Climbing Wall Award

This scheme is for climbers who are in a position of responsibility when supervising climbing activities on indoor or outdoor climbing walls, artificial boulders and towers. It is primarily concerned with ensuring good practice, leading to the safe enjoyment of climbing activities, and to an understanding of the sport. It covers the supervision and management of activities such as bouldering, the teaching of basic movement skills and roped climbing, excluding the teaching of leading.

We can offer the CWA to groups of four or more registered candidates on request.

Single Pitch Award

This award is for those who wish to supervise a group on single pitch crags and climbing walls. The training and assessment covers such skills as choice of venue, rope management, correct use of equipment, group management, emergency procedures, crag etiquette, access and conservation. The SPA is administered by the MLTE.

For the purposes of this scheme a single pitch route is one which:

• is climbed without intermediate stances 
• is described as single pitch in the guidebook 
• is non-tidal 
• is non-serious and has little objective danger 
• presents no difficulties on approach or retreat, such as route finding, scrambling or navigation