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Scotland Winter Skills Courses
So what are these winter skills courses all about?
• Teach you some fundamental skills needed to safely mountaineer in winter conditions
• Give you an opportunity to get out in the winter with a professional guide.
• Have a great time• Encourage members to make a debut in the
wonderful world of winter mountaineering.
Beginner Course
Covers?
• Moving efficiently and safely over snow, ice and mixed terrain using ice axes and crampons
• Avalanche risk assessment• Route choice and navigation• Emergency shelters• Use of equipment• Weather
Experience Needed?
None!
Intermediate/Advanced Course
Covers?
• 2 Day guided snowhole expedition• One day probably tailored to the experience
of the group
Experience Needed?
Very little, small amount of experience with crampons
and ice axes
Dates:
• Intermediate 2nd to the 4th January– Drive up on the 1st – Drive home the evening of the 4th or arrange your
own accommodation and stay for longer! • Beginner 4th to the 6th January– Drive up on the 3rd – Return the evening of the 6th
Accommodation:
Run by:
• Pure Outdoor, owned and run by Guy Wilson, ex LSMC chair
Costs:
• Each course will cost around £30 including accommodation (prices to be confirmed) which is highly subsidised!
• Petrol will be about £40 each
Equipment needed:
• Warm clothes and lots of them (including warm gloves)!
• Waterproofs • Back pack to put it all in (a big pack needed for
the intermediate course)• Stiff boots!• Bivi bag (intermediate course only)
Equipment needed:
• If you don’t have any of this equipment try and borrow it or get some advice before buying.
• Everything else can be borrowed off the club
What next?
UK Winter Mountaineering
Alpine and beyond!