Julie Cunningham (90150) Professional Profile

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Julie Cunningham 90150

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Membership Mountain Training Association

Membership Type Course Director Member

Membership Number 90150

Renewal Date 27/08/2025

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Membership AMI

Membership Type Full Member

Membership Number 893

Renewal Date 01/07/2025

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Female

Phone 01539 720130

Email Julie.Cunningham@gll.org

I have been instructing for 25 years and am based in the Lake District. I am Head of Centre at Ghyll Head Outdoor Centre near Windermere. I freelance as a Mountain Instructor and love spending time in the mountains with my friends and family. I am the course director for Mountain Training and deliver hill skills/mountain skills, summer ML training and assessment courses. My passion for the outdoors started with family walks as a child and completing the DofE. Ghyll Head is an AAP and can deliver the expedition part of the award scheme. Personally I love journeying; whether in a sea kayak or ski touring and my enjoyment for climbing continues, especially in the mountains and the Alps is a favourite. Teaching folks to become more independent in the mountains is so rewarding; imparting the skills and supporting their journey to become confident decision-makers is really satisfying and I just love helping people with that in mind.

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Qualifications

	Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor	04/10/2002
	Winter Mountain Leader	27/03/1998
	Single Pitch Award	27/11/1996
	Mountain Leader	14/04/1993
	Mountain Training England course director training scheme	20/02/2024

CPD

AMI Managing Safety Seminar	08/02/2025	1.00
Chris Walker Memorial Trust - AMI Sponsored Avalanche Awareness Training Webinar	06/12/2024	1.00
Mountain Training England/ Mountain Training Cymru National Provider Conference 2024	25/04/2024	1.00
Course Directors and Staff Update Workshop for Walking Leadership and Skills schemes - MTE/MTC	09/02/2024	1.00
Winter Skills for the IML - 2 days	06/01/2024	2.00

My Story

I have worked in outdoor education for over 20 years. I started life as a teacher in S Wales and preferred to be on the water boating, then moved up to the lakes and into outdoor education and fell in love with the crags and fells! I started working on the mountain training scheme in the late 90's.
I share the Head of Centre role at Ghyll Head Outdoor Centre on Windermere, Cumbria. The centre has been open for 50 years and has an AALS license. I am a technical advisor for open canoeing and mountaineering.
I have a real passion for mountaineering and ski touring in particular. Over the years I have travelled extensively to paddle, climb and ski. These days I head to the Alps or Scotland for short bursts, it fits better with family life! I hold the MIA and winter ML and a range of paddlesport qualifications
I love working on the mountain training scheme and am happiest out on the fells :-)

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