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Introduction to Winter Skills

Course Overview

You will usually be in a group of no more than six with one instructor. Meeting your instructor on the first morning provides an opportunity to discuss everyone’s experience and aspirations enabling the instructor to plan the programme based around these. The main topics to be covered are:

• Selection and organisation of personal kit appropriate to winter hill walking
• Personal movement skills on snow, including kicking steps and using the ice axe for walking, self-belay, cutting steps, and self-arrestUse of crampons in ascent/descent
• Emergency procedures
• Avalanche awareness and safe route choice
• Core techniques of winter navigationEvening sessions may include a winter hazards talk and avalanche awareness talk

The programme is fairly flexible taking into account individual needs and aims, weather, etc.

If you want an independant view of the course then see this report from one of our guests http://tiny.cc/4vhus

Duration & Cost

2 Days at £245.00

Dates

none set

Pre-requisites

Summer mountain walking essential.

Course Notes & Equipment List

Click here for more details on the course and for a full equipment list. If you have any equipment missing our retail partner Ellis Brigham have a store in Aviemore.

Student Comments

Andy Smith
15/3/2011
Excellent course. Instructor was great. Looking forward to coming back.

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