Youth Clubs
These programs are only available for:
- Those that are Belay Certified from us [only required for kids 9 – 14]
- Graduates of one of the Akademie Classes
OR
If your child has previous climbing experience and are already belay certified with us and can demonstrate their knowledge of basic climbing movement during a private assessment with a coach.
Climbing Clubs
Our Climbing Clubs are split into age groups and aims to fine-tune the techniques the students learned in Crag Akademie (which is a requirement before applying for clubs). These clubs are designed to develop well-rounded athletes.
The clubs are also a preparatory class to our competitive climbing teams, but there isn’t pressure in these clubs to move into Teams. Our clubs focus on helping the young athletes achieve their own goals.
Students of these Clubs should embody the following: 
Important Details
Youth enrolled in any program at Übergrippen will be climbing with other children. This means your child will be belayed by another child enrolled in the program and your child will belay other children. It is important that you and your child recognize that climbing is dangerous. We take precautions by making it mandatory that every child is belay certified (meaning they have passed a belay test on 3 separate occasions). If you are not comfortable with this, please do not enroll your child in our group programs. We offer private guided climbing and can also instruct parents on these same belay skills (enroll in our adult Learn to Belay class) so that you can supervise your child’s climbing experience directly.
Marmots, Chamois, & Ibex
Times
Please know that although we offer multiple classes it is important to commit to the class time that you sign up for as drop-ins into other times are not possible.
- Marmots (ages 6-8):
- Wednesday 5pm – 6:30pm
- Chamois (ages 9-11):
- Wednesday 6:30-8:30pm
- Thursday 6:15-8:15pm
- Ibex (ages 11-13):
- Monday 6:30-8:30pm
- Tuesday 6:30-8:30pm
If you kids are 14 to 18, consider enrolling them into our High School Training Club!
What’s included
These clubs are designed to solidify a climber’s foundation of basic and intermediate climbing technique and belaying through games, drills, and coaching. Through experiential and interactive learning, students will work to develop leadership skills, confidence, and teamwork by bonding with their teammates and challenging each other through climbing. All equipment (harness, shoes, Jul2 belay device) is provided by Übergrippen for club participants. Club members may bring their own personal equipment, if they wish.
Price
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- $130/month members, $165/month non-members
- At least one club t-shirt is required ($20)
Club Youth Application
Please know that our Youth Coordinator reviews these applications each Wednesday. Please know that your application is important to us, but you should hear from us at least by next Wednesday.
