Summer Mountain Skills Week in Snowdonia.
A week of hiking and scrambling in Snowdonia, learning to safely enjoy the mountains in the summer. This friendly and practical course teaches you how to plan and follow routes in all weathers, how to safely enjoy grade one scrambles, interpret mountain weather and manage steep ground.
The Summer Mountain Skills Week in Snowdonia is run by Rob Johnson one of the UK’s top instructors.
Location: Snowdonia
Price: £425 per person
Ratio: 1:6
What will you learn?
Hiking
We will spend every day out in the mountains, learning new skills in a progressive manner as we enjoy some of the best routes in Snowdonia.
We will teach you have to navigate safely in all weathers – whatever the level of visibility. We teach you how to read a map and we teach you how this forms the basis of all navigation skills. We progress these skills onto the use of smartphone apps – teaching you the many benefits of this technology as well as the pitfalls and how to avoid them.
The ability to use a compass is another essential skill. Despite all of the advances in technology – this is still the safest way to navigate in poor visibility like thick clouds.
Bringing these skills together we will teach you to plan and then follow your own mountain walks. You will understand how far you will be able to cover in a day and how much height gain. We will show you how to find the best walks in new areas and plan the best routes for the weather that you are given. Each day we will look at mountain weather forecasts and teach you to interpret the information they provide and relate this back to your planning. You will also learn how to recognise changes in the weather on the mountains and how to safely react to them.
Scrambling
As the week progresses we will take you out onto some of our favourite grade one scrambles. We will teach you how to find these routes for yourselves, how to navigate them safely and teach you good movement skills.
Course Aims
With the Summer Mountain Skills Week we aim for you to be self sufficient as a summer hill walker by the end of the course. You should be competent and confident to enjoy grade one scrambles without a guide.
Where is the course held?
We run the course in Eryri/Snowdonia, North Wales.
Who runs the course?
The courses are run by myself and fellow instructor Huw. We both hold I hold the WMCI qualifications (the highest instructional qualification in the UK) and have many years of practical experience of working with a wide range of clients. We also have a number of coaching qualifications between us and are approved providers and tutors for Mountain Training UK’s Mountain Skills and Hill Skills Awards. I also bring 15 years of Mountain Rescue experience to the courses. On top of that we share a firm belief in learning by doing and in having fun in the process! You can read more about our qualifications and experience here.
Whats included?
The course fee includes instruction and the use of any specialist equipment. You can read our “whats included” and kit list page here.
What about accommodation & transport?
We do not include accommodation with this course. For a variety of different accommodation options in Snowdonia, from camping to nice hotels, visit this link. The link also shows road and rail travel options to Snowdonia.
Meeting Place & Time
Once you book we will send you a comprehensive set of course notes and an email of confirmation, this will include a detailed kit list and details of where and when we meet. The course provides two full days out in the mountains.
We meet each day near Capel Curig and the course starts at 9:00am on the first day and concludes by about 4:00pm on the final day.
Book this Course
To book this course please click the “Book Now” button. The calendar below shows the dates that the course starts.
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