Lake District based, Ascent Training offers high quality courses, instruction and guiding for rock climbing, winter climbing, summer and winter walking, scrambling and caving. Their mountaineering courses are primarily run in the Lake District; caving courses in the Yorkshire Dales, the Peak District or the Vercors in France and ice climbing/winter mountaineering courses/guiding are run in Scotland, the Lake District or Norway. However rock climbing courses also take place in the Peak District and Wales and guiding can take place anywhere in the UK and also overseas.

Their range of courses caters for the complete novice, those wishing to gain more experience and experienced climbers, walkers and cavers wishing to learn more advanced skills, improve performance, or visit new areas.