Winter Skills Weekend Aviemore

Get prepared for winter!

Learn the skills required for safe winter hill walking Scotland; the use of ice axe and crampons, winter navigation, and avalanche awareness too. We will give advice on getting prepared for winter walking, weather forecasts, decision making and kit.

The skills are coached each day in the context of a mountain journey. The course structure will be fairly flexible dependent on individual aims, weather and underfoot conditions. We aim to provide you with a base of knowledge to go out to practice and consolidate.

Prerequisites

This course is aimed as an introduction to winter and ideally you should have summer hill walking experience. Walking in winter requires a good level of fitness.

What we will cover depending on conditions:

· Choosing the right kit for winter

· Personal movement skills on snow

· Use of ice axe whilst walking and how to prevent and stop slips and trips

· Use of crampons

· Winter navigation techniques

· Avalanche awareness, safe route planning

· Emergency procedures

**If the dates don’t work or it’s not quite the right thing for you then why not hire a Private Guide and we can tailor an experience to suit you!

Location

Meet at Tiso carpark for 9am on day one, before enjoying a coffee in the cafe where we’ll discuss a plan for the course. Training location will be dependent on weather and underfoot conditions but usually we will start from Cairngorm Mountain Upper Car Park.

Joining Details & Kit

We can provide ice axe, crampons and a helmet but you are welcome to bring your own. You will need winter boots capable of taking a crampon, these can be hired from Tiso and collected in the morning.

Click here to see our full kit list.

Joining details and participation forms will be sent out before the course.

Terms and Conditions apply.