Leeds Indoor Climbing - Beginners Welcome

Indoor climbing offers the challenges of climbing that you'll find on natural rock crags - simply indoors! It's a fun way to stay fit, make new friends and develop your climbing skills.

Reopening in mid-April 2023, the fully refurbished BIG Depot will boast over 200 routes spread over 1000 square meters of climbing surface on walls up to 14 meters high; featuring lead slab walls, auto-belays, vert walls, and up to 40 degrees overhangs. With a variety of grades and styles from some of the UK's best route setters, it offers a wealth of interesting climbing options for climbers of all abilities. 

To come along, please register via this event page and to climb you will need to pay an entry fee directly to the climbing centre when you arrive - please see their website for prices. We'd ask that all members sign up through the event page to make sure the event leader has all information of the members attending.

I'm new to climbing - can I come along?   If you've never climbed before, just let us know so we can arrange for you to be signed into the climbing centre as a supervised climber so that you can come and give it a try. If you enjoy your climbing experience, and would like to come climbing more regularly, we will also happily show you the ropes (so to speak!) and teach you everything you need to know to climb safely when unsupervised.

Do I need to be supervised as a climber? If you answer NO to any of the following three questions, then you will need to arrange to be supervised. If you can answer YES to all these questions, you can sign up to this event as normal:

1. Can you fit a climbing harness correctly?
2. Can you tie in to a rope using the correct knots?
3. Can you belay another climber correctly and confidently?

If you need to arrange a supervised session, please message the event leader before you sign up to this event to check availability for this session. Please note that the climbing centre limits the number of novice climbers we can supervise, so if you do not do this unfortunately we can't guarantee that we can sign you in to take part on the day.

IMPORTANT! - Participation Statement

You MUST complete a Participation Statement, in addition to booking your event space before attending an OutdoorLads event. You only need to complete this Participation Statement once, not for each event you attend. 

Please note that every person participating should be aware of (and accept) that those members perceived as ‘in charge’ or leading the event are not necessarily qualified, do not need to be qualified, and are not regarded by OutdoorLads, or themselves as ‘technical experts’ but are amateur climbers with some experience and who are happy to impart their knowledge. Any advice given should be considered with this in mind by the recipient.

All those attending the event must also be aware of the centre's own terms and conditions of participation and abide by them, along with any instructions given by the centre’s staff. Everyone must also take responsibility for their own safety while participating in Indoor climbing events.

Photos : Copyright granted to OutdoorLads by Sieh.