winter skills courses
Explore the mountains safely with our progressive winter walking and skills programme, led by WMCI/WML-qualified guides. Build confidence and experience across a range of winter conditions with courses designed to develop your skills step by step.
Courses Offered:
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Winter Skills – Lake District (1 Day) – fast-track introduction to winter walking essentials
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Winter Skills Intro (2 Days) – foundation skills for beginners in snow and ice
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Winter Skills Development (3 Days) – advance your winter travel and decision-making
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Winter Navigation & Avalanche Awareness (2 Days) – sharpen judgement in challenging terrain
All courses are designed to give you the knowledge, confidence, and practical skills to enjoy the mountains safely in winter conditions.
Winter skills: INTRO
2 days - the cairngorms
A course for beginner winter walkers looking to develop core skills and build confidence. Day two includes a guided mountain journey, offering the chance to consolidate and apply your learning in real winter conditions.
Ideal for those wanting to gain the skills to access the mountains safely and independently year-round.
winter skills: DEVELOPMENT
3 days - Ben nevis & glen coe
An in depth winter skills course, based in the West Highland and tackling steeper terrain and some classic Munros over 3 days in the mountains. A comprehensive course covering all skills you need to stay in the winter environment.
Ideal for walkers looking to build more confidence with a comprehensive course.
WINTER NAVIGATION & AVALANCHE AWARENESS
2 days - The cairngorms
Build your decision-making and judgement while learning to navigate safely and effectively in whiteout and challenging winter conditions.
This course is ideal for walkers looking to develop practical knowledge of winter safety, route planning, and avalanche awareness, helping you make informed decisions and travel confidently in the Scottish hills.
WHAT customers SAY
Just completed a Winter Skills course in the Cairngorms and we had a great time! We learnt how to use crampons/ ice axe, how to navigate in a blizzard, how to plan a route to avoid avalanches, we built snow shelters and practiced descending from a snow bollard. We had two guides during the week- both James and Alex were really friendly and excellent teachers. I learnt lots of challenging new skills but felt safe throughout the week. I now feel a lot more confident to go out and enjoy the winter mountains and I can’t wait to get my crampons on again!
I couldn't recommend this course more. As someone who wants to make the step from summer hill walking to winter this was the perfect opportunity. Sam was professional throughout and guided us through the correct safety procedures so that we could be out in the fells. It was a positive environment throughout.
I attended the winter skills course in Scotland. With the Scottish weather making the planned days difficult due to very high winds, Sam made the very best out of the conditions that we had.
Thoroughly enjoyed each day and that's because of Sam's expertise and the great way he instructed the course.
Sam's structure of teaching made it really easy to learn and put into practice everything being taught.
Sam is very patient, friendly, knowledgeable and highly professional and I would highly recommend him.
CONTACT
We look forward to hearing from you and working towards your mountaineering ambitions and helping to achieve your goals.
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07458353048
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