| Winter mountain
craft.
‘Winter walking skills & steeper ground’. |
Walking in winter is a natural extension of your summer hill
going. On these courses you will be instructed in the techniques
of ice axe, crampons use, snow profiling and avalanche avoidance
theory and technique, basic rope work and crucially winter navigation
skills.
Ascending and descending
techniques on steeper ground and in easy gullies or ridges [grade
one] will all be covered by your instructor. These courses are
based around the Glencoe, Cairngorm or Lochaber areas which have
a variety of excellent venues to use depending on prevailing
conditions.
Courses can be as long as you want but normally they are 2,3
or 5 days long.
Specialist equipment maybe hired, such as crampons, axes and
helmets.
No winter walking experience is necessary, however the days
can be demanding so a good level of hill walking fitness is
required. The itinerary are based around your needs and aspirations
and of course the weather, so no two courses are ever the same.
which is how it should be to search out every drop of adventure.
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