Scheme Details
- Awarding Body
- Mountain Training
- Scheme
- Hill & Mountain Skills
- Course
- Hill Skills
- Type
- Training
Award Description
The Hill & Mountain Skills scheme is a great way to develop your personal skills and confidence in all elements of hill and mountain walking. From planning a coastal walk to navigating in complex terrain, these courses are an ideal opportunity to learn the basics and enjoy the countryside. THIS IS NOT THE HILL AND MOORLAND LEADER SCHEME.
About
THIS COURSE - WILL GO AHEAD AS IT NOW HAS MINIMUM NUMBERS TO RUN.
IT MAY RUN IN THE LAMMERMUIRS RATHER THAN PENTLANDS BECAUSE OF SNOW.
The Hill Skills course from Mountain Skills Training is the ideal course for those wanting to improve their personal skills. Gaining independence and confidence is the key to enjoying all of Britians Mountains.
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What does a Hill Skills Course Cover?
- Planning, how to successfully plan a walk in the hills.
- Walking skills, what things should you consider while out walking and what can make life easier (pace, nutrition, movement skills, steep ground etc.).
- Clothing and equipment, being suitably dressed and equipped can make the difference between a great day out and a complete disaster.
- Weather, how it affects the hills and mountains and your day out.
- Navigation, everything from selecting a compass and using a map to navigate in poor visibility and an intro to GPS.
- Environmental knowledge, how to minimise your impact on the hill, information on good practice and useful organisations.
- Hazards and emergency procedures in the mountains, how to respond to any hazards you encounter and what to do in an emergency.
About Mountain Skills Training
Mountains Skills Training is run by full-time outdoor instructors. Instructors who are passionate about the outdoors and enjoy sharing their knowledge and passion with others.
**Free with Every Booking - Socks worth £20**
We are giving everyone who books onto a course with us a free pair of Darn Tough Socks
Where And When
- Start
- 18/01/2020
- End
- 19/01/2020
- Total Days
- 2
- Maximum Bookings
- 8
- Bookings
- 2
- Venue
- Pentlands - Mid Lothian Ski Centre
- Town
- Edinburgh
- County
- Edinburgh
- Postcode
- EH10 7DU
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Latitude
- 55.88745
- Longitude
- -3.21394
Provider
- Name
- MST
- Phone
- 44 1665 252069
- Website
- Booking/Details