This course takes advantage of the Spanish winter climate, summers here are too hot, and of the cheap flights available at this time of year.

The accommodation is in a traditional Spanish town house in the lovely village of Villanueva del Rosario and it is 35km north of Malaga surrounded by hills and mountains.

Staffing
This course will be run by Silvia Fitzpatrick. Silvia holds the Mountain Instructor Award and lives in Spain during the winter months. Silvia is fluent in Spanish and English and will be able to devise a programme to suit your needs based on local knowledge of the best crags in the Costa Blanca.

Silvias experience includes several successful summits in Patagonia including the first female ascent of Fitz Roy, Alpine highlights such as Bonatti Pillar, the Walker Spur and the North Face of the Eiger. Silvia also made an early repeat of the Fish in the Dolomites

In the UK her trad achievements include many classic E5s such as Right Wall, Positron and Alien in North Wales; Black Magic and Darkinbad in North Devon; A Grey English Morning and Headhunter in Pembroke. Last year she pulled off her hardest lead on natural gear by doing Mammoth Direct on the Main Cliff of Gogarth.

Silvia was the British Indoor Climbing Champion in 1994 and a member of the British Competition Climbing Team from 1993 to 1995. She also won the International Australian Competition in the Blue Mountains in 1997.

In sport climbing, she has climbed over twenty routes graded 8a and above in locations throughout Europe, UK, Asia and Australia. She has recently red pointed her hardest sport route: El Oraculo (8b) in El Chorro, Spain.

Course Content
We can tailor the course to suit your requirements. Silvia is a very experienced instructor and is equally happy working with complete beginners through to experienced climbers who want to push their sport climbing grade. Some of the topics that can be covered are:
Intro to sport climbing
Learn to lead sport climbing
Learn to lead trad climbing
Performance coaching

Dates
We can provide this course on dates to suit you throughout the winter months, just email us with your requirements. rob@expeditionguide.com

A 4 day course will allow for airport pick up and drop off with half days climbing on those travelling days and two full days climbing.

A week long course will allow for airport pick up and drop off Saturday to Saturday with 6 full days climbing in between.

Bookings
You can book securely online below by clicking on the buy now button. Please email or call us first so that we can confirm dates for you with Silvia.

We need at least two of you to book to allow the course to run on these courses. If you want to book on your own you will need to pay the full price for two people.

The course price includes instruction, climbing kit, accommodation, pickup from the airport and transport during the course.

Download a booking form here if you prefer to book by cheque through the post.

If you are booking more than 8 weeks in advance you can pay a deposit of £100 and complete the online booking form to secure your booking. The balance can be paid by cheque 8 weeks prior to commencment. Click here to pay a deposit.