Welcome to Lakes Climber – the place for walking and rock climbing adventures in the Lake District!

We are currently taking bookings for walking, climbing, and mountaineering in the Lake District or beyond. We deliver a range of guided days out on the hill or crag, and we also enjoy providing instruction or coaching to support you as you head out on your own adventures. To find out more about what we offer, follow the links to our climbing and walking pages in the menu above.

Our availability is listed on our Calendar. If you have any queries, do check out the Frequently Asked Questions page, and for further information, or to make a booking, get in touch via the Contact page.

Hill walking and navigation

Join one of our skills days to gain confidence in the hills or learn about navigation – prices from £60 per person. Or book a private day of guided hill walking or navigation that is tailored to your needs!

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Rock climbing

Join one of our intro to rock or technical rock skills days – prices from £60 per person. Or book a private day of guided climbing or bespoke skills to suit your needs!

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Lakes Climber

1 day ago

Lakes Climber
Climbing journeys – Shepherd’s Crag was the place to be on Thursday afternoon! Anna and I weaved between the crowds and climbed the wonderful ‘Ardus’.3D climbing skills were deployed on the steep corner and then delicate footwork and bravery across the slab. We abseiled to collect the nut that Anna threw down the crag and the shoe that I threw down the crag 😆 then did a spot of prusiking practice after Anna asked “what do you do if you fall off on a traverse?” (which we didn’t today, but you never know…)Then Saturday was snatched from the jaws of defeat after the @du.mountaineering car driver did not materialise… the lads jumped on a train to Carlisle and we headed to Headend Quarry to practice a range of skills (plus some bouldering as it is very hard for students to be next to some rock and not climb it…)Placing gear, building belays, abseiling, prusiking up ropes, the dark art of belaying two ropes, and even building hanging belays in preparation for future sea cliff adventures 🤩Lovely to see these students build skills and confidence over the last 8 months and launch them off on their summer adventures#tradclimbing #ukclimbing #lakedistrict #borrowdale #amiprofessionals #femaleinstructor #girlswhoclimb #britishweather #universityclubs … See MoreSee Less

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Lakes Climber

6 days ago

Lakes Climber
Optimism – Sunday started out sunny, then it got a bit grey… and at some point the dampness turned into actual rain!Top marks to Nick and Andrew for optimism and perseverance during our day at the crag on Sunday building experience and confidence in trad climbing skillsAnd a big thank you to @jake_simpson_guiding for supporting me as a ‘shadow’ instructor for the day as he works towards qualifying as a mountaineering and climbing instructor (he will be awesome at it)#tradclimbing #climbingintherain #borrowdale #amiprofessionals #mountaineeringandclimbinginstructor … See MoreSee Less

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Lakes Climber

2 weeks ago

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Psyched students – I always love trad intro days with students because they stay super-keen despite rain showers every 30 mins!Today’s group from @du.mountaineering were no exception: loads of new skills learnt for good ropework and gear placements, plus some nifty climbing technique on polished wet limestone 🧗The best thing is hearing about their plans for future climbing escapades – whether they are heading towards trad, bouldering, sport or alpinism, it is lovely to pass on some skills, safe in the knowledge that it will be well used in future years Thanks for a fun day!#rockclimbing #tradclimbing #universityofdurham #studentclubs #amiprofessionals #femaleinstructor #britishweather … See MoreSee Less

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Lakes Climber

3 weeks ago

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Dodging showers – British summer has kicked in, testing our skills and optimism as we head into the mountains!Fantastic couple of days working for @lake_district_mountaineering introducing Iain and Chris to some soggy Langdale scrambles (waterfalls) on day one. Rewarded with sun and dry rock on the wonderful Pinnacle Ridge on day two – one of my absolute favourite routes!And the weekend began with an intro/refresher trad climbing day for Anne and Scott. I set up the ropes and they flew up the first few routes, so we got stuck in with placing gear and a spot of lead climbing. More adventures to follow for these two…#tradclimbing #rockclimbing #mountaineering #lakedistrict #langdale #patterdale #mountaineeringandclimbinginstructor #amiprofessionals #femaleinstructor #britishweather … See MoreSee Less

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Lakes Climber

3 weeks ago

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Plan A.. B.. C.. – we don’t just cover map and compass skills on a 2-day navigation course! Thursday’s weather was mildly apocalyptic necessitating several changes of plan as we encountered steams in spate and crossing points submerged under frothing white water!Everyone miraculously stayed cheery and picked up some useful hill skills as well as navigation skills in the adverse conditions. We then put it all into practice on day 2 as we journeyed around Silver How deploying map and compass to track down tricky contour features and tiny tarns.Thank you everyone for good company on the hill and @lake_district_mountaineering for the work (and the opportunity to test my mountain skills!)#navigation #map #compass #hillskills #lakedistrict #hillwalking #langdale #grasmere #staysafeinthehills #britishweather … See MoreSee Less

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