Youth After School & Toddler Programs
2023 / 2024 After-School Programs
Salt Pump Kids! is excited to announce the launch dates for our 1st Quarter of After-School Programs.
Priority Registration (those are enrolled in camp or were enrolled in 4th Quarter): July 12th — 18th
Public Registration: July 19th
We are excited to continue offering different levels in our Scramblers and Mountaineer programs! To accommodate the growing difference in ability levels, we will be offering two levels to help meet your climber where they are. Please see the conditions that would qualify a climber for Level 2. If a climber is placed in a level that is not a good fit, we will work with parents to find a better class.
Level 1:
- Comfortable wearing harnesses, climbing at height (rope & auto-belay)
- Can follow directions in groups with minimal extra help
- Is supportive of group members around them
- Is excited to learn to climb and the skills associated with it!
Level 2:
- Participated in Salt Pump programming (After-School or Summer Camp)
- Can follow directions in groups with minimal extra help
- Is supportive of group members around them
- Can tie the double eight knot with little assistance from staff
- Is familiar with how to put on a harness and check its safety
- Has belay experience (Mountaineer Groups)
If you have questions regarding the program descriptions, please do not hesitate to reach out to [email protected]. We’re happy to talk with you, see your climber on the wall and ensure your climber is placed in the appropriate group for their current ability.
Program Dates 2023/2024
1st Quarter: September 11th - November 3rd
Public Registration: July 19th, 2023
2nd Quarter: November 6th - January 26th
Priority Registration: Oct. 6th - 10th, 2023
Public Registration: Oct. 11th, 2023
3rd Quarter: January 29th - April 5th
Priority Registration: Dec. 15th - 19th, 2023
Public Registration: Dec. 20th, 2023
4th Quarter: April 8th - June 7th
Priority Registration: Mar. 8th - 12th, 2024
Public Registration: Mar. 13th, 2024
Quarter 2 Registration
Scramblers: Grades K - 2
Scramblers are introduced to climbing through a variety of activities that have been known to keep even the most energetic climbers on their toes. They enjoy games both on and off the climbing wall, knot-tying, and lots of laughter!
Level 1 Schedule: Tuesday from 3:50 - 4:50 p.m., Wednesday from 5:00 - 6:00 p.m., OR Thursday from 3:50 - 4:50 p.m.
Level 2 Schedule: Tuesday from 5:00 - 6:00 p.m., Wednesday from 3:50 - 4:50 p.m., OR Thursday from 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Price: $500
Mountaineers: Grades 3 - 5
Mountaineers learn the basic fundamentals of climbing including knot-tying, belaying, and movement skills. The group works together as a team to complete on the wall challenges through a variety of games and activities.
Level 1 Schedule: Tuesday from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Level 2 Schedule: Wednesday OR Thursday from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Price: $540
Climbing Club: Grades 6 - 8
Climbing Club is for pre-teens and teens who want to explore climbing in a supervised yet low-key atmosphere. Short classes in topics like rappelling and building anchors provide learning opportunities and help prepare climbers for future adventures.
Schedule: Monday or Friday from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Price: $480
Rental gear for each class is included.
Salt Pump After-School programs include a full membership to our facility for the duration of the quarter.
This membership includes; full access to the facility outside of programming (during all open hours), rental equipment, one guest pass per month, as well as a 10% retail discount.
Little Ninjas
We are excited to relaunch our Little Ninjas programming beginning this fall! Sign your little climber up today for four weeks of climbing and fun at Salt Pump!
Schedule: Wednesdays 1:00-1:45 pm
Price:
- $180 for 4 weeks
- $135 for 3 weeks
September Session Dates: Sept. 13th, 20th, 27th & Oct. 4th
October Session Dates: Oct. 11th, 18th, 25th & Nov. 1st
November Session Dates:* Nov. 7th, 14th, 21st & 28th
December Session Dates (3 week): Dec. 6th, 13th, & 20th
*December Session will be held on Tuesdays at the same time.
If there are any questions, please feel free to reach out to [email protected].
Parent's Night Out
Looking for a date night? Or perhaps a quiet evening without the kids?
Let us do the childcare here at Salt Pump!
We'll spend the evening climbing, eating pizza, and finish it off with a movie night.
Dates: 12/15; 1/19; 2/23
Time: 5 - 9pm
Price: $75
Private Lessons
Homeschooling this year? Prefer to have your own time for regularly scheduled lessons?
Please inquire for availability. We have limited time slots for private programming, but we are happy to try to make it work.
~Session lengths can be 1 hour, 1.5 hours, or 2 hours~
Salt Pump Kids! Policies
Cancellation Policy
Full payment is due at time of booking. The fee is 100 percent nonrefundable. All Salt Pump Youth programming cancellations will be made at the discretion of Salt Pump Climbing. Cancellations of Youth Programming are normally done in line with the health and safety guidelines of the local school districts. No refunds, credits or make-up days will be offered. If there are any questions, please feel free to contact us at [email protected].
Behavior Policy
As you can imagine, this is a challenging time to manage behavior that may put the rest of the group at risk. We tend to work with a 3-step protocol that includes working with the climber to better understand why we are asking them to follow certain procedures and how it is for their benefit and the benefit of the group. Our next step is to provide a safe space for them to be able to take a moment of reprieve and then chat with one of our program leaders until they are ready to rejoin the group. We hope that this will be enough for any climber. In the unlikely event that this isn’t enough for them, we will ask parents to come and pick-up the climber and we can try again next week. If this happens on another day, we will follow the same process, as it is hopefully familiar to the climber. If the climber goes home again on this second occasion, we will likely ask the climber to not return to programming and booking fees will be forfeited. Please review our SP Kids Code of Conduct with your child so everyone understands our expectations prior to the start of programming. We will review the Code of Conduct on the first day of programming. If there are any questions, please feel free to contact us at [email protected].
Inclement Weather Policy
All Salt Pump Youth programming cancellations will be made at the discretion of Salt Pump Climbing. We will take into account many factors, including weather forecasts, local conditions and school district guidance. Please do not assume that programming is automatically cancelled if local in-school instruction has been cancelled. Parents and participants can expect an email no later than four (4) hours before the scheduled programming (ie. by noon for the regularly scheduled 4pm programming). We will send out a day-of email, as well as post to social media, if programming is to be cancelled. In the case of cancellation due to inclement weather, a free-day pass (with rentals) will be given to each participant. No refunds or make-up days will be offered. If there are any questions, please feel free to contact us at [email protected].
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