North Carolina Rock Climbing Guides and Instruction

North Carolina has some of the best rock climbing in the U.S. Our job is to use this world class terrain to help you meet your climbing goals as quickly as possible. 

We guide the best of the major crags in North Carolina on both rock and ice, including Looking Glass Rock, Table Rock, Moore's Wall, Linville Gorge, Shortoff Mountain, and Whitesides.

Our Courses:  We teach various courses including
*intro to outdoor rock climbing
*toprope setup
*lead climbing
*multipitch
*self-rescue
*guide skills

More info on our courses can be found at our master site here.

Our Guides:  We are the oldest and  smallest guide service in the southeast.  We do not guide solely to fund our personal climbing trips.  We are not business people, and we do not sell climbing gear. We are climbing guides because we love climbing, we have much experience to share,  we are great teachers, and we love guiding. 

Swis Stockton completed the Swiss/UIAGM High Altitude Guides Rescue Course is USMGA/AMGA Certified Rock Instructor, and is WEMT, Paramedic, ACLS/PEPP/BTLS, and Wilderness Advanced Life Support (WALS) certified.   More.

Drew Dekle has been guiding for 15 years and logued hundreds of guiding days in the southeastern U.S., teaching climbing to numerous camps, groups and individuals.   He is WFR certified through WMA and finished EMT training in 1995.  He is an avid snow skier. Learn more.

Rod Thomas is an AMGA Certified Rock Instructor and a great addition to Granite Arches.  Rod guides rock full time now, no longer working the winters as a ski instructor in Idaho.  Rod holds WFR certification through WMA, and yes, ladies, he DOES like long walks on the beach.  Learn more. 

Van Roberts completed the AMGA Top Rope Site Manager course, and he is a WMI WEMT, and he holds Level I and II avalanche certification from AAI.  Van has skied, climbed, and mountaineered throughout the Tetons, Joshua Tree, Red Rocks, Cochise Stronghold, and all over the southeast. More.