Winter Mountaineering Skills and Climbing

The Scottish Mountains Winter Skills /Mountaineering week in Scotland is an instructional training week on winter skills in one of the most beautiful places in the world. You’ll be walking, climbing and learning in spectacular surrounding amongst some of the most famous and picturesque mountains in the world.
(Ben Nevis, Buchaille Etive Mhór, Falcan Ridge, Aonach Eagach Ridge and many more route and options in the highlands of Scotland).



It is an ideal adventure week for those wishing to progress from hill-walker to novice mountaineering in controlled conditions with experienced mountaineers.

Or for those with experience a chance to refresh their skills and get some interesting Scottish winter mountaineering experience.

Trekking and Expedition Training

For those who intend planning a trek or expedition to the higher ranges this is an ideal opportunity to get fit and learn the skills that are required on trekking snow and ice mountains as well as assessing your fitness level for such an undertaking.

Outline of Objective

Unlike the large and institutional mountaineering schools, we operate on a small and informal basic. This way it allows a more personal service and the opportunity for people to learn more.
We stay in the same accommodation so that gives you the opportunity to get to know the facilitators of the course for the week better and it also allows us to plan the days events each evening ahead to suit the needs of the group.

Climbing Objectives for Course

Our intention would be to climb a range of classic grade 1 2 and 3 Scottish winter mountaineering routes depending on the groups ability.

Ac commodation

A very important feature of any trip is accommodation, we stay in a world famous friendly Scottish adventure hostel just outside Fort William and close to our mountaineering objectives.

We will have a history evening of stories and folklore of the Scottish highlands and it’s warriors. We will also enjoy a whiskey tasting evening with one of Scotland’s experts as well as instructional evening on ice climbing.

Accommodation is full board which includes, full breakfast in the morning, pack lunch for the hills and evening dinner. This will release us all to spend our time more efficiently on the mountains while in Scotland.

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