A fantastic next step up from hillwalking and an alternative and often more direct way to gain the summit of many UK mountains. Add in more challenge and the thought process of route finding and rope work then your mountain adventures have just found a new meaning.
Many people that visit the mountains will often look with envy at those who tackle those inspiring rocky ridges and knife edges. If your one of these people, then is now the time to aspire to make your days in the mountains even more memorable.
Introduction to Scrambling and the Welsh Classics
Do you currently mountain walk and long to move onto the classic ridge scrambles that the UK offers. Scrambling allows you to access wonderful and fulfilling opportunities to gain UK summits by interesting and at times challenging terrain.
This course will give you the skills you require to explore and summit UK peaks via scrambles up to grade one. One key aspect which you will get coached on is judgment and your ability to decide what is a safe passage and one which is too risky
Overview of main Instructional and coaching content
- Guidebooks
- Weather and its effects on safe route choice
- Reading terrain
- Footwear and equipment
- Route finding
- Hazard awareness
- Movement skills
- Skills to ascend and descend
- Use of maps
Previous experience
You must have some experience of hillwalking within the UK and summiting some mountains within an area such as Lake District, North Wales or Scotland. A fitness level which will allow you to spend a day in the mountains moving over rocky terrain and reaching a mountain summit.
Duration 1 or 2 days
Dates : to suit customer please get in touch
Costs per day per person ( minimum age 14 ) One paying parent must accompany under 18
1:1 £160.00
1:2 £180.00
1:3 £200.00
1:4 £200.00
Equipment – All technical equipment is included within the cost
Grade 1 to Expert Scrambler ( 2-day course )
So, you’re comfortable on scrambles up to grade one and long to tackle the next steps onto the more challenging and exiting scrambles that exist within the UK such as grade 2 and grade 3.
This is the course for you. It will allow you to develop the confidence, skills and knowledge so that your days in the mountains will never be the same again.
You will now be able to tackle those steeper ridges and buttresses that up to know you have only stared at. Think of all the new photo opportunities and memories that are awaiting you.
Overview of main Instructional and coaching content
- Movement skills
- Route finding
- Guidebook use
- Equipment choice and what to carry
- Rope choice
- Belays
- Rope work
- Rock assessment
- Footwear
- Rock and hold assessment
- Technical skills
- Footwear
- Time efficiency
- Grade 2 and 3 scrambles
- Body and hand coils
Previous experience
You must have some experience of scrambling up to grade 1 scramble and summiting some mountains within an area in Lake District, North Wales or Scotland. A fitness level which will allow you to spend a day in the mountains moving over rocky terrain and reaching a mountain summit is required.
Cost
£200 per person for the 2 days
Ratio 1.2
This course requires two people in order to gain the maximum learning and technical opportunities.
Dates : Please get in touch if there are two of you interested.
All technical equipment will be supplied as part of course costs
