Introduction to Winter Skills
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Grade 3
16th January 2011 - 20th January 2011 ( £593.00 per person )
6th February 2011 - 10th February 2011 ( £593.00 per person )
13th March 2011 - 17th March 2011 ( £593.00 per person )
You’ll gain a clear understanding of the principles and quickly attain the skills. You’ll be able to choose the most appropriate technique for the terrain and conditions. With adequate time given over to practise, you’ll finish the course proficient in both the technical winter skills and those essential winter navigation techniques.
If you:
• wish to extend your hillwalking into the winter season
• need to know how to use an ice axe
• want to know about emergency snow shelters
• have few navigational skills
• want to confidently navigate in white-out conditions
• want to learn all the skills for safe movement across snow & ice - covered terrain: crampon techniques, evaluate avalanche risk, etc.)
• want to know about step kicking and cutting
• want to consolidate the skills to optimise future winter trips
• plus a whole lot more ...
...then this may well be the course for you.
Dates: as above. We suggest you aim to arrive around 5pm on the evening the course commences, so you have time to settle in and meet the rest of the group before dinner at approx. 7.30pm.
Departure is after breakfast on the morning the course is complete.
Price: as above (5 days, 6 nights)
fully inclusive of accommodation at Fraoch Lodge, full board, pick up/drop off from Aviemore station or Inverness airport, and all instruction.
Mountain Innovations Ltd will pick up from Inverness airport at approx. 5pm, if required.
Mountain Innovations advises all clients to take out suitable insurance cover. We can offer you the names of some insurance companies clients have mentioned to us, but we can in no way endorse any particular company. Please feel free to check all available options.
Final choice of route on the day is at the discretion of Mountain Innovations Ltd and may depend on prevailing weather conditions &/or the fitness of the group.
We've added a FAQ section to the website for your information. Please feel free to have a look through - click here to go the FAQs. Some of your questions may well also be answered in the course info pdf above. If you can't find the answer to your query on the site please give us a call.
