Climbing Level 1 Training

Climbing Level 1 Training is a 16.5-hour course. Participants learn to teach Scouts how to climb and rappel at the unit, district, or council level. The training covers the skills and information needed to staff any BSA Climbing Program. Topics covered: site selection and management, environmental conditions, rock climbing and technique, anchoring, bouldering, teaching Climb On Safely, and teaching the Climbing Merit Badge.

Prerequisites: 

• Climb on Safely taken online at my.scouting.org.
• Age 18+
• Climbing experience recommended

Climbing Level 1 certificate holders are allowed to supervise real rock programs, council climbing towers, council climbing walls, and council bouldering walls with a Level 2 or climbing director present and to teach the Climbing Merit Badge.

For more information, visit shac.org/climbing.

For questions, contact Chris Hanson.