Course Overview

This course is designed to teach you what you need to know to plan, navigate and stay safe in the mountains, and give you the building blocks to start your journey to mountain independence

Key Information

Price: £130 per person

Duration: 2 days (split over 2 weekends or back to back days)

Maximum instructor-to-participant ratio: 1:4

Location: Eryri (Snowdonia)

Prerequisites: none

Syllabus
Day 1 - Navigation and Planning DaY

Mountain weather forecasts

Planning around the weather

Types of maps

Naismith’s Rule (timings)

Route planning

Navigation apps

Map reading

3 Ds of navigation

Relocating

Taking and following a bearing

Day 2 - Steep ground and staying safe

Guide books

Moving on steep ground

Following a guide book

Route finding

What to do when things go wrong

Clothing and equipment

Participants must be over 18 and the course requires a minimum of 2 participants to run