Winter Mountaineering

Winter Mountaineering Skills Courses
Larger teams (3, or 4 people) can still look at the
skills involved in moving onto steeper ground as listed
above. The decision as to whether or not we work as
a larger team on ground that is steep or on actual
easy graded climbs will very much depend on the
experience of the group and the conditions on the
day. To ensure that you get the best opportunity to
learn in an appropriate environment it may be safer
and more suitable to practise skills on slightly easier
ground first.

Contact me if you have questions about what I can
do for your party.

Winter Mountaineering
The borders between walking, mountaineering and climbing in winter are
blurred and very much depend on the individual. Some people would say that
anyone going to the high mountains in Scotland is a mountaineer but these
courses are designed for people looking to take to the more adventurous
routes on the winter hills.

As well as spending some time revisiting and refining
winter walking skills (movement, navigation emer-
gency shelters, avalanche awareness) we will spend
our time looking at the skills needed to move
confidently on grade I and II winter ground (gullys
and ridges):

-Selection of equipment
-Route choice and understanding conditions
-Movement on steeper ground
-Snow anchors
-Winter rock anchors
-Winter belaying and rope management

If you are looking to actually go onto graded ground
these courses are best with 2 or 3 people max.