. We will try to offer you the tuition you want at the correct pace in the best environment.

Fast Track in to Rock Climbing - Spain: An exciting, safe and effective introduction to climbing. This climbing taster course is a great way of learning the basic skills involved in climbing outdoors and will allow you to try all aspects of rock climbing.

Climbing Outside - Spain. This rock climbing course has been designed for those people who have some experience of climbing indoors and would like to start climbing outside. This course will allow you to learn and practice those skills in safe and varied settings.

Learning to Lead - Spain: It often feels intimidating to make the transition from seconding to leading especially when you have mainly climbed indoors. This course will give you the skills and confidence to make that step

Rock Climbing Improver - Spain. This can cover a vast array of skills and is not just about climbing harder, but about climbing efficiently and effectively whilst staying safe. It can also cover the skills needed for climbing multi pitch routes that require more skills and demand greater self-reliance. This course will allow you to learn and practice those skills in safe and varied settings.

Performance Climbing - Spain. This coaching course focuses on using movement skills alongside psychological and physical techniques to improve your climbing and help you maximise your potential.

Bouldering - Spain. This is a flexible course and can include equipment , transport and accommodation with or without coaching, guiding and spotting

Multi activity holidays - Spain. This will allow you to try a variety of activities from rock climbing, mountain walking, scrambling, mountain biking, horse riding or skiing

Silvia also works with Rio Frio Holidays who provide year-round weight-loss, fitness & multi-activity holidays for all ages in Andalucia, Southern Spain. Rio Frio Holidays are professionally qualified to offer weight-management & fitness holidays for individuals, groups and families of all ages. The full range of activities includes mountain biking, road cycling, hiking, power-walking, climbing & running at all levels of ability.