Afterschool Program

This program is tailored for students specifically from Mitchell Elementary in grades 1st-5th. In this climbing club, youth will learn about climbing safety, equipment, knot tying, belaying techniques, the physics of climbing, history of climbing and various climbing techniques. Youth will experience this all in a small, supportive environment facilitated by highly skilled instructors and we provide all the climbing gear!

• Age: 1st-5th grade

• Dates: March 26th - April 30th (NO CLASS April 16th); Tuesdays 3:35pm-5:45pm 
  • See full weekly schedule below

• Location: The program is located at the American Mountaineering Center (AMC) at 710 10th Street, Golden, CO 80401.  The indoor climbing wall is located by the North entrance of the building.

• Cost: $336 for non-members; $321 for members
  
  • Transportation from Mitchell Elementary to our facility is provided each week.
  • Course fees include: instruction, shared group gear (ex: ropes), harnesses, helmets, shoes

• Financial Assistance 
  • There is financial assistance available for this course. If you would like to apply for financial assistance please fill out our Financial Assistance Application.

Transportation Details

Each week the CMC Instructors will meet your youth at the Mitchell Elementary campus for pickup. The instructors will transport the students in our 15 passenger van to the American Mountaineering Center for the program. Pick up will be at 5:45pm from the American Mountaineering Center.

• Pick up at Mitchell Elementary Campus: 3:35pm

Any students 7 years or younger MUST have a booster seat to ride in our vehicles. Please reach out to hanahamilton@cmc.org with any questions or to arrange booster seat drop off. 

Registration instructions: 

If you would like to register your student, and you are not a CMC member, you will need to make a FREE guest membership account here. Once this guest membership is made for the adult (with the adults email) you will add your youth to your account. Each participant will need to fill out a Youth Form. Only fill out the required items on the youth form. Health forms are required to submit this youth form but NOT to participate in afterschool programs. You can upload health forms if you have them or you can upload a blank placeholder document. Once this Youth Form is filled out, you can complete registration through this page.

Here is a step by step guide for the registration process

Please reach out to yep@cmc.org with any questions about registration! We are happy to help.

Weekly Schedule:

Week 1- March 26: Introduction to safety equipment, ropes, harness, shoes

Week 2- April 2: Introduction to upper body & foot work climbing techniques. Belaying- for returners

Week 3- April 9: Introduction to figure 8 knot, and belaying.

April 16- No Class

Week 4- April 23 : Introduction to using wall features, like cracks!

Week 5- April 30: Climbing Games & Fun

Refund/Cancellation policy: 

Requests made prior to 30 days before the beginning of this course will be processed with a $20 handling fee. Requests made within 30 days of the course will be refunded at 50% of the amount paid. No refunds will be made 7 days prior to the event unless it relates to a medical reason with a signed note from a medical provider.  If the CMC cancels the class for any reason, a full refund will be issued.

After registering, and prior to the start of the program, you will receive a confirmation email with more details and information about the course. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us!

Registration Minimum:

This course needs 7 registrants to run the program. If there are less than 7 registrants by January 9th (two weeks before the program), the course will be canceled and the registrants will receive a full refund.