Single Pitch Instructor Course

Single Pitch Instructors Course and Assessment

Great Falls National Park

9200 Old Dominion Drive,

Mclean, VA 22102

COURSE  AND ASSESSMENT DATES 

 Course    

Dates: Friday, July 7, 2023 - Sunday, July 9, 2023        

Location: Great Falls, VA  

Duration; 3, 9 hour days

Assessment   

Dates: Monday, July 10, 2023 - Tuesday, July 11, 2023  

Location: Great Falls, VA  

Duration: 2, 8 hour days

SPI COURSE DESCRIPTION:

The Single Pitch Instructor (SPI) Program teaches climbing instructors to proficiently facilitate and instruct the sport of rock climbing in a single pitch setting. The SPI is the only internationally recognized single pitch climbing instructor certification program in the United States. It was developed to fit in the AMGA Rock program.

Benefits:

• It significantly improves the instructor’s skill sets and integrates into the next level of training, which includes the AMGA Rock Guide Course and the Multi-Pitch Instructor certification.
• The program is for current, active rock climbers who have a real desire to teach rock climbing to novices in a single pitch setting.
• The SPI Course is a 27-hour training course that normally runs as three consecutive nine-hour days or day classes with evening sessions.
• The SPI Assessment is a minimum of 16 hours run over a two-day period.
• Certification lasts for three years as long as the candidate keeps current AMGA Membership and First Aid Certification.
• After three years current SPI’s can re-take the SPI Assessment to regain the SPI certification.
• Taking any higher level AMGA Course also re=certifies the SPI certification for another three years.

SPI COURSE PREREQUISITES

• You are a Professional Member of the AMGA.
• You have at least 12 months prior climbing experience.
  
• You are an active climber with traditional lead climbing experience (leader placing pro).
  
• You have led a minimum of 15 traditional rock climbing routes (any grade).
  
• You are capable of comfortably climbing 5.8 while on a top rope.

Schedule:

The course and assessment start at 8am and end at 5pm

All Payments are final and are used to secure course and assessment spots for participants.