Lessons & Group Bookings

group bookings climbing

We cater to a wide variety of group requirements including birthday parties, community groups, team building, custom bookings, and rappelling experiences.

Booking Types

Private Lessons | 1-3 participants
  • $70 / hour - booking fee for 1 participant
  • $130 / hour - booking fee for 2 participants
  • $180 / hour - booking fee for 3 participants
- Climbing Gym Instructor included
- Equipment included
- Activity options:
  • Facility orientation, rules, and safety precautions
  • Novice to advanced technique/skill lesson
  • Top rope belay school (requires 2 participants minimum)
  • Lead climbing/belaying (requires 2 participants minimum)
School Group | 4-32 participants

$130 two-hour facility booking fee ($50 / hour for each additional hour of booking) +$10 per student participant fee

- non-recurring, experiential OR skill based session for non-post secondary school groups only (i.e. elementary, junior high, highschool)
- Wilson Climbing Centre staff supervision/highwall belays included
- Equipment included
- Activity options:
  • Facility orientation, rules, and safety precautions
  • Climbing movement fundamental lesson
  • Introduction to boulder problems
  • Climbing games/free bouldering
  • Staff belays in the highwall loft 
  • Lead climbing demo
Experiential | 4-32 participants
$130 two-hour facility booking fee ($50 / hour for each additional hour of booking) +$20 per participant fee

 

- Wilson Climbing Centre staff supervision/highwall belays included
- Equipment included
- Activity options:
  • Facility orientation, rules, and safety precautions
  • Climbing movement fundamental lesson
  • Introduction to boulder problems
  • Climbing games/free bouldering
  • Staff belays in the highwall loft
  • Lead climbing demo
Skill Based | 4-16 participants
$130 two-hour facility booking fee ($50 / hour for each additional hour of booking) +$30 per participant fee

 

- Wilson Climbing Centre staff supervision/instruction included
- Equipment included
- Activity options:
  • Facility orientation, rules, and safety precautions
  • Novice to advanced technique/skill lesson
  • Top rope OR Lead belay school (Lead requires >6 months experience top roping; all participants must have a current top rope check from the Wilson Climbing Centre in order to book a lead belay session)
Facility Rentals
  • $300 / hour - boulder area (entire 1st floor)
  • $300 / hour - Highwall loft (entire 2nd floor)
  • $200 / hour - Rappel Tower only
  • $100 / hour - High wall (2nd floor) West Tower / Discovery Wall only
  • $500 / hour - Entire facility

Details:

  • Birthday parties
  • Team building
  • Corporate challenge
  • Etc. 

  • Exclusive facility usage - your booked space will be closed to public use during the booking
  • Equipment included
  • No instruction or orientation will be provided - the Wilson Climbing Centre may require the presence of event staff for supervision as necessary; this will be assessed at $20/event staff/hour (in addition to the facility rental fee)
  • Highwall/rappel tower rentals will only be permitted on a case by case basis, according to Climbing Coordinator assessment of risk
  • All participants must have previously passed the Wilson Climbing Centre belay test in order to use the highwall
  • Teaching of technical climbing skills (such as top rope or lead belaying, knot tying, anchor building, rappelling, lowering, etc.) is NOT permitted during facility rentals
  • An additional staffing fee will be assessed if you are renting before or after normal operational hours
  • Maximum participant number is subject to building fire code regulations

Booking Information

Bookable Times & Days
  • A minimum of 2 weeks’ notice is required when requesting a booking - urgent requests may be considered on a case-by-case basis
  • Booking a climbing session includes instructor(s) (at a ratio of ~8 participants per 1 instructor) and all necessary rental equipment (e.g. shoes, chalk, harnesses)
  • The $130 facility booking fee encompasses the following, 2 hours of staff instruction and 30 minutes for instructor prep, set-up, and take down.
  • If the booking is greater than 2 hours, it will be an additional $50/hour
  • The best time to book a climbing session is in the morning on weekdays or weekends, before we open to the public (i.e. before 11:00AM on weekdays and 12:00PM on weekends)
  • If you choose to book during our public drop-in hours (11:00AM - 8:00PM on weekdays, and 12:00 - 6:00PM on weekends), you will be sharing the space with an unknown number of drop-in climbers, program participants, and students; this may result in compromised climbing experiences
  • The climbing centre can also be rented for exclusive use with or without instruction (additional staffing fees will apply if rented outside of normal operational hours)
  • We do not have a party room available on site - food, snacks, cake, etc. is therefore not permitted in the climbing centre; however, additional party space may be available on campus - please email bookings@ualberta.ca for more information. 

*Parking is not included in your booking*

Participant Numbers
  • A minimum of 4 participants are required for group bookings
  • A minimum of 2 participants are required for private top-rope and lead climbing lessons
  • 1 or more participants is required for a private bouldering lesson
  • We can generally only accommodate up to 32 participants at a time; this maximum is subject to existing bookings, academic classes, internal programming, and subsequent instructor availability
Facility Logistics
  • washrooms and water fountains are available within the facility.
  • There are locker rooms available on-site, but no party/meeting rooms.
Waivers
Youth participants 17 and under need a parent or guardian to print and sign a  form
  • This must be brought to the booking; participants who show up to the booking without completed Informed Consent forms will not be allowed to participate.