Mountain Skills Course
learn essential skills for the UK mountains!
Location Options: Lake District National Park
Cost: from £140
Course Dates: 7 - 8 September 24
Private Course Dates: Upon Request
Length: 2 day
Fitness Rating:
(Moderate)
Set in the beautiful Lake District National Park our Two Day Mountain Skills course is a great way to learn the essential skills you will need to enjoy the mountains in the UK safely. Whether you'd like to feel more confident using a map, you have ambitions to climb Everest or become a Mountain Leader, a Mountain Skills course is a great first step.
Course Overview
Each of our Mountain Skills courses will start at 9am with an opportunity to meet the other people on the course and take part in a short planning session with your course tutor. After that we will be out in the mountains, moving away from marked paths and into steeper, rockier terrain in order to learn about the differences in weather, navigation and managing risk in the mountain environment.
The physical effort required on our two days will be more demanding than our Hill Skills course and you can expect to be out in the mountains for between 5-6 hours. In addition, we will use the evening of the first day of the course to conduct some additional training, this could be anything from a Q&A sessions to help develop your technical knowledge or a practical night navigation session (this will be tailored appropriately during the course to meet the needs of those on the course).
Training Objectives
During your Mountain Skills course you will be given the opportunity to develop a range of essential skills that you will need to enjoy the mountains in the UK safely. These skills include:
Planning: how to successfully plan a walk in the mountains in the UK or Ireland.
Walking skills: what things should you consider while out walking and what can make life easier (pace, nutrition, movement skills, steep ground etc.).
Clothing and equipment: being suitably dressed and equipped can make the difference between a great day out and a complete disaster.
Weather: how it affects the mountains and your day out.
Navigation in the mountains: everything from selecting a compass and using a map to navigation in poor visibility and an intro to GPS.
Environmental knowledge: how to minimise your impact on the hill, information on good practice and useful organisations.
Hazards and emergency procedures in the mountains: how to respond to any hazards you encounter and what to do in an emergency.
Practicalities
Whats included
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Professional Live Well Adventures Mountain Leader with Tutor Accreditation
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First Aid cover
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Lunch (optional extra - see Catering section above)
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Specialist equipment
Not included
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Travel to your Mountain Skills Course
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Travel insurance
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Personal kit and equipment
Risk Management and Safety
Live Well Adventures has solid foundations when planning for potential risk. Our founder has over 18 years worth of experience in the British Army that is utilised and subsequently enables us to conduct high risk activities on a more routine basis. Experience and training for Live Well staff facilitates appropriate action to be taken under potentially dangerous and stressful conditions. Along with experience we implement detailed risk assessments recognised by industry that enable us to identify risks and plan to both mitigate them as well as minimise the impact should the need arise.
For more detail on our approach toward safety and how we manage risk please visit our Safety page.
Catering
A packed lunches can be provided for your course, please contact us for further information.
Qualified Tutor Accredited Mountain Leaders and First Aid
Our Live Well Adventures staff are highly experienced and well qualified to lead you throughout your course and provide you with the level of assurance and tuition you want and need. As trained and experienced Mountain Leaders with Tutor Accreditation, they are highly experienced at teaching these essential mountain skills to a range of clients. In addition, they are capable of addressing and dealing with multiple situations that may arise - in addition all our Mountain Leader are first aid qualified.
Accommodation
Course participants are responsible for sourcing their accommodation for our two-day Mountain Skills Course.
Kit List
Once you have made a booking for our two-day Mountain Skills Course we will send you a detailed kit list explaining exactly what kit we recommend you bring for your experience - any specialist equipment will be provided by Live Well Adventures (maps, compass, etc).
Detailed Itinerary
Please feel free to contact us to discuss in more detail any element of the course you would like more detail about. Once you have made a booking for our two-day Mountain Skills Course, we will send you a detailed itinerary explaining in more detail what you will be doing during your course and where we will meet you.
Booking or Further Information
If you would like to make a booking for this course on the 7 - 8 September 2024, please head to our Open Event page here. If you would like to discuss a Private Course, or you would like some further information about our courses, please don’t hesitate to Contact us, we will be happy to help and look forward to hearing from you.