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5 Days Winter Skills Training: Private Guiding

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    This course is an opportunity to cover all the essential skills needed to operate safely in winter mountain conditions, based upon informed decisions. All the days are designed to be in the mountains travelling up to an altitude of between 650m – 1344m using real situations to demonstrate and learn the skills.
    • Book 2 places for £600.00 per person and save 40%
    • Book 3 places for £450.00 per person and save 55%
    • Book 4 places for £350.00 per person and save 65%

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    £999.00
    Difficulty: Very Hard
      5 long days in the mountains
    Ascent: Up to 1344m / 4435ft approx. per day
    Duration: 5 Days
    Start Time: 8 / 9am
    Maximum Group Size: 8
    Minimum Group Size: 1


    "If adventure has a final and all-embracing motive, it is surely this: we go out because it is our nature to go out, to climb mountains, and to paddle rivers, to fly to the planets and plunge into the depths of the oceans... When man ceases to do these things, he is no longer man."
    Rusty Baille

    This course is an opportunity to cover all the essential skills needed to operate safely in winter mountain conditions, based upon informed decisions. All the days are designed to be in the mountains travelling up to an altitude of between 650m – 1344m using real situations to demonstrate and learn the skills. The course however can be tailored to your requirements, so if there is a peak that you want to climb or an area that you want to get to know, then great, we will try and fit it in.


    "In the mountains there are only two grades: You can either do it, or you can't."
    Wilfrid Noyce

    Day 1

    ‘Winterising’ your kit.
    Use of the boot for secure footwork
    Appropriate use of an ice axe
    Using an ice axe in an emergency
    Efficient, safe movement with crampons

    Day 2

    Avalanche awareness
    Looking at the snow pack and identifying important snow layers.
    Safe route choice through the mountains and on steeper slopes
    Identifying snow hazards
    Basic emergency rope work techniques

    Day 3

    Taking in a major peak
    Route choice and planning
    Winter navigation techniques –
    taking a bearing,
    walking on the bearing,
    white out techniques,
    identifying mountain features,
    use of timing and pacing
    Emergency shelter building

    Day 4

    1st Client lead day: focusing around planning, travelling and navigating in the mountains, consolidating and practicing the techniques learnt on the first 3 days, taking in a major peak.

    Day 5

    2nd client lead day: taking in a major peak, revisiting and consolidating the skills previously learnt.

    OR

    Day4-5

    Pack bags and leave for an overnight snow hole expedition.
    Day 4 will be walking into the snow hole site whilst discussing the topic of snow holes with the potential for taking in a peak.
    Digging your home for the night.
    Day 5 will be an early start either taking in a peak or descending back to the car with the opportunity to re-visit any of the previous topics that have be introduced.

    We aim to cover the skills mentioned above and any other areas that are highlighted. But aspects of the course are subject to change, due to the variable weather and snow conditions in the Scottish mountains. However great effort will be taken to cover all aspects of the course as the opportunity arises.

    Each participant will be required to bring suitable equipment for their chosen event, please see Equipment Required.
     

    Where to meet: Fort William
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    Your instructor for the week will contact you to arrange when and where to meet, but the course will be based in the Fort Wiliam area.
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