Mountaineering

All our courses are private closed bookings for you or your group. We do not offer open enrolment courses, unless you are in our qualifications department. This guarantees you the highest quality and tailored outcomes for you. 

There are 3 options you can choose from to make your booking:

• Book Now - This is for our listed course dates; book, pay, and enjoy your course. 
• Enquire - if you would like alternative dates** to those listed, drop us a message about a specific course and we can talk further about your booking. 
• Buy Voucher - you are buying a GIFT VOUCHER for a date to be confirmed** in the future. (Valid for 2 years from date of purchase)

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**dates are dependant on availability. 

Intro to Nav

Get to grips with the fundamentals with the help of a fully qualified instructor. You will be guided through basic navigation techniques such as scales, symbols and grid references to ground shape, measuring distance, taking bearings and using a compass. This course will give you the confidence to get off the beaten track and head into the hills.

Progress your Nav

Looking at developing your navigation skills? Or are your skills slightly rusty? Hill skills not as proficient as you would like?

This course will cover all aspects of advanced navigation for those who wish to develop their navigation skills. Throughout this practical course you will have the opportunity to refine your navigation technique and learn more. It will give you the confidence to find your way in all weather conditions, day or night. This course is for anyone comfortable with the basics of navigation but wanting to gain an insight into navigation in poor visibility and away from paths and tracks.

We’ll introduce you to some of the easier scrambles or guide you along the longer, more challenging routes in the central fells. Scrambles range from easy but spectacular rocky walking to harder, steeper movement over rock that requires some climbing and occasionally the security of a rope. It gives an amazing day out, but requires judgment and skill, both of which we will help you develop. There are also many adventures to be had within the amazing ghylls that cut through the hills.

Looking at taking a more adventurous route on the mountain? This course aims to increase your skills and provider you with the knowledge to enable you to tackle those routes. The course will cover all aspects of scrambling, both roped and unroped and movement over graded scrambles. Will look at scrambling techniques on rock and mixed ground, use of safety systems, route choice and route finding. Our instructors are highly skilled and experts in providing safe, enjoyable days in the mountain.

Climbing in Scotland offers rewards and challenges comparable with the best mountaineering anywhere in the world. You’ll discover how to use crampons and an ice axe; as well as learning about route planning and avalanche avoidance. As an introduction to Scottish conditions, all of these skills will be covered whilst gaining valuable mileage, experience and instruction on some of Scotland’s classic mountains.

Skills Covered

• Weather report interpretation, route planning and avalanche awareness
• Footwork and step cutting
• Crampon skills on rock and snow
• Self arrest
• Emergency shelters
• Winter navigation
• Practical test on the snow pack
• Ice skills

Do you want to take your climbing the next step further? If you have experience climbing and want to learn safely how to transfer your skills to the winter or maybe you just want to get off the beaten track and be taken up or along classic winter climbs or ridges.

Coaching in climbing techniques for use on a variety of winter climbing terrain, including steep snow/ice/mixed, winter anchors, escaping from winter climbs, self reliance on winter climbs. Technical skills will include basic ropework and belaying, and use of technical ice tools on a variety of mediums (rock, ice, snow, turf and all combinations). Coaching to develop personal climbing technique on ice and mixed ground.

Costs are per day

If you are just keen to tick off some of the great Scottish winter classics like Point 5 Gully on Ben Nevis or try your hands at some hard mixed routes in the Northern Corries then this is the course for you. Gaining maximum climbing milage and experience on a variety of types of winter routes. Tailor made courses to suit you. Along with an experienced guide you can see the best Scotland has to offer.

Costs are per day