- Most Popular Course!
An introduction to rock climbing for anyone who wants to experience a safe vertical adventure. This class embraces all levels and focuses on a fulfilling day of climbing.
Climbing Courses
Rock-About’s safe, well organized and safety-oriented classes offer something for everyone: the basics for the beginner and advanced programs for experienced climbers. Browse our progressive and specialized climbing courses to find the one that’s right for you.
Beginner Options
Experience Enchanted Rock like no one else! Multiple Rappels and exciting positions including canyons during your trip! Also, learn all about the park while hiking including reaching the summit of Enchanted Rock.
Step up to the challenge and be a part of our Climbing Merit Badge program! Scouts can go for the badge or just join us for a fun day of climbing.
- Featured Climbing Trip!
Experience awesome climbing on the lakes in the Central Texas area by boat! Rock-About is the only guide service in America that offers this type of unique trip!
Advanced Options
Learn lead climbing techniques and learn how to clean a route safely. You’ll gain the independence to get out of the gym and onto some real rocks!
We’ll teach you the techniques and skills you need to place gear for leading and building anchors and other traditional climbing skills in this Texas climbing course.
The goal of this course is to introduce you to getting higher safely and with the most modern Multipitch climbing techniques.
- Featured Climbing Trip!
Experience awesome climbing on the lakes in the Central Texas area by boat! Rock-About is the only guide service in America that offers this type of unique trip!
Experience a world-class, multi-pitch adventure on some of the tallest limestone in North America, just south of the border! Rock-About guides have been climbing here since its beginning in the late ’80s.
Youth Group Options
Step up to the challenge and be a part of our Climbing Merit Badge program! Scouts can go for the badge or just join us for a fun day of climbing.
Just for kids! Our special climbing camps encourage safety and fun for young climbers. We have spring break and summer camp options available.
Group Clinics
This is a scheduled Group Beginner Climbing Clinic. Please see below for the schedule and location of these clinics. If you are wishing to go on a date that isn’t on this schedule go to beginner climbing to schedule a private course.
An introduction to climbing for anyone emphasizing safety skills, basic climbing technique, teamwork, trust, communication, and having a great time in a beautiful setting at Enchanted Rock, Mineral Wells, Reimers Ranch or the Austin Greenbelt. All Gear is included as well as beginner instruction. Also, this can be for more experienced climbers looking for a day of top rope climbing.
You too can learn to safely climb on lead using clipping bolts with one of our experienced lead guides. We hold these courses at Enchanted Rock Climbing, Reimer’s Ranch or the Austin Greenbelt.
Trad (Traditional) Climbing is the purest form of protecting yourself as you climb. We teach you the skills needed to select and utilize the right tools. We hold these courses at Enchanted Rock.
Skills taught in the Trad Clinic:
- Knots used in trad climbing
- Placing Trad gear: Cams, Chocks (nuts), Hexes, Tri-cams
- Building simple Trad anchors
- Lead Climbing for Trad Climbing
- Extended Rappel (if time allows)
Learn necessary rescue skills in our Self-Rescue Course, taught by owner Adam Mitchell, a Certified Rock Guide with the AMGA.