Mountain Training
Climbing Wall Instructor courses
Mountain Training aims to inspire, enable and develop people in walking, climbing and mountaineering through the provision of nationally and internationally recognised skills training and leadership qualifications. For more information on Mountain Training please click here. The Adventure Brand is approved to deliver the following schemes with course dates and prices listed below.
Indoor Climbing Assistant
The Indoor Climbing Assistant is designed for people who want to support qualified instructors with climbing sessions on artificial structures. People interested in this scheme might be parents, youth workers, young leaders or teachers and the focus is on assisting with core tasks within a session.
Dates: on request only
Bouldering Wall Instructor
The Bouldering Wall Instructor qualification enables experienced boulderers to instruct bouldering on purpose built artifical bouldering structures in the UK and Ireland.
Training Dates:
7th November 2026, at Boulder Shack
Cost £90 + wall entry
Assessment Dates:
20th July 2026, at Boulder Shack
Cost £90 + wall entry
Climbing Wall Instructor
The Climbing Wall Instructor qualification trains and assesses candidates in the skills required to supervise climbers on purpose built artificial climbing walls and boulders. It is ideal for people who work at climbing walls or at venues with permanent or mobile climbing towers.
Training Dates:
11-12th July 2026, at Blue Spider and White Spider
3-4th October 2026, at Blue Spider and White Spider
9-10th November 2026, at Parthian (Southampton) & Golden Gecko
12-13th December 2026, at Blue Spider and White Spider
6-7th Feb 2027, at Blue Spider and White Spider
8-9th March 2027, at Parthian (Southampton) & Golden Gecko
24-25th April 2027, at Blue Spider and White Spider
17-18th May 2027, at Parthian (Southampton) & Golden Gecko
Cost £155 + wall entry
Assessment Dates:
7th September 2026, at White Spider
3rd November 2026, at Parthian Southampton
21st December 2026, at White Spider
22nd February 2027, at White Spider
22nd March 2027, at Parthian Southampton
Cost £115 + wall entry
Climbing Wall Development Instructor
The Climbing Wall Development Instructor qualification trains and assesses candidates in the skills required to develop climbers beyond the basic skills. This includes teaching lead climbing on indoor or outdoor artificial climbing walls and structures with fixed protection.
Training Dates:
7th Ocotber 2026, at White Spider
11th November 2026, at Parthian Southampton
23rd February 2027, at White Spider
Cost £115 + wall entry
Assessment Dates:
22nd December 2026, at White Spider
23rd March 2027, at Parthian Southamton
Cost £115 + wall entry
Who are Mountain Training?
Mountain Training - To inspire, enable and develop people in walking, climbing and mountaineering through the provision of nationally and internationally recognised skills training and leadership courses. For more information please click here.
Mountain Training England Skills and Training Fund
This fund supports people from ethnically diverse backgrounds who face barriers to participation and are therefore significantly under-represented and less engaged with all Mountain Training qualifications, and skills courses. For more information please click here.
Mountain Training England Reasonable Adjustment
Mountain Training is committed to ensuring that everyone has equal opportunity to attend our courses. For more information about reasonable adjustment please click here and click here.
The British Mountaineering Council Car Sharing Scheme
The BMC Liftshare will help to reduce the number of cars on the road, reduce your own carbon footprint as well ease car park capacities at popular venues. Going to a Mountain Festival? Training course? Club meet? Leaving London for the weekend to head to the Great Outdoors? Consider using the BMC Liftshare site. For more information please click here.