Winter Skills Weekend
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Grade 3
29th January 2011 - 30th January 2011 ( £245.00 per person )
12th February 2011 - 13th February 2011 ( £245.00 per person )
26th February 2011 - 27th February 2011 ( £245.00 per person )
This condensed course provides the skills for safe movement across snow and ice covered mountain terrain. It covers: suitable equipment, avalanche assessment, cramponing, self belay/arrest, etc. There is also the opportunity to update your winter navigation skills.
If you:
• wish to extend your hillwalking into the winter season
• plan to make regularly trips into the winter mountains this season
• have a good grasp of mountain navigation already*
• want to learn how to use an ice axe and crampons
...then this may well be the course for you.
* If your navigation skills need a boost to deal with sudden winter whiteouts, you can combine this course with our Winter Navigation Weekend - an essential winter skill.
Dates 2009: We suggest you aim to arrive by 9pm on the Friday the course commences, so that there is enough time for all boots, crampons & ice axes to be checked on Friday evening.
Departure is Sunday evening, after the course is complete. Please do not aim to book transport home until after 5.30pm. Additional accommodation is available for Sunday evening if you wish at the discounted rate of £26 (D, B&B).
Price: as above - fully inclusive of accommodation at Fraoch Lodge, full board, pick up/drop off from Aviemore station or Inverness airport, and all guiding.
"And also thanks again for a good weekend last weekend. I enjoyed it very much and liked the Lodge experience as well! A much more itimate/friendly experience than a Band B and nice to meet some like-minded people." Mark Waring
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.
