WINTER MOUNTAIN

 Begin your first steps to enjoying the mountains in winter with our intensive winter skills courses. Gain confidence in a wide range of winter specific skills, including how to choose and use winter equipment, basic winter navigation, safety and avalanche awareness. 

• Learn how to use crampons
• Use of the ice axe, including ice axe arrest 
• Develop avalanche awareness
• Route Planning
• Improve your winter navigation skills
• Becoming independent in winter mountains
• Winter weather & environment
• Emergency Procedures & making emergency snow shelters.

We can provide you with the following:

• Ice Axe
• Crampons
• Helmet
• Maps & Compasses

You will be required to bring:

• All your usual summer hill-walking equipment plus extra warm layers, hats, gloves, goggles, flask, etc (full Winter kit list will be sent to you)
• Mountain Boots that are crampon compatible, at least B2 rated (these can be hired locally if required Winter Mountain Boots, for example https://www.tiso.com/hire - 01479 788840