2 Day Mountain Skills - Borrowdale

  • mountaineering

  • 2 days

  • Up to 16 people
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    Rosthwaite, GB

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    This is a 2 day activity

  • ticket-price
    From
    £120.00
    / adult
  • ticket-price
    From
    £120.00
    / child
  • user-group

    Group discount available

  • Description
    Course Information

    Mountain Skills course is an ideal choice for walkers interested in transferring their walking and hiking skills to more mountainous terrain. Ideally, participants would have some basic hill walking experience and have a reasonable level of fitness. Courses are generally run in the higher mountains of the United Kingdom. This course is in Keswick, but we offer others in The Lakes in Helvellyn area and into Scotland, Cairngorms Loch Lomond and Glencoe. Our navigation course will ensure you get the most from your walks, hikes and mountaineering trips.


     A Mountain Skills course will start with an opportunity to meet the other people on the course and take part in a short planning session with the course tutor. After that you will be out in the mountains, moving away from marked paths and into steeper, rockier terrain in order to learn about the differences in weather, navigation and managing risk in the mountain environment. The physical effort required on these days will be more demanding than the Hill Skills course and you can expect to be out in the mountains for between 5-6 hours. In addition, will run an evening session that can either be a walk into darkness or an additional teaching session on other elements of the course syllabus. 


    For this course you need to register with The Mountain Training Association, to do so please CLICK HERE. The cost of registering is not included in the price. The fee is currently £20 for adults and £0 for under 18's 

    The minimum age for this course is 14yrs.

    What to bring

    Suggested Clothing & Equipment List:

    1. Boots
    2. Gaiters
    3. Day Sac(30 litres)
    4. Thermals or suitable under clothing
    5. Insulating layers –at least one mid weight and one warm fleece layer
    6. General trekking trousers are recommended, not jeans though.
    7. Spare fleece/insulated jacket
    8. Waterproof jacket (with a good hood)
    9. Waterproof over-trousers
    10. Hat or balaclava
    11. Mitts & gloves
    12. Whistle
    13. Waterproof Map Case (we recommend Ortlieb and have a suply for sale)
    14. Compass (we rocommend Silva Expedition 4 and have a supply for sale)
    15. Maps 1:25,000 for the immediate area
    16. Headtorch
    17. Rucksack liner
    18. Flask & Water Bottle
    19. Packed lunch
    20. Survival Bag –Plastic type
    21. Small notebook and pen or pencil
    22. Walking Poles (Optional)


    Itinerary

    What does the Mountain Skills course cover?


    1. Planning – how to successfully plan a walk in the mountains in the UK or Ireland.
    2. Walking skills – what things should you consider while out walking and what can make life easier (pace, nutrition, movement skills, steep ground etc.).
    3. Clothing and equipment – being suitably dressed and equipped can make the difference between a great day out and a complete disaster.
    4. Weather – how it affects the mountains and your day out.
    5. Navigation in the mountains – everything from selecting a compass and using a map in outdoor navigation in poor visibility and an intro to GPS Navigation.
    6. Environmental knowledge – how to minimise your impact on the hill, information on good practice and useful organisations.
    7. Hazards and emergency procedures in the mountains – how to respond to any hazards you encounter and what to do in an emergency.


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