Advanced winter mountaineering
The advanced winter mountaineering course is a 4 day course designed to
give a good progression from winter skills to winter climbing.
The winter mountaineering course begins by teaching essential winter skills
like crampon use, step cutting and ice axe breaking to enable you to feel
comfortable on snow.
The winter mountaineering course then introduces winter climbing skills
by tackling a winter scramble. We finish the course by guiding you up both
winter ice climbing routes and mixed winter climbing routes.
No previous winter experience is needed for our winter mountaineering course,
however a knowledge of indoor or outdoor summer climbing is an advantage.
Winter climbing is a strenuous activity and advanced winter mountaineering
participants should be hill fit and willing to carry a winter sack into
the climbing area.
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Course programme
The night before: We'll meet up with all the other winter mountaineering
course participants and run through the kit that you have, issue hired kit
and discuss what you need to carry for each day.
Winter mountaineering day 1: Winter skills including walking on snow and
ice, using crampons, step cutting, ice axe braking and basic avalanche awareness.
Winter mountaineering day 2: Guided winter scrambling
Winter mountaineering day 3: Guided winter ice climbing
Winter mountaineering day 4: Guided winter mixed climbing
The order of the winter mountaineering days 3-4 may change weather dependant.
The advanced winter mountaineering course is run on a maximum 1 instructor
to 4 clients ratio on the first day and 1 instructor to 2 client ratio on
days 2-4.
Kit list:
Kit: Climb365 provides helmets for ice axe breaking and hires walking axes,
boots and crampons. Please see dates and prices section
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Course dates & prices
Advanced Winter Mountaineering course 2008
Course duration: 4 days
Course Ratio:1:4 1st day, 1:3 max 2nd, 1:2 3rd & 4th days
Non residential course cost : £480
Total 4 star residential course cost : £660 to 680
- Wed 6th to Sat 9th February
- Fri 29th Feb to Mon 3rd March
- Mon 17th to Thurs 20th March
To read more about our accommodation and how to get to Aviemore click
Winter accommodation
Winter kit Hire
prices per day
Boots £10
Crampons £5
Walking Axe £5
Climbing axe & hammer £12 a pair
Helmets and harnesses are supplied free of charge.
All our courses can be booked by individuals, and are offered at set prices on set dates. If you want to come on a date that is not offered as a course we will do our best to help. Please see our private guiding section of the website.
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Contact details
Climb365,
5 Brow Close,
Windermere,
Cumbria,
LA23 2HA.
Tel: 015394 48046
Mobile: 07880 742799 ( Stuart ), 07968 706498 ( Anna )
email: carter@climb365.net