Guide Training

AMGA Single Pitch Instructor (SPI)

Inner Passage is bringing the American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA), Single Pitch Instructor Course to Cochise Stronghold, AZ. It is the first course in the AMGA sequence of climbing instructor and guide training programs. Formerly the Top Rop Site Management Course, This three day course is intended for recreational climbers wanting to gain the next level of skills that they cannot gain from basic climbing instructional courses. It is also for instructors from private climbing schools and guide services, individual aspiring climbing guides and instructors and therapeutic outdoor program professionals. The course addresses fundamental educational and environmental principles as they relate to teaching climbing. Those seeking certification may go on to take the separate two day field exam following the course or at any time within three years after successfully completing the course. The course focuses on the learning and application of technical skills as they are applied in all forms of top rope climbing instruction - both base and top managed systems. The course also addresses fundamental educational and environmental principles as they relate to teaching climbing.

Instructor and Examiner - Markus Jolliff