Fox Mountain Guides offers rock climbing day trips throughout Western North Carolina and the Southeast. These are custom trips that cater to everyone from beginner climbers trying rock climbing for the first time to intermediate and advanced climbers. Additionally, we provide sequential rock climbing courses, training for military groups, and merit badge courses for scout troops. We provide all necessary climbing equipment. Please note that children must be at least six years old to attend climbing trips.
Single Pitch Climbing Trips
Single-pitch climbing is a great option for climbers of all ability levels, from complete beginners to experienced climbers. These routes are typically no taller than half a rope length—about 30 meters (100 feet). Climbers are tied into a rope that runs up through an anchor at the top of the route and back down to the belayer on the ground.
Single-pitch routes vary widely in difficulty, making them ideal for a range of goals and experience levels. Whether you’re brand new to climbing, transitioning from the gym to real rock, or an experienced outdoor climber looking to spend the day top-roping, our instructors will set up climbs that are well suited to your ability and objectives.
As with all of our programs, we keep group sizes intentionally small so guides can focus on providing attentive instruction, a safe environment, and a high-quality climbing experience.
Can be a Half Day (4 hours)
or a Full Day (8 hours)
With the exception of two hour lessons at Chimney Rock Park, all guided day trips are one-on-one with a guide unless you organize to bring friends or family with you.
Multi Pitch Climbing Trips
Multipitch rock climbing is designed for climbers with some prior experience, ideally outdoors. On a multipitch climb, you’ll ascend the cliff in a series of rope lengths (or “pitches”), moving from the base of the wall to the summit. Because of this, you can expect to spend several hours off the ground as you and your guide work your way up the route. Multipitch climbing offers the full rock climbing experience—spectacular views, engaging movement, and a true sense of adventure.
All guided trips are typically one-on-one with a guide, unless you choose to bring friends or family. For multipitch climbing, we maintain a maximum ratio of two participants to one guide. While larger ratios can be common in the industry, we intentionally keep our groups small so that the focus remains on safety, quality instruction, and a meaningful experience rather than maximizing numbers.
If your group is larger than two participants, we’re happy to arrange additional guides so everyone can have the same high-quality experience on the wall.
Can be a Half Day (4 hours)
or a Full Day (8 hours)
Private Instruction
Private instruction is for those who have previous climbing experience and want to work on specific skills like learning to lead climb, practicing self-rescue, or climbing movement skills. All private instruction days are 8 hours in duration.
Rock Climbing at Chimney Rock State Park
Our two hour group lesson is unique to Chimney Rock. These lessons run in the morning and afternoon, and are ideal for people who want to try climbing. Classes are open enrollment for people 6 years and up. They have a maximum size of 6 participants and are priced based on the number of participants in the lesson. Guests must separately pay admission to Chimney Rock State Park.
