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Winter Skills
You will be amazed what we can teach in one day, learn and practice those all essential winter skills for safely journeying through Scotland’s winter mountains.
Our courses will concentrate on how to use your equipment, calculate risk and make the right decisions to safely travel in winter conditions – to do this wisely we recommend improving!
• Boot and crampons knowing when to put them on and techniques for ascent and descent
• Ice axe techniques such as step cutting and axe support for ascending and descending
• Self-arrest, what happens when it goes wrong! Knowing how to stop when you lose your footing!
• Safe travel tips, interpreting avalanche and mountain weather forecast
• Winter safety! Equipment and how to carry it
• Advice and tips on winter route planning
Our mountain experts will help you to enjoy the Scottish Mountains more confidently and independently... even the most experienced walkers need to stay well practised when it comes to winter mountain safety.
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Cost £65.00 per person and the course begins at 19:00 on the Friday.