COURSE NOTES

Many thanks for booking onto one of our courses, below you will find the course notes for each of our skills courses that we run. The course notes will set out the program for the course, the kit that you should bring with you and also confirm things like travel and insurance arrangements so please read them in full.

 

Meeting Time & Place

Courses in Snowdonia:

We will meet at 9:00am outside the Ogwen Visitor Centre (Canolfan Cwm Idwal) : https://maps.app.goo.gl/SBTSpzgHdztpGo8x6
OS Grid Reference: SH649 603

 

Parking:

The parking is pay and display and at busy times it can be difficult to get a space plus we won’t always walk from here either so it is better to park at the next lay-by along the A5 (East of the Visitor Centre) which is free and only a 200m walk to the visitor centre. 

Scottish Winter Courses & Ben Nevis/Glencoe scrambling week:

We will meet at 8:30am at 

Costa Coffee, North Rd, Fort William PH33 6SU (There are two Costa Coffees so check out the Google Map Location – this is not the High Street one) 

Please bring your car on the first morning and once we have split into teams we can then coordinate lifts to where we will be heading each day.

We generally finish between 4:00pm and 5:00pm on the last day of the course.

The Environment – Travel & Accommodation Logistics: 

Often the biggest impact of our adventures will be in how we get there and back, and I am working to always reduce the emissions of transport. Flying is the obvious target and that’s why we’ve stopped our long haul international trips. With such amazing mountain adventures within driving or train distances in the UK and Europe, it’s really hard to justify the flights every year. Closer to home, it’s tempting to just jump in the car, but that comes with a cost too: 290g CO2e per mile on average. Sharing a ride with friends can save both money and the planet, and we encourage that on all our courses. You can join this group to meet other people booked onto our courses to allow you to share lifts and accommodation options:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/316728059317615/

Course Notes:

Mountain Leader Assessment Course Snowdonia

Navigation courses

Mountain Leader Training Course Snowdonia

Scrambling Courses in Snowdonia

Rock Climbing

ML Training

ML Assessment

Includes the home paper

Mountain craft

6 day course

Skye scrambling

torridon scrambling

Walkers Haute Route Guided Trek

Walkers Haute Route

Scottish winter skills week

scottish winter skills

Welsh 3000 Winter

Welsh 3000 Winter

winter mountaineering and climbing

Welsh 3000 Winter

Welsh Winter Prep Weekend

Lofoten Summits

Norway Ice Climbing

Arctic Summits

Tour of the Jungfrau Alpine Trek

Tour of the Jungfrau

PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT:

 
When an activity becomes predictable and absolutely safe, it ceases to be exciting or by definition to be an adventure. For an activity to be adventurous it must have an uncertain outcome and it will carry risks. Going into mountainous regions is implicitly hazardous, and if we add to that an adventurous activity, then by necessity the hazards are increased. This implies an inherent and intractable risk of injury or, in the extreme, loss of life. Anyone considering taking part in a trip needs to consider this very seriously and to take responsibility for their own participation and acknowledge and accept these risks.
 
Overseas Expeditions: Our expeditions and courses are educational and they are exciting, they will take you to parts of the world that will make a big impression on you and equally will benefit from the impression that we can offer them. You will experience moments that will remain with you for the rest of your life. Sadly, some of these areas are impoverished. This alone is an important incentive to go but it means we operate invariably in regions with limited infrastructure. If you are injured, problems with infrastructure alone can mean a delayed evacuation and so a worse medical outcome than for a similar accident nearer to home.
 
For us the benefits of mountaineering expeditions overseas far outweigh the negatives, that is why we do what we do and we hope the same will be true for you. In order to take part in a truly exciting, adventurous activity with all the rewards of experiencing diverse cultures and sharing unforgettable memories with newly found friends, you have to accept the risks involved.
 
Snow and Ice: The mountains offer an extra dimension when cloaked in snow and ice, that can also bring the additional risk of avalanche and other natural objective hazards. We will teach you the skills we use to manage the risk but cannot completely remove it. We encourage a culture where if conditions on the mountain are not suitable for delivering training we will find alternative venues.
 
The BMC acts on behalf of walkers, climbers and mountaineers in the UK and offers the following participation statement that you agree to in booking a course or expedition: :
 
“The BMC recognises that climbing, hill walking and mountaineering are activities with a danger of personal injury or death. Participants in these activities should be aware of and accept these risks and be responsible for their own actions and involvement.”