These apply to every person booked onto a course. If booking on behalf of a third party you accept these terms on their behalf and so it is important that you make them aware.

A) BOOKING AND FEES

1. A place is considered as Booked whence your deposit is received.

2. The balance of the fee is payable 4 weeks before the commencement of the course. In the event that The balance is not paid we will have the discretion to treat the booking as cancelled by the client and re-sell the course place.

3. The balance is due 4 weeks before the course start date.

B) CANCELLATION BY CLIENT

1. All cancellations must be in writing (e-mail is acceptable).

2. Mountain Skills Training once notified of the cancellation will endeavour to re-sell the course place(s).

3. If the course is resold prior to its start date you, then you will receive a full refund less 20% of the total course fee to cover administration costs.

4. Refunds will only be made To the account used to pay for the course.

5. If the course is not resold before the start of the course, you will forfeit your deposit - 30%

C) CANCELLATION BY Mountain Skills Training

Whilst every attempt is made to ensure that advertised courses run, It is not always possible. Mountain Skills Training will notify the client of cancellation as soon as practicable where it believes on reasonable grounds that cancellation is necessary due to dangerous and/or unsuitable conditions for the course activity.

Mountain Skills Training shall notify the client of cancellation not less than five days before the start of the course if there are insufficient participants for the course to go ahead. The minimum on all courses is 2.

In the event of cancellation clients will be offered the choice of the following options:-

Full refund of the course fee paid;

Another course on different dates.

D) SAFETY & PARTICIPATION STATEMENT

Climbing and mountaineering are activities with an element of danger and risk of personal injury or death. By booking a course in these activities you are aware of and accept these risks and will be responsible for your own actions and involvement. We will teach you how to manage these risks, but we can never completely remove them. You confirm that you are familiar with the nature of the activities that you wish to undertake and acknowledge those risks that are inherent therein and that you may freely withdraw from any activity without penalty and there is no pressure whatsoever to take part.

E) INSURANCE & LOSS

Our courses do not include any personal accident, cancellation, third party liability or personal injury insurance. We recommend that you take out your own policy. We will accept no responsibility whatsoever in respect of loss or damage to personal property. The BMC offers suitable insurance

2 Day Winter Skills - Cairngorms

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