FORT WILLIAM MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL WORKSHOPS
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Our popular Winter Mountaineering Workshops will be running again for the Mountain Festival in February 2019. Join full day Winter Walking Skills and Avalanche Awareness Workshops then put your new skills into practice with a Ben Nevis Guided Walk.
Each workshop starts at 8.45am at Nevis Range where we take the gondola to 650m, getting on to the snow and ice with minimum walking time. We finish for the last gondola back down at about 4.30pm so we get a good seven hours of coaching. The Ben Nevis Guided Walk starts at The Ben Nevis Inn, Achintee at 8.30am. It will take 4 to 5 hours to reach the summit and 3 to 4 hours to descend again so we'll be back down by around 5pm. The Ben Nevis Inn is an excellent place for a debrief at the end of the day! |
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Looking to push your winter climbing grade? We will once again be running a two day Performance Winter Climbing Workshop. Safe in the care of one of our guides this is your chance to find out where you've been going wrong and finally climb that harder grade.
2019 DATESThursday 21st February - Winter Skills Workshop
Friday 22nd February - Avalanche Awareness Workshop Saturday 23rd February - Winter Skills Workshop Sunday 24th February - Ben Nevis Guided Walk Saturday 23rd to Sunday 24th February - Performance Winter Climbing Workshop |
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Here's What is Possible
The prices below include instruction and the use of the Nevis Range gondola. You need to provide your own equipment which can be hired from Cotswold Outdoor in Fort William. Please contact them directly to book:
fortwilliam.shop@cotswoldoutdoor.com
01397 747338
fortwilliam.shop@cotswoldoutdoor.com
01397 747338
Winter Walking Skills WorkshopsAimed at winter novices and covering basic movement skills, ice axe and crampon use, self arrest and route choice. If you have some summer walking experience and want to find out what is involved in winter walking this is the one for you.
£60 per person Maximum ratio 1:6 Download the printer friendly Winter Skills kit list |
Avalanche Awareness WorkshopsFor people with some winter experience who want a more in-depth knowledge of avalanches and how to avoid them. A brief theory session is then followed by a full day of snow analysis all over Aonach Mor.
£60 per person Maximum ratio 1:6 Download the printer friendly Avalanche Awareness kit list |
Ben Nevis Guided WalkYour opportunity to reach the highest point in the UK in full winter conditions with the expert guidance and care of a Winter Mountain Leader. The route does not entail any steep ground but the use of crampons and an ice axe is likely to be required. If these are new to you, come on a Winter Walking Skills Workshop to be fully prepared.
£60 per person Maximum ratio 1:6 Download the printer friendly Ben Nevis in Winter kit list |
Performance Winter Climbing WorkshopFrustrated at grade IV? Fearful of grade V? Secretly seeking grade VI? Aimed at people who already have winter climbing experience, this is your chance to get expert coaching and push your grade to the next level.
Day one will be spent indoors looking at movement skills for ice and mixed climbing, then put everything into practice during a guided climb on day two. £240 per person |
Ready to Book?
To make a booking please contact us to check our availability and secure some dates before completing a booking form.
