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recommended<\/div>\n      <h1>Trad Climbing Course<\/h1>\n      <p class=\"sub\">Stop clipping what someone else left behind. Two days learning to protect a route with cams, nuts and judgement \u2014 and unlock the classic mountain lines of Catalunya where there are no bolts at all.<\/p>\n<a href=\"#book\" class=\"btn hero-cta\">Book Now<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <div class=\"vc-stats\">\n    <div class=\"wrap stats-grid\">\n      <div class=\"stat\">\ud83e\uddd7 You climb<br>bolted multi-pitch<\/div>\n      <div class=\"stat\">\u23f1 2 full days<br>gear then a route<\/div>\n      <div class=\"stat\">\ud83d\udccd Catalan granite<br>&amp; limestone<\/div>\n      <div class=\"stat\">\ud83c\udfaf Placements, anchors,<br>judgement<\/div>\n      <div class=\"stat\">\ud83d\udc65 Max 4<br>per guide<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <section class=\"vc-section\">\n    <div class=\"wrap\">\n      <h2>Why Learn Trad<\/h2>\n\n      <p class=\"lead\">On a sport route, your protection is a decision someone else made years ago. On a trad route, every piece is yours \u2014 you choose it, you place it, and you find out whether you were right only if you fall. That shift is the single biggest step in a climber's development, and it changes how you see rock permanently.<\/p>\n\n      <p>It also opens up terrain you simply cannot otherwise reach. Enormous amounts of Catalunya's best climbing has no bolts at all: the granite ridges of the Pyrenees, the classic crests, lines like the <a href=\"\/aresta-ger-roc-de-ponent\/\">Aresta GER<\/a> on pink granite with nothing fixed on it whatsoever. Those routes aren't harder than what you already climb \u2014 they're just closed to you until you can protect yourself.<\/p>\n\n      <p>And there's a quieter benefit that experienced climbers talk about more than the access: trad makes you a better climber on everything. When your protection depends on your own judgement, you read rock differently, you climb more deliberately, and you develop the kind of mountain sense that no amount of bolted mileage produces.<\/p>\n\n      <div class=\"callout\">\n        <div class=\"tag\">\u2605 The skill is judgement, not strength<\/div>\n        <p>Anyone can wedge a cam into a crack. The actual skill is knowing whether the placement will hold, whether the rock around it is solid, whether it will walk or lift out as the rope moves, and whether three mediocre pieces are better than one good one. That judgement can't be read in a book or watched on a video \u2014 it's built by placing gear repeatedly with someone experienced telling you what's wrong with it. That's what these two days are.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"vc-section alt\">\n    <div class=\"wrap\">\n      <h2>What You'll Learn<\/h2>\n      <p>Day one builds the toolkit on accessible ground. Day two puts it on a real route.<\/p>\n\n      <h3>Day one \u2014 gear, placements and anchors<\/h3>\n      <div class=\"steps\">\n        <div class=\"step\"><div class=\"n\">The rack<\/div><p>Cams, nuts, hexes, offsets, slings and extenders: what each does, where each shines, how to carry it so you can find the right piece without looking, and what's actually worth owning when you start buying your own.<\/p><\/div>\n        <div class=\"step\"><div class=\"n\">Placements<\/div><p>The core of the course. Placing gear repeatedly, at ground level and then on the wall, with immediate feedback on every piece. Reading cracks and constrictions, judging rock quality, understanding direction of pull, and recognising the placement that looks fine and isn't.<\/p><\/div>\n        <div class=\"step\"><div class=\"n\">Testing &amp; removing<\/div><p>How to test a placement without wrecking it, and how to clean gear efficiently as a second \u2014 including the pieces that don't want to come out, which is a skill in itself.<\/p><\/div>\n        <div class=\"step\"><div class=\"n\">Unbolted anchors<\/div><p>Building a belay from nothing but the rock: multi-piece anchors, equalisation, redundancy, and the honest assessment of when an anchor is good enough and when you keep looking.<\/p><\/div>\n        <div class=\"step\"><div class=\"n\">Extending &amp; rope drag<\/div><p>Why trad routes wander and bolted ones don't, how to extend placements so the rope runs, and how much drag will quietly stop you halfway up a pitch.<\/p><\/div>\n        <div class=\"step\"><div class=\"n\">Classical technique<\/div><p>Body position for crack and chimney climbing, jamming basics, and moving efficiently on the kind of rock these routes are made of \u2014 quite different from pulling on bolted features.<\/p><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <h3>Day two \u2014 a real trad route<\/h3>\n      <div class=\"steps\">\n        <div class=\"step\"><div class=\"n\">The objective<\/div><p>A genuine semi-bolted or fully clean multi-pitch line, chosen for your level \u2014 typically well within your climbing grade, so the challenge is the protection rather than the moves.<\/p><\/div>\n        <div class=\"step\"><div class=\"n\">Leading on gear<\/div><p>Placing while pumped, deciding when to place and when to keep moving, and the mental shift of committing above your own protection for the first time.<\/p><\/div>\n        <div class=\"step\"><div class=\"n\">Building belays for real<\/div><p>Anchors on a wall, with consequences, under time pressure \u2014 very different from building one on the ground with a guide watching from two metres away.<\/p><\/div>\n        <div class=\"step\"><div class=\"n\">Improvised rappels<\/div><p>Descending from a route with no fixed anchors: building rappel stations, what you're prepared to leave behind, and getting down safely when retreat isn't optional.<\/p><\/div>\n        <div class=\"step\"><div class=\"n\">Aid notions<\/div><p>A short introduction to weighting gear directly \u2014 the fastest way to genuinely understand what a placement holds, and useful the day a move is beyond you and you still need to get past it.<\/p><\/div>\n        <div class=\"step\"><div class=\"n\">Debrief<\/div><p>Honest feedback on your placements and your judgement, plus which routes to go and do next, and which ones to leave for a season.<\/p><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"callout\">\n        <div class=\"tag\">\u2713 What you'll be able to do afterwards<\/div>\n        <p>Second trad routes confidently and lead easy, well-protected trad lines with a competent partner \u2014 placing gear, building anchors from the rock and retreating safely. Trad judgement matures slowly, and we'll be straight with you about that: the two days give you a sound foundation and the honest awareness of what you don't yet know, which is precisely what keeps new trad leaders alive.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"vc-section\">\n    <div class=\"wrap\">\n      <h2>Where We Run It<\/h2>\n      <p>Day one happens somewhere with abundant, obvious placements at ground level \u2014 crack systems you can place in from your feet, so you can do fifty placements in a morning instead of five. Day two moves to a real route: semi-bolted or fully clean multi-pitch lines on Catalan granite and limestone, including the classic crest terrain of the Pre-Pyrenees where these skills genuinely earn their keep.<\/p>\n      <p>The exact venues depend on conditions and on how the group is progressing. What doesn't change is the principle: enough placements on day one that it becomes instinctive, then a route on day two where it matters.<\/p>\n\n      <div class=\"callout warn\">\n        <div class=\"tag\">\u26a0 Do the multi-pitch course first<\/div>\n        <p>Trad routes are almost always multi-pitch routes, which means placing gear <em>and<\/em> running the whole multi-pitch system at the same time. If you're not already comfortable with anchors, transitions and rappels on bolted routes, that's too much to learn at once and you'll spend the course overwhelmed. Take the <a href=\"\/multi-pitch\/\">Multi-Pitch Course<\/a> first, climb a few routes, then come back. Almost everyone does it in that order, and it works.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"vc-section alt\">\n    <div class=\"wrap\">\n      <h2>The Course in Pictures<\/h2>\n      <div class=\"gallery\">\n        <div class=\"shot\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/vert-adventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/trad-climbing-hand-jam-scaled.jpg');\"><div class=\"cap\">LEARN THE HAND JAM TECHNIQUE<\/div><\/div>\n        <div class=\"shot\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/vert-adventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/trad-climbing-crag-second-1-scaled.jpg');\"><div class=\"cap\">LEARN HOW TO CLEAN THE ROUTE<\/div><\/div>\n        <div class=\"shot\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/vert-adventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/trad-climbing-crag-leading-1-scaled.jpg');\"><div class=\"cap\">LEARN HOW TO MOVE<\/div><\/div>\n        <div class=\"shot\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/vert-adventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/trad-climbing-crag-lapobla-scaled.jpg');\"><div class=\"cap\">Day two, on the sharp end<\/div><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"vc-section\">\n    <div class=\"wrap\">\n      <h2>Course Details &amp; Inclusions<\/h2>\n      <div class=\"two-col\">\n        <div>\n          <h3 style=\"margin-top:0;\">Logistics<\/h3>\n          <ul>\n            <li><b>Duration:<\/b> 2 full days<\/li>\n            <li><b>Prerequisite:<\/b> comfortable on bolted multi-pitch routes<\/li>\n            <li><b>Recommended first:<\/b> our <a href=\"\/multi-pitch\/\">Multi-Pitch Course<\/a><\/li>\n            <li><b>Participants:<\/b> maximum 4 per guide<\/li>\n            <li><b>Location:<\/b> Catalan granite and limestone, Pre-Pyrenees crests<\/li>\n            <li><b>Partner:<\/b> not required, but strongly recommended<\/li>\n            <li><b>Season:<\/b> spring and autumn ideal<\/li>\n            <li><b>Private option:<\/b> available<\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        <div>\n          <h3 style=\"margin-top:0;\">What's included<\/h3>\n          <ul>\n            <li>AEGM-certified mountain guide<\/li>\n            <li>Full trad rack \u2014 cams, nuts, slings, hardware<\/li>\n            <li>Ropes, harness, helmet<\/li>\n            <li>Ratio of four or fewer, so every placement gets checked<\/li>\n            <li>A real trad or semi-bolted route on day two<\/li>\n            <li>Advice on building your own first rack<\/li>\n            <li>Professional liability insurance<\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n          <h3>Not included<\/h3>\n          <ul>\n            <li>Transport to the crag<\/li>\n            <li>Climbing shoes (bring your own; loaners available)<\/li>\n            <li>Food, water, personal insurance, accommodation<\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"vc-price\">\n    <div class=\"wrap\">\n      <div class=\"price-amount\">From \u20ac200<\/div>\n      <div class=\"price-detail\">\u20ac200 pp for three or four \u00b7 \u20ac250 pp for two \u00b7 \u20ac415 solo<\/div>\n      <a class=\"btn\" href=\"#book\">Check Availability<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"vc-section\" id=\"book\">\n    <div class=\"wrap\">\n      <h2>Book This Course<\/h2>\n      <p class=\"sub\">Pick your dates below. 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second afterwards \u2014 rather than clipping bolts someone drilled into the rock. Nothing is left behind. It's how climbing was done before bolts, and it's still the only way to climb enormous amounts of mountain terrain.<\/div><\/details>\n\n    <details><summary>Why bother, if bolted routes exist?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Two reasons. Access: vast amounts of Catalunya's best climbing has no bolts at all, including the granite ridges and classic crests of the Pre-Pyrenees. And judgement: when your protection depends entirely on decisions you make, you read rock differently and climb more deliberately. Most experienced climbers say trad made them better on everything, including sport.<\/div><\/details>\n\n    <details><summary>Is trad climbing more dangerous?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">It has a wider margin for human error, which is a different thing. A bolt is either good or it isn't; a placement is only as good as the person who put it in. Well-protected trad on solid rock, led within your ability, is a controlled activity \u2014 which is precisely why it's worth learning properly from someone rather than working it out alone.<\/div><\/details>\n\n    <details><summary>What's semi-bolted?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">A route with some fixed protection \u2014 often the belays, or the hardest sections \u2014 but where you place your own gear for much of the climbing. It's the natural stepping stone between fully bolted routes and fully clean ones, and it's usually where we go on day two.<\/div><\/details>\n\n    <div class=\"grp\">Am I ready?<\/div>\n\n    <details><summary>What experience do I need?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">You should be comfortable on bolted multi-pitch routes: building anchors, managing ropes, transitions and rappels. Trad routes are nearly always multi-pitch, so if the multi-pitch system is still new to you, you'd be learning two demanding things at once. Our <a href=\"\/multi-pitch\/\">Multi-Pitch Course<\/a> is the recommended precursor and almost everyone does them in that order.<\/div><\/details>\n\n    <details><summary>What grade do I need to climb?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Lower than you'd think. Day two is deliberately on terrain well within your ability, because the challenge is the protection, not the moves \u2014 placing gear while pumped on something at your limit is not how anyone should learn. If you lead bolted multi-pitch comfortably, your grade is fine.<\/div><\/details>\n\n    <details><summary>Can I take this without the multi-pitch course?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">If you already climb bolted multi-pitch confidently \u2014 through experience rather than our course \u2014 then yes, absolutely. What matters is the skill, not where you learned it. But if you've only climbed single-pitch sport routes, this isn't the right next step and we'll say so when you ask.<\/div><\/details>\n\n    <div class=\"grp\">The course<\/div>\n\n    <details><summary>How much gear will I actually place?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">A great deal, deliberately. Day one is built around volume \u2014 placements at ground level and on easy terrain where you can do dozens in a morning and have every one assessed. Judgement comes from repetition with feedback, not from explanation, so we prioritise the number of pieces you place over the amount of climbing you do.<\/div><\/details>\n\n    <details><summary>Will I lead a trad route?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Usually on day two, on ground well within your grade and with your guide managing the wider safety. Placing your own protection and committing above it is the moment the course means something. That said, it depends on the group and on how day one went \u2014 nobody is put on the sharp end before they're ready.<\/div><\/details>\n\n    <details><summary>Do you cover aid climbing?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">A short introduction, yes. Weighting a placement directly is the quickest way to genuinely understand what gear holds and what it doesn't, and it's a practical skill the day a move is beyond you and you still need to get past it. It isn't the focus of the course, but it earns its half-hour.<\/div><\/details>\n\n    <details><summary>What about getting down?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Covered properly, because it matters more on trad than anywhere else. Routes without bolts often have no fixed rappel stations, so we cover building improvised rappels, deciding what you're willing to leave behind, and retreating safely from partway up a route \u2014 which is a real possibility on unbolted terrain and shouldn't be improvised for the first time in bad weather.<\/div><\/details>\n\n    <div class=\"grp\">Afterwards &amp; practical<\/div>\n\n    <details><summary>Will I be able to lead trad after two days?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Easy, well-protected trad routes with a competent partner, yes. But we'll be straight with you: trad judgement matures over seasons, not days. What the course gives you is a sound foundation and \u2014 just as importantly \u2014 an accurate sense of what you don't yet know. That awareness is what keeps new trad leaders safe.<\/div><\/details>\n\n    <details><summary>Should I buy my own rack?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Not before the course. Come, use ours, handle everything, and by the end you'll know what you actually want and in what order to buy it. A trad rack is a serious investment and most people's first purchases are the wrong ones. We'll give you honest advice at the debrief.<\/div><\/details>\n\n    <details><summary>Do I need my own gear?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">No. A full rack \u2014 cams, nuts, slings, hardware \u2014 plus ropes, harness and helmet are all provided. Bring your own climbing shoes if you have them; crack climbing is more comfortable in shoes that aren't aggressively downturned, so a flatter pair is worth having if you own one.<\/div><\/details>\n\n    <details><summary>Can I do it with my climbing partner?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Strongly recommended. Trad is a partnership activity in a way sport climbing isn't \u2014 you're relying on each other's judgement, not on the same bolts. 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