Mountain Training Association’s 2024 Autumn Conference

At the National Outdoor Centre, Plas Y Brenin, North Wales

Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th October 2024

We are happy to announce that we are hosting our 2024 Autumn Conference at Plas y Brenin (King’s Mansion), the National Outdoor Centre based in the heart of Eryri (Snowdonia) National Park and within sight of Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon).

We have a great range of full-day workshops on offer to help you learn new skills, gain new information, embed knowledge or refresh and refine what you know.

The workshops are designed to support your continuing personal and/or professional development as a candidate of Mountain Training, whether working towards a qualification or reinvigorating your skills and knowledge for when you use your qualification/s.

A key aim of the conference is for you to have the opportunity to meet other members, share experiences, and become part of a community of leaders, instructors and coaches.

As well as the workshops and chance to meet other members, there will be inspirational talks from guest speakers and Association members.

This event is worth two CPD points, one for each day attended. 

* Please choose one of the Options 1-3 before selecting your workshops *

** Please make sure your workshops do not clash - choose ONE session on Saturday and ONE on Sunday **

Booking options

Option 1: Residential (Single room) - Two nights’ accommodation, check-in on Friday from 6pm, two full-day workshops, breakfast (Sat and Sun), lunch (Sat and Sun), evening meal (Sat) and talks.

Option 2: Residential (Twin room - shared) - Two nights’ accommodation, check-in on Friday from 6pm, two full-day workshops, breakfast (Sat and Sun), lunch (Sat and Sun), evening meal (Sat) and talks

Option 3: Non-residential: two full-day workshops, lunches (Sat and Sun), evening meal (Sat) and talks

Catering and medical information

To inform us of any dietary requirements and medical issues please update your personal information in your CMS/Tahdah account. If you make any changes to this information within two weeks of the event, please let us know directly by emailing: association@mountain-training.org

Parking

Parking is available at Plas y Brenin but is limited.

Travel to the venue

Public transport: There is a public transport option by train to Bangor or Betwys y Coed and then a bus through to Capel Curig, T10 service, stopping at St.Curig’s Church, Capel Curig (at the Joe Brown shop) and walking along to the centre.

T10 Bangor to Corwen bus service travelling from Bangor to Capel Curig

T10 Corwen to Bangor bus service travelling from Betws y Coed to Capel Curig

Liftshare: To reduce the carbon footprint of the event and to help with the amount of available parking, please do your best to car share. Mountain Trainjng have teamed up with the British Mountaineering Council on their liftshare scheme, access Liftshare here. You can also use the Association’s Facebook group if you would like to offer or find a lift.

Travel to workshop locations

If driving to the conference, you may be asked to use your own vehicle to get to and from the location of your workshops, but the distances will be relatively short. 

Cancellation procedure

Full refunds a result of cancellation by the customer will only be considered if cancellation notice is given in writing to the Association more than eight weeks before the start date of the event. Refunds in this situation is entirely at the discretion of the Association.

Partial refunds may be given within four weeks of commencement of the event start date, again at the discretion of the Association.

Substitution of the original delegate for another can be made provided at least two weeks’ notice is given by the original delegate to the Association. All substitutions must be made with our consent. An admin fee of £5 will be charged per substitution.

Cancellation by the Association

Whilst every attempt is made to ensure that the event will run, the Association will notify the delegates of cancellation as soon as practicable where it believes on reasonable grounds that cancellation is necessary due to dangerous and/or unsuitable conditions for the event/activity.

The Association shall notify delegates of cancellation not less than seven days prior to the commencement of the event where numbers as a result of either customer/s cancellation or booked numbers have failed to reach a workable minimum.

If a particular workshop does not reach minimum numbers by the booking deadline, delegates booked onto that workshop will be able to transfer to another of their choice as long as that one has space available. We will endeavour to meet everyone’s preferred choice, but changes will be based on availability.

In the event of cancellation of the entire event, delegates will be offered a full refund by the Association at the earliest possible opportunity.

* Please only select ONE workshop/activity per day, as they are all full day *

Start

11/10/2024 17:00

End

13/10/2024 17:00

Total Days

2

Maximum Bookings

92

Bookings

71

Venue

Plas y Brenin

Town

Capel Curig

County

Conwy

Postcode

LL24 0ET

Country

United Kingdom

Latitude

53.10220

Longitude

-3.91841

Name

Mountain Training Association

Phone

01690 720272

Email