AMGA SPI Course

Location

Golden, Colorado

Group Size

6 people per guide

Duration

3 days

COVID-19 policy

The AMGA Single Pitch Instructor course is the industry standard for individuals looking to instruct rock climbing in a single-pitch setting. Many recreational climbers also take this course to bolster their understanding of technical skills, anchoring, and terrain recognition.

This three-day program covers topics needed to instruct single-pitch rock climbing and was developed to fit perfectly inside the AMGA Rock Program. Assistance skills, instructional techniques, and risk management are just a few of the topics covered.

​The Single Pitch Instructor (SPI) Program teaches climbing instructors to proficiently facilitate and instruct the sport of rock climbing in a single-pitch setting and is the only internationally recognized single-pitch climbing instructor certification program in the United States.

Benefits:

• It significantly improves the instructor’s skill set and integrates into the AMGA Rock Guide Course and Multi-Pitch Instructor certification

• The program is for current, active rock climbers who have a real desire to teach rock climbing to novices in a single pitch setting

• The SPI Course is a 27-hour training course that normally runs as three consecutive nine-hour days or day classes with evening sessions

• The SPI Assessment is a minimum of 16 hours run over a two-day period

• Certification lasts for three years as long as the candidate keeps current AMGA Membership and First Aid Certification

• After three years current SPI’s can re-take the SPI Assessment to regain the SPI certification

• Taking any higher level AMGA Course also re-certifies the SPI certification for another three years