Professional Routesetting Application

This application is for L2 Boulder or combined L2 Boulder, L2 Ropes, and L1 WAH certification. Applicants must meet or exceed the following prerequisites to be accepted into Direct Entry:

Prerequisite recommendations for Direct Entry certification:

• Applicants must be 18 years of age or older
• 1500 hours of experience or more on a routesetting team for roped walls and bouldering with a minimum 750 hours on roped walls
• Has received at least 6 hours of formal work at height training for routesetting from employer, workshops, and/or from mentors
• Can accurately set routes at a variety of grades, in a timely manner, and with minimal forerunning and editing required
• Can transition from routesetting to forerunning routes with a team providing useful and actionable feedback
• Can work efficiently at height using systems compliant with the CWA WAH standards
• Ability to demonstrate and understand climbing movement up to V4
• Ability to demonstrate and understand climbing movement up to 5.10
• Can climb 5.9 on lead
• Can lift 50 pounds

This item is only for the application fee, if accepted into the program an in-person assessment must be booked separately. You can search for the next available assessment opportunity here.