Welcome to Arkansas Rock Climbing
Learning Rocks
Arkansas Rock Climbing Guides is a local and experienced group of professional instructors here to help you learn outdoor rock climbing skills and techniques. Whether you are a seasoned climber or you have never climbed before, our certified instructors are here to help you learn the skills you need to ascend to new heights!
About Us
We want to help you succeed!
At Arkansas Rock Climbing Guides, we want you to be empowered to achieve your climbing goals.
Our instructors are happy to answer all your climbing questions and guide you through each step in the learning process. Ultimately we hope you grow to not need us in the future!
Our goal is to get you to a proficiency level where you are comfortable and capable, so that you are prepared with the skills and knowledge to feel confident and comfortable outside rock climbing.
Let us teach you new skills to advance your climbing, refresh old understandings of climbing, and help you learn best practices for rock climbing. We all do better outside when we are all more prepared!
Our Courses
Elevate Your Skills with Certified Instruction
Scale new heights with our expert-led rock climbing courses tailored for every level, from beginners to seasoned adventurers.
First Time Out
Never climbed before?
Never climbed outside before?
This short, sweet course is for all of you brand new climbers out there!
Top Rope
Gain confidence in your top rope belaying, partner checks, communication, and more!
Gym to Crag
Transition smoothly from indoor climbing to outdoor crags with practical skills and knowledge in our Gym to Crag Course.
Learn to Lead
Ready to go beyond top rope and set up your own climbs? We'll cover everything from base site safety to anchors in this course.
Trad
Learn to go where no bolts can take you. Learn the intricacies of traditional climbing.
Custom
Not seeing something quite fitting your needs?
Interested in contracting us for a summer camp or team building event?
Let's talk!
Our Testimonial
What Our Clients Say
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Our group had an amazing time taking the Learn to Lead course with Sam a couple weeks ago. We met at Fitzgerald Mountain and spent the morning going over important safety information as well as practicing basic skills like lead belaying and clipping. Everyone led a super easy 5.4 on mock lead before lunch. Then after lunch we got another chance to mock lead on an approachable 5.6 before doing our first full lead climb without backup. We got lots of practice falls in which made us all feel very comfortable. Finally, we learned and practiced cleaning anchors - a very important skill for climbing outdoors. Sam is an amazing instructor (and Olivia is an awesome individual as well and I'm sure a wonderful instructor - I would trust either of them to teach me). Arkansas Rock Climbing Guides is highly recommended for a comfortable environment to learn a challenging skill in a very safe way.
Emily B. Took the first time climbers class with Olivia. It was wonderful! I had never climbed anything before, and they made me so comfortable and confident. They take safety very seriously which I appreciated. They were very patient and explained everything that was happening. I learned a ton and I can't wait to take another class!
Tiffany H. My wife and I were lucky to have found this place for our one year anniversary. Olivia was one of the nicest and most tolerant guides I’ve ever had personally. They were very encouraging and worked at our pace to make sure my wife and I were able to climb safely. I cannot recommend them enough.
Nick P. Olivia and Sam were so helpful, nice, knowledgeable, and enthusiastic about teaching my ten year old daughter and other students how to climb. My daughter has taken many classes, such as swimming, ice skating, and martial arts and though all of them are good classes, my daughter enjoyed this climbing class the best. She gained more confidence in herself, engaged in good physical exercise, and she had fun while doing it. I highly recommend these instructors!
Mike S.Our Blogs
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Took the Learning to Lead course after over a year of indoor top rope climbing. Sam, was our instructor and he was thorough, giving the pros and cons of various techniques and best practices. He was extremely patient and kind knowing that this is a scary transition from top rope climbing to leading a route, especially outside. The area we went was very approachable so we didn't have to worry about having to climbing a hard route or hike in far before having to start climbing either. They really have thought of every step of the process to make this the most enjoyable learning experience. Sam and Olivia were amazing to work with. If you're at all considering learning to climb or want to get out in Northwest AR to climb - these are the people to go with no questions ask!!
Morgan J.