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2 Day Scottish Winter Skills: Private Guiding

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Distance: Up to 6km / 9 miles per day
Minimum Group Size: 3
Duration: 7/8 hours per day
Maximum Group Ratio: 8:1

A two day course covering the skills needed to walk safely in winter conditions

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Event Description
“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 designed to provide a base of knowledge and skills, so that you can confidently travel around in the winter mountain environment. 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

  • Taking in a major peak
  • 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
  • Winter navigation techniques
    • taking a bearing
    • walking on the bearing
    • white out techniques
    • identifying mountain features
    • use of timing and pacing

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 Kit List tab above.

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