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Enjoyed hillwalking during the summer months and don’t want to stop...

This course is for you, suitable for anyone who wants to enjoy walking all year round, don’t let the snow or short days stop the adventure.

This is a practical 2 days with the emphasis on giving you the skills, knowledge and strategies to enable you to plan and enjoy your own adventures. With this focus we aim to do more than just teach you the ‘how to’ of winter skills, your instructor will continually share their decision-making process and give you the tools to travel safely in winter. If the wonderful Scottish weather allows we will aim to reach the summit of at least 1 Munro over the 2 days.

Sample literary:

Day one:
Core winter skills; Be Avalanche aware, weather forecasts, route planning, equipment and clothing.

Mountain journey; Decisions, route options, avalanche and safe travel, how to use Ice axe and crampons, practice arresting a trip and slide, walking in crampons.

Day two:
Space to revisit core skills and application of them on a mountain journey

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Emergency Techniques

Increased emphasis on self-reliance and independent travel, your experienced instructor will be on hand to coach you though all the “what if” questions and things like when to put crampons on.

Course Dates
Fri, 10/01/2025 - 08:00-17:00

Course Duration
Two Days

Course Cost
£170.

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