Summer Climbing Club 2025 (for beginner to intermediate climbers)

Let's make it a weekly thing! With our Summer Climbing Club, climbers meet every Thursday for guided climbing and instruction in Clear Creek Canyon in Golden. This is for beginner to intermediate climbers looking to gain mileage on real rock, improve climbing technique from a guide, learn technical skills, build relationships with other climbers in the community, and have fun on the rocks!

Prerequisites:

• Some indoor climbing experience recommended
• must be a minimum of 18 years old

Time: 5pm-8pm, but a 5:30pm arrival is also okay if that's the earliest that you can make it. 

When: Every Thursday of the month, May through August

Monthly membership fees. If you need to miss one of the dates in the month, we can transfer one day per month to the following month for no extra charge. Transfers of the one make up day end in August. 

Costs are for the entire month, or for the entire summer at a discounted rate, are below. 

May: $375

June: $300

July: $375

August: $300

All 4 months for 2025: $900

To Register, please email [email protected] or call us at 303-884-2755

Join us for a half day of climbing every Saturday morning, starting April 5th through October 25th.

Each day will be 9am-1pm in Clear Creek Canyon, Boulder Canyon, and Staunton State Park. 

This is a great way to get out and meet members of the community for a morning of climbing. We plan to go to cliffs that have a wide variety of routes, ranging from 5.6 to 5.11, including hitting Staunton State Park during the summer months. 

Prerequisites: It is recommended that you have some indoor climbing experience before attending these sessions, but that's not required. Feel free to reach out to to us at [email protected] and 303-884-2755 to see if this group is a good fit for you! Must be 18 years old or older to attend, unless accompanied by an adult who is also climbing in the session. 

Dates: 

Every Saturday starting April 5th through October 25th at 9am. 

Cost $100/session

To Register, please email [email protected] or call us at 303-884-2755

Intro to Lead Climbing Course

This is a 6-hour course that covers the below topics. All of the intro to lead courses are taught on bolts for sport climbing, with bolted anchors. 

• Gear used for lead climbing
• Belay devices used for lead climbing
• Lead belaying with an Assisted Braking Device
• Lead Climbing (clipping and techniques)
• How to build anchors
• How to clean anchors

Prerequisite: Toprope experience is required to take this course.

The max ratio in this course is a 4:1 ratio. 

Cost: $250/person

Dates are below

June 1, 7, 15, 28

July 12, 27

August 2, 10, 23

To register, please email us at [email protected] or call/text us at 303-884-2755

To register, add this to cart. After payment, you will be promted for which date you would like to sign up for and you can add that information then. 

Intro to Trad Climbing Course

In this full-day course, we cover the below topics. 

• Gear orientation (active v passive)
• Gear sizing and how it related to jamming
• How to place and remove gear - even when it seems stuck
• anchor building
• considerations for gear placements while leading
• mock leading and evaluation of gear placements

Cost $250

Dates are below

June 1, 7, 15, 28

July 12, 27

August 2, 10, 23

To register, please email us at [email protected] or call/text us at 303-884-2755

Join us for a full day (8-hour) course on multi-pitch climbing! DMG Guides will bring you through everything you need to know for multi-pitch sport climbing. Topics include knots/hitches/friction hitches, anchors for multi-pitch climbing, devices used for belaying, belaying from above, rope management, transitions, lowering, and rappelling. This course is outside at the crag, typically in Clear Creek Canyon. 

The prerequisite for this course is that you must be able to lead 5.6 sport outside. 

DMG guides will provide all of the multi-pitch gear you need for the day, and you will be able to make a gear list throughout the day of things you'll need for future adventures. 

Cost: $250/person

Dates are below:

April 20, 26

May 3, 11, 17

June 1, 7, 15, 28

July 12, 27

August 2, 10, 23

To register, please email us at [email protected] or call/text us at 303-884-2755

Learn to be self-sufficient in the vertical! Are you climbing multi-pitch routes but have never taken a rescue course? This course is for you! 

This full day (8 hour) clinic is perfect for climbers leading multi-pitch routes and are looking to take their rescue knowledge and skills to the next level. In this course we will take you through the basics of multi-pitch rescue. Topics covered include lowering and hauling from above, belay escapes and transitions from above, pick-offs in multi-pitch terrain to rescue an injured climber, and counterbalanced and tandam rappels. Participants will receive a list of necessary gear to bring for the day as well as a list of knots and hitches to practice before the course. We will also be covering the required knots and hitches in the first part of the course. Prerequisites are that you must have at least 1 year of multi-pitch climbing experience or have a base knowledge on multi-pitch climbing.

Cost $250/person

Dates are below:

June 1, 7, 15, 28

July 12, 27

August 2, 10, 23

To register, please email us at [email protected] or call/text us at 303-884-2755

This is a great course for people looking to learn more about being a self-sufficient climber in single-pitch terrain. 

This full day (8 hour) clinic is for all climbers that haven't taken a rescue course, or if you want to brush up on your rescue skills. Topics covered include knots and hitches for rescue, ascending and rappelling, belay take-overs, load transfers, and rescuing a climber on the wall (also known as a pick-off). 

The prerequisite for this course is that you know how to toprope belay. 

Cost $250/person

Dates are below

June 1, 7, 15, 28

July 12, 27

August 2, 10, 23

To register, please email us at [email protected] or call/text us at 303-884-2755

SINGLE PITCH INSTRUCTOR PROGRAM The Single Pitch Instructor (SPI) Program teaches climbing instructors to proficiently facilitate and instruct the sport of rock climbing in a single pitch setting. The SPI is the only internationally recognized single pitch climbing instructor certification program in the United States. The SPI Program consists of a 3-day course, followed by a 2-day assessment. After completing the course and then passing the assessment, you become an AMGA Certified Single Pitch Instructor. The SPI is considered gateway training to other programs in the AMGA Rock discipline.

You can confirm availability by calling 303-884-2755 or emailing us at [email protected]

Instructors: Ryan Campbell, James Klaers, Andrew Megas-Russell

2025 SPI Course Dates below:  

May 2-4 (Open)

May 24-26 (OPEN)

June 6-8 (OPEN)

September 5-7 (OPEN)

September 12-14 (OPEN)

September 26-28 (OPEN)

October 11-13 (OPEN)

Cost $650

To Register, please email [email protected] or call us at 303-884-2755

SINGLE PITCH INSTRUCTOR PROGRAM

The Single Pitch Instructor (SPI) Program teaches climbing instructors to proficiently facilitate and instruct the sport of rock climbing in a single pitch setting. The SPI is the only internationally recognized single pitch climbing instructor certification program in the United States. The SPI Program consists of a 3-day course, followed by a 2-day assessment. After completing the course and then passing the assessment, you become an AMGA Certified Single Pitch Instructor. The SPI is considered gateway training to other programs in the AMGA Rock discipline.

Please call 884-2755 or email [email protected] to confirm available space.

Instructors: Ryan Campbell, Andrew Megas-Russell

2025 Dates for Assessment below:

April 12-13 (FULL)

April 26-27 (OPEN)

May 10-11 (OPEN)

May 17-18 (OPEN)

June 14-15 (OPEN)

September 27-28 (OPEN)

October 3-4 (OPEN)

Cost $500

To Register, please email [email protected] or call us at 303-884-2755

The Warrior's Way Sport Climbing Clinic

The Warrior's Way, Outdoor Sport Climbing Clinic, coached by Sevve Stember

Falling & Commitment

How do you react when you are pumped and doubting your ability to commit to the next several moves? Many climbers lose commitment and won’t make the moves because they overthink when climbing.

To stay committed you to need to stop at rest stances and think through the risk.

Then you need to make an appropriate risk decision - go or no go. Can I fall here? Can I not fall here? Then, you need to commit completely to taking action on that decision. That is the emphasis of this sport climbing mental training camp.

This one or two-day sport climbing mental training course helps you:

●  Learn where you can and can’t fall

●  Climb efficiently to keep from pumping out just before you reach the anchors

●  Make sport climbing more relaxed when on the sharp end.

Your Warrior’s Way trainer teaches skills and techniques which apply to all climbing grade levels. As wanted, the trainer can teach 5.11 and higher techniques and mindsets for those climbing in this ability range.

"I’ve always considered myself an intuitive climber but after one day with Warrior’s Way, I made a startling realization. In moments of hesitation, instead of listening to my body and going with the flow, I start to over-analyze and doubt myself. We worked through movement drills, breathing, and mental practices that helped harness my analytical energy and translate it into intuitive movement."

-Nina Williams, pro-climber & North Face athlete

Learn How To:

●  Become aware of your mind’s limiting tendencies (like thinking you’ll clip the chains)

●  Distinguish between no-fall and yes-fall zones

●  Rest efficiently to avoid the pump

●  Develop flow and momentum to make climbing easier

●  Deal with mental stress before, during, and after the climb

●  Improve problem-solving skills for better route finding and beta sequences

●  Make and stick to appropriate risk decisions

●  Use your intelligence to do effective risk-assessment

●  Reduce fear when pushing yourself

●  Make climbing more fun

Pre-requisites:

●  Able to sport climb 5.9 in a gym with no falls

●  Climb indoors/outdoors at least 1-2 times per week

●  At least 9 months of continuous climbing experience within the last year

Locations: All clinics are held in Golden and Boulder, Colorado.

Dates for 2025

Sport Climbing Clinics (1-day clinic):

• May 10 (Golden, CO)
• June 14 (Golden, CO)
• August 14 (Red Wing, MN)

Trad Climbing Clinics (1-day clinic):

• September 6 (Eldorado Canyon, CO)

Cost = $275

To Register, please email [email protected] or call us at 303-884-2755

Youth Climbing Trip to Rifle Mountain park

Located on the Western Slope, close to the town of Rifle, Rifle Mountain Park is home to world-class sport climbing! The narrow canyon offers tall, breathtaking walls that are perfect for youth climbers to cut their teeth on! Jam packed with hundreds of steep to overhanging limestone walls and caves, this location is for the intermediate to advanced sport climbers looking to really push themselves.

This is a three day trip, Monday through Wednesday, and takes place once a month in the summer. We have a June, July, and August option available to choose from, or come with us on all of the trips!

Kids will be dropped off in Golden at the DMG headquarters and driven to Rifle on Monday morning. Kids will be expected to sleep in tents, climb on rocks,eat food cooked by DMG guides, and have fun! They will then be driven back Wednesday evening. 

Ages are 12-16 years old

Guides for the trip: The lead guides for these trips are DMG owner, Kevin Capps, and youth coach, Vasya Vorotnikov. 

• July 28-30, $500, Max participants 8 kids
• Aug 4-6, $500, Max participants 8 kids

To register, please email us at [email protected] or call/text us at 303-884-2755

Prerequisites for this trip are being able to toprope 5.11a in the gym.

Join Denver Mountain Guiding for a once in a life time experience of crack climbing in the desert!

Learn to crack climb on some of the best sandstone splitters out there! Knowing how to crack climb is an essential skill to being an all-around climber in the mountains, and Indian Creek offers splitter cracks along with beautiful desert landscapes.

Who is this trip for?

• This trip will be for beginner to intermediate crack climbers. The routes will mostly be in the 5.8 to 5.10a range. 
• We will be covering beginner crack climbing skills, with a variety of skills used, such as hand jams, fist jams, finger locks, layback techniques and how to jam in a corner, and we will even touch upon a little bit of offwidth as an option. 

What's included?

• 2 days of guided climbing and instruction
• Camping fees
• Group size is limited to the first 4 people that sign up!
• Arrive Friday, anytime in the afternoon/evening, and plan to climb all day Saturday and Sunday, then departing on Sunday. 

Prerequisites

• Participants are required to be proficient at toprope belaying
• Participants must be familiar with climbing on a variety of terrain, whether it's in the gym or outside, and be willing to challenge themselves. 

Participants will be responsible for transportation to and from Indian Creek and food for themselves. We can create a carpool list once we get all participants. 

Space is limited to 4 total participants for one guide to limit group size at the cliff and facilitate a more one-on-one experience. If the first group fills up, we can have a second guide and split up during the day at the crag. 

2025 Dates

April 26-27 

May 10-11

Oct 4-5

Cost $600/person

To sign up, register on this page for free and then we will send you an invoice for payment to confirm your spot. 

The youth outdoor climbing program is designed for youth climbers that are excited about climbing and want to take their outdoor climbing to the next level. We meet for outdoor climbing sessions three times per week and encourage everyone who meets the prerequisites to sign up for as many days as they would like. No matter your ability level, we will be able to help you improve your all-around outdoor climbing ability. We also work on skills during these sessions, like anchor building/cleaning, intro to rock rescue techniques, and an option to practice trad gear placements. 

What is it?

• Three days per week (9am-3pm)
• Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
• Outdoor coaching
• Skills sessions 
• Kids are NOT required to attend all sessions
• Sign up for as many days as you want to

Coaches 

The three coaches for this program are Kevin and Laura Capps, and Vasya Vorotnikov. Kevin and Laura have been guiding and coaching youth climbers for over 14 years, with extensive experience with outdoor climbing and coaching. Vasya grew up competing in the youth and adult competition circuit for US Climbing.

Prerequisites

• Ages 11-16
• Must be able to toprope 5.11 and above in the gym
• Toprope belay experience required

Dates: Starts June 2nd, and ends on August 16th. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. You can sign up for a few dates, or all of the dates. Please email us for an updated list of dates available, dates fill up!

Cost: $100 per day

To register, please email us at [email protected] or call/text us at 303-884-2755

Route Development Clinic

Have you ever wondered what goes into bolting a new route?

This clinic is for you!

During this full day (8-hour) clinic, your guide, Kevin Capps, will bring you to Clear Creek Canyon and teach you about developing sport routes. He will go into detail with you on the below topics. 

• rules, regulations, and ethics on bolting in the canyon and around the Colorado areas
• how to pick a route to develop
• considerations before drilling
• gear orientation (drills, bolts, hammers, brushes, etc)
• how to drill a proper hole
• how to place a bolt
• placing bolts while on a fixed line
• cleaning a route
• rope ascension will also be taught at this clinic

All participants will get to be a part of bolting, cleaning, and naming a route in the canyon. 

About your guide: Kevin Capps has developed around 300 new routes in the Colorado area, wrote the guidebook for Clear Creek Canyon, and has a deep passion for teaching people about route development!

Prerequisites:

• profficient at toprope belaying with a GriGri
• are passionate about climbing and giving back to the climbing community

Cost: 

$500 for 1 person, $300/person for 2 people, $250/person for 3 people, $200/person for 4 people

These clinics are limited to 4 participants to ensure everyone in the clinic will be able to have a turn to place bolts on the route. 

Dates: This clinic is privately guided with up to 4 people per clinic

To register, please email us at [email protected] or call/text us at 303-884-2755

Join us in Lake City, Colorado for world-class ice climbing! Nestled into a little valley southwest of Gunnison, Lake City is home to two large ice parks that are open to the public and built for ice climbing. The walls are around 70-110 feet in height, and consist of routes ranging in difficulty from WI3-5.

No matter your ability level, these two-day trips are designed to make you a better ice climber through mileage on the ice and technical skills taught by DMG guides. Guides will work with you one-on-one to ensure you improve your skills and are having a good time while on the ice!

Ice climbing gear can be provided for no extra charge. This includes boots, crampons, ice axes, harnesses, and helmets. 

Lodging can be arranged through DMG upon request. For larger groups, it's nice to rent an Airbnb in the area with the whole crew. DMG has connections for discounted rates in the area. Also, hotel rooms for around $125/night at the Matterhorn Motel are available. Transportation can also be arranged and carpooling options may be available upon request from Denver. 

Cost $600/weekend

2025 Dates are below. Please sign up soon if you’re interested, registration is limited. Each trip is two full days of climbing, Saturday and Sunday. Privately guided trips may be arranged for a similar price as well. 

• Jan 11-12 (Full)
• Jan 25-26 (Full)
• Feb 8-9 (Full)
• Feb 22-23 (Full)
• March 8-9 (Full)

Sign up instructions: Once you make your deposit on this registration page, we will reach out to you within 24-48 hours for trip details. At any point, you may email us at [email protected] or call and text 303-884-2755 to sign up over email or the phone. 

Private Trips: If you would like to arrange a privately guided trip to Lake City, let us know! We can arrange these trips as well with a minimum of two people per trip for $600/person or $1,200 for 1 person, plus transportation and lodging for the guide. 

Trip Ratios: We strive to maintain a 4:1 max ratio, but can acommodate up to 5 with one guide with more experienced participants and higher ratios, up to 8 participants with two guides. At anytime, you can ask about the number of people in each trip. Since we try to book lodging ahead of time, we like to keep the number to 4 participants plus one guide per trip. 

Trip minimums: We require 2 participants per trip as a minimum requirement. If there is only one person signed up for a weekend, we can still make the trip happen for an extra charge, if desired.