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Good decision-making, timing, planning, and teamwork.
These can determine the outcome and consequences of any endeavor. But they are especially critical in climbing. Gain the core expertise and understanding necessary to become a competent mountaineer.
SCOTTISH WINTER MOUNTAINEERING COURSE
Based in the Cairngorms in January, this course is an introduction to winter mountaineering. Participants will become confident moving in the mountains in winter.
The two-day course costs just £130, representing less than half the true cost. A joint subsidy from the JCMT and the Scottish Moutaineering Trust covers the remaining cost of the programme.
Course cost includes all professional instruction, in-course transport and two nights full-board accommodation at Fraoch Lodge, starting on the night preceding the first day of the course. Course fees do not include mountaineering equipment, but boots, ice axe, crampons and a helmet can be hired if necessary.
Duration: 2 days.
One instructor to every six participants.
Skills Covered:
Using winter mountaineering boots.
Using an ice axe and crampons.
Route selection
Navigation
Avalanche avoidance
Emergency procedures.
Ages: 18 - 30
Applications are now closed for 2024.
Applications for the 2025 Scottish Winter Course will open in Summer 2024.
ALPINE PREPARATION WEEKEND COURSE
A first introduction to alpine climbing provided by a team of British Mountain Guides and based at White Peris in North Wales.
Attendees will learn the basics of alpine rope work and some of the core skills necessary to climb safely in an alpine environment.
Base: White Peris Lodge
Self-catered
Facilities:
Drying Room
Showers
WiFi
Ages: 18 - 30
Applications are now closed for 2024.
Applications for the 2025 Alpine Preparation Course will open in Summer 2024.
ALPINE MOUNTAINEERING COURSE
Based in the Chamonix Valley in June and July, this course is for climbers and mountaineers who have experience of British mountaineering and who want to climb in the Alps.
The course costs just £190, representing less than half the true cost, with the JCMT subsidy covering the rest.
The ratio is one Guide to every three participants.
Duration: 3 days.
One Guide to every three participants.
Skills covered:
An introduction to glacier travel.
Crevasse rescue.
Avalanche assessment.
Use of equipment.
Alpine mountaineering.
Moving together in alpine terrain.
Route planning.
Ages: 18 - 30
Applications are now closed for 2024.
Applications for the 2025 Alpine Course will open in Summer 2024.