Appalachian Mountain Institute...Guided Rock Climbing Adventures in NC

At Appalachian Mountain Institute, we want to provide you with quality guided rock climbing and ice climbing service, excellence in instruction, and an experience tailored to fit with your rock climbing needs. Whether you want to learn to climb for the first time, learn to lead your own adventures, or simply enjoy a fun guided experience we are here for you. If you are seeking a unique experience in the mountains, please contact us and let us know what you are looking for.

Guided Rock Climbing – We offer guided rock and ice climbing for beginners, to multipitch climbing for the more adventurous, in North Carolina. At AMI, we are excited to work with individuals, families, or groups and tailor the experience to fit your needs. Regardless of your experience AMI can take you climbing. AMI can provide you with the necessary climbing equipment. Whether you want to work on skills, climb 50 feet off the ground or 500 feet, AMI can provide you with an enjoyable climbing experience.
Instruction - We offer several courses related to climbing. Beginning climbers will benefit from taking the Rock Intro course. This course focuses on fundamental skills for safe climbing and prepares you to follow and clean pitches. For those wishing to set up top rope climbs the next course would be the Anchors Seminar. The anchors seminar will also prepare you for the next step, Traditional Leading. The traditional leading course focuses on teaching you the skills and judgment to safely lead traditionally protected routes. The final course is Multipitch Climbing. Here the skills of anchoring and single pitch climbing are combined with the new skills of climbing longer routes. Take the Movement Skills course at any time, to improve your climbing movement skills. You can take any of these course privately or get your climbing partners together for a personalize course.
- Rock Intro
- Anchors Seminar
- Traditional Leading
- Multipitch Climbing
- Private Iinstruction
- Movement skills for climbers
Seminars –Our seminars are designed for instructing larger groups on topics such as judgment and decision-making, risk management, instructional techniques and technical skills. For camps, we can do a climbing instruction seminar for your climbing staff that instructs on technical skills necessary for managing risk in climbing. AMI can set up a program for your organization to develop judgment and improve risk management.
AMGA SPI courses -AMI can provide the American Mountain Guides Association Single Pitch Instructor training. If you work for organizations that lead climbing trips or guide climbing trips, this is the course for you. You will learn how to function safely in single pitch terrain in a commerical setting. Taking this course and passing the exam will grant you AMGA SPI certification.

Where
We operate in the beautiful Appalachian Mountains of Western North Carolina. WNC offers some world class climbing in a variety of places such as Looking Glass, Linville Gorge, and Rumbling Bald. If your club, gym, or university would like to schedule a course please contact us to discuss your on site options, if you need us to come to you.

Who We Are
AMI owner, Patrick Weaver, has been climbing 20 years and is a professionally certified rock instructor. As an American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA) Certified Rock Instructor, Patrick brings a unique set of experiences that can make a difference in the guiding and instructional experience. Patrick has a Masters Degree in Adventure Education with emphasis in risk management and 13 of years instructional experience. AMI also benefits from the experience of Rodney Lanier, who has been climbing the mountains of NC for 30 years. The guides of AMI bring 50 years of climbing experience to make your climbing adventure the best it can be.