
5 days Introduction to Winter Mountaineering course for Army from Cameron Barracks.
D1 - Ciste Gully - Planning, Kit, TSP, intro movement skills (boot, axe, self belay), nav
D2 - A'Chaillach - BAA, transceiver checks, Nav, Bothy, mountain journety as group, applying BAA to journey and key place
D3 - Fionn Benn - Emergency procedures, access, shelters, Nav
D4 - Cairm Gorm - Crampons, sliding, nav, steep ground Ciste Mherith
D5 - Corie and Lochan path for a multiple burial search
Area :
The Cairngorms
The Cairngorms are ‘a little piece of the arctic in Scotland’ according to the SMC Munros Guide and the area contains many of the tallest peaks in the East Highlands. Ben Macdui (1309m), Cairn Gorm (1244m) and Braeriach (1296) are probably three of the better known and the whole area is full of steep corries and high plateaux. Access to the mountains is typically from Aviemore or Braemar.