
Winter Skills Course, run by me for Bath University Mountaineering Club
Day 1 - Looking at footwork, crampon use, steep ground movement, ice axe arrest.
Day 2 - Avalanche talk, equipment talk followed by nav in poor vis on Devils Stair
Day 3 - Snow Shelter Building and emergency kit in the Mamores - looking at shovel up, use of shovel, discussion of TSP and if its appropriate or not. Discussion of snow shelters vs walking out.
Day 4 - steep ground movement - Stob Ban, emergency use of rope to approach corniced edges, rope use for getting over unexpected difficulty
Day 5 - Student lead day to put everything into practice Grey Coires
Area :
Glencoe South (Loch Linnhe To Loch Etive)
The southern side of Glen Coe includes some very well-known mountains and can be split into two groups; the ones you can see from the A82 and the ones you can’t. Included in the former group is Buachaille Etive Mor, Buachaille Etive Beag, the Three Sisters and the Ballachulish Horseshoe, and in the latter, three Munros between Glen Creran and Glen Etive (Sgor na h-Ulaidh, Beinn Fhionnlaidh and Beinn Sgulaird). With huge amounts of climbing and walking in summer and winter, this area is also home to a large cairn built for Queen Victoria, or so the story goes. Includes all major peaks above 600m.