ML Expedition Skills, Leadership & Wild Camp
Pathway: Leadership
A two-day Mountain Leader development workshop combining expedition skills, leadership, navigation and campcraft through a practical overnight mountain journey.
Group learning
Leadership Workshops
Get focused feedback for your next stage as a mountain leader or climbing instructor. An ML Mock Assessment Day offers a sample of independent performance before formal assessment. Other workshops cover ML navigation, campcraft and steep ground, alongside RCI and MCI preparation and winter leadership development. These are independent preparation and refresher sessions, with practical content matched to the stated qualification context.
Choose your level
- 01 Foundation Learn the essentials and build confidence with guided practice.
- 02 Progression Connect your skills and develop more consistent, independent decisions.
- 03 Development Refine technical systems and judgement for more complex mountain or climbing objectives.
Results
11 workshops
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ML Navigation & Night Navigation
Pathway: Leadership
A focused Mountain Leader navigation workshop developing a consistent navigation process from daylight into darkness and reduced visibility.
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ML Mock Assessment Day
Pathway: Leadership
A realistic Mountain Leader assessment-style mountain day bringing together navigation, leadership, judgement and decision-making, with detailed feedback on current strengths and development priorities.
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ML Leadership & Group Management in Steep Ground
Pathway: Leadership
Develop the judgement, positioning and leadership skills needed to manage people confidently and appropriately through steep mountain terrain.
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ML Steep Ground & Emergency Ropework
Pathway: Leadership
A practical Mountain Leader workshop developing simple, appropriate ropework and emergency responses for managing people in steep mountain terrain.
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ML Navigation & Setting the Standard
Pathway: Leadership
A focused Mountain Leader navigation workshop designed to show candidates what good assessment-standard navigation looks like in practice.
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RCI Refresher
Pathway: Leadership
Refresh the personal, technical and group-management skills used by a Rock Climbing Instructor.
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MCI Scrambling Preparation
Pathway: Leadership
Develop the movement, judgement and leadership systems needed on scrambling terrain at MCI level.
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MCI Climbing Systems & Ropework
Pathway: Leadership
Refine multi-pitch systems, rescues and teaching choices in an MCI context.
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WML Refresher
Pathway: Leadership
Refresh winter leadership judgement in the conditions where it has to work.
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WMCI Primer
Pathway: Leadership
Explore the technical and professional step towards the WMCI pathway.
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Mountain Leader Development
Leadership
Our ML Development workshops provide focused development in navigation, leadership, steep ground, emergency ropework, expedition skills and assessment readiness.
Book a single day, or a full Spring or Autumn block. They're open to anyone with the right experience.
Why choose Lake District Mountaineering?
- Highly qualified instructors. MCI and WMCI qualified professionals.
- Small groups, real attention. More time for coaching and feedback from your instructor.
- Structured progression. Every course builds towards real independence in the mountains.
- Real mountain environments. Trained on the fells of the Lake District and the Scottish Highlands.