Winter Hill Skills 5 Day
The daddy of winter courses and our most popular. Suitable for both beginners and summer hillwalkers looking to head for the white stuff. Over 5 full days we cover all the skills needed to become a confident winter hillwalker: equipment choice, using an ice axe and crampons effectively, moving efficiently on snow, mountain navigation, planned and emergency snow shelters, coping with the cold (nutrition, cold injuries and energy conservation), avalanche awareness, snow analysis and dealing with emergencies.
Five full winter days require a good fitness level and you will get the most from this course if you take some time to physically prepare beforehand. Having said that, basing ourselves in Fort William allows us to occasionally make use of the ski lifts at Aonach Mor and Glencoe to aid those tired legs and this also gets us more time above the snowline (please note that the cost of lifts is not included in the course price).
- 5 days
- Ratio 1:6
- Cost £350 per person
- Non-residential
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