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WINTER MOUNTAINEERING

WINTER MOUNTAINEERING 5 DAY

Location

Aviemore, Cairngorms, Scotland

Grade

Challenging - 7

Duration

5 days

Participants

Min: 2 Max: 3

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Our five-day mountaineering course gives us the opportunity to cover more aspects of looking after yourself and get more in depth with the techniques to get you moving with confidence over different types of terrain. We're here give you the skills, knowledge and tools to be able to make safe decisions in the mountains from the forecasts, terrain & how to climb safely your routes with the knowledge gained over the five days.

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS

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Any technical equipment, crampons, ice axe, harness & helmet is included in the price

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Effectively planning your days in the mountains, using weather and avalanche forecasts

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Avalanche awareness/avoidance and its implications for safe route choice

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Basic rope work, tying in, belaying leader and second

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Construction of snow anchors, with uses for ascent and descent, inc abseiling

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Safe selection and use of natural rock anchors

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Coaching to develop your movement and technique on steep/varied terrain

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Revisiting core winter skills, such as efficient use of crampons and ice axe

What's included?

✓ Highly experienced & qualified guide

✓ On-course transport

✓ Crampons

✓ Mountaineering axe

✓ Harness

✓ Helmet

✓ Ropes

✓ Any climbing hardware i.e. slings, carabiners, wires etc

✓ Shovels

✓ Group shelter

✓ First Aid kit

✓ Photos from your course

What's not included?

✗ Course Insurance

✗ Winter Boots (we can arrange rental)

What do I need to bring?

Quality waterproofs i.e. Gore-tex or similar
B2-B3 style boots
Hat, waterproof gloves plus spares x 2 minimum
Winter walking socks
We advise wearing 2-3 thinner layers rather than one thick layer so you can adjust your temperature during the activity
'Belay' type jacket
Wicking base layers, top & bottoms
Goggles, double clear lens recommended
Head torch, plus spare batteries
Balaclava and neck gaiter
Lunch & warm drink
Rucksack 30-40ltr

What else can we provide?

Reservation for boot hire
Pick up & drop-offs
Accommodation

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GALLERY

We understand that getting a quality nights sleep and being able to dry your equipment can make all the difference to the comfort and enjoyment of your course, so we have used some of the local youth hostels due to the fact they provide what we need well. The rooms are priced on a sharing basis, but we can also arrange private rooms and/or different accommodation if you wish.

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Due to the variety of weather conditions encountered in Scotland this course is run with a conditions based approach, meaning that your instructor/guide will use the best of conditions to maximise safety, your learning and overall experience throughout your course. Below is a sample itinerary.

Day 1

Day one will we concentrate on being able to move around on steeper slopes using good footwork, use of the ice axe, how to tie in and belay.

Day 2

Day two will be looking at putting our techniques from yesterday into context and heading up a grade 1 gully; we look at anchor selection and construction.

Day 3

Day three we try to get on some mixed terrain like Fiacall Ridge and the skills required to safeguard through this type of terrain.

Day 4

Day four we can have a look at climbing something a little steeper possibly grade 2 and how we use our techniques to be efficient on steeper snow.

Day 5

On the last day we will draw all of our skills together and put it to the test on something that's challenging, but you're comfortable with, such as traversing The Aonach Eagach ridge.