Southern Utah Rock Climbing Guides
All who visit Zion Canyon, are routinely blown away by its most prevalent element….the sandstone cliffs. The Zion National Park and Southern Utah area hosts some of the highest concentration of diverse rock climbing in the US . This varied terrain and numerous rock types enable a perfect venue for all-levels and styles of climbing. Whether its your first time on a rope, or you seek to summit a desert tower, or you happen to set your sights are on scaling a sandstone Big Wall…we can either guide you up, or teach you the skills needed to do so safely and efficiently on your own. ZMS rock courses.
Beginner/easy rock climbing does not require large amounts of upper body strength, and is suited to people of all fitness levels. “If you can climb up a ladder, you climb up a rock.” We feel that climbing up rocks always turns out to be a more fun and memorable experience. Compared to climbing up ladders. Hopefully you agree.
ZMS Multi-pitch Video....Click to Enlarge
A guided rock climbing tour is a great activity for groups, families, and individuals of all ages and abilities. ZMS incorporates instructional based guiding. Therefore, your guide will both lead and instruct you on proper methods and techniques during your trip. This enables our clients to become safer and more efficient climbers.
Maintaining high safety standards is our # 1 priority on all trips we run. All of our local and professionally trained rock climbing guides have extensive experience climbing and developing the walls of Zion. The rock found in Zion, Southern Utah, and St. George areas house: sandstone splitters, desert towers, basalt columns, limestone faces, and of course, “desertneering”. It’s like mountaineering, but on sandstone.
We have led groups comprising of multiple families, college groups, summer camps, foreign travelers, scout groups, and indivuals with a wide range of disabilities.
ZMS currently offers the following rock climbing trips and courses:
Enjoying the crimson sandstone. Click to enlarge.
