Winter Mountain Skills Training – keeping you safe so that you can come home with good memories and tall tales of great mountain days.
Category Archives: Mountain Training
Navigation Training
Navigation Training Courses for everyone, summer, winter, rain or shine…
Guide To Crampons and What Their Ratings Mean
I’ve been asked recently what the different gradings mean for boots and crampons in preparation for winter, so here’s a simple guide which should help. What are Crampons used for? Crampons have been described by Cox et al. as a traction device that is attached to footwear to improve mobility on snow and ice. TheyContinue reading “Guide To Crampons and What Their Ratings Mean”
Guide to Mountaineering Boot Grades: B0, B1, B2 & B3
To help with the confusion… The widely recognised indication of a boot suitability for mountaineering disciplines is referred to as the B-rating. They rank from B0 (incompatible with crampons) to B3 (Technical mountaineering boots)…
Winter Mountain Skills Training
Winter Mountain Skills Training – keeping you safe so that you can come home with good memories and tall tales of great mountain days.
Winter Mountain Skills & Ice Diving Training
Winter Mountain Skills Training – keeping you safe so that you can come home with good memories and tall tales of great mountain days.
Navigation Training
Navigation Training Courses for everyone, summer, winter, rain or shine.
Glen Coe’s Aonach Eagach ridge
Glen Coe’s Aonach Eagach ridge is the most legendary Grade 2 scramble in Scotland. Do you have the skills to take it on?
Jacks Rake Scramble
Jack’s Rake is a popular Grade 1 scramble in the Lake District – but it’s by no means an easy proposition. We look at the skills you’ll need to tackle this classic route. Slicing across the face of Pavey Ark in the Langdale Pikes, Jack’s Rake is one of the Lake District’s most tempting littleContinue reading “Jacks Rake Scramble”
Llech Ddu Spur Scramble
A stunning Grade 1 scramble in Snowdonia that most people have never even heard of? It sounds too good to be true – but the Llech Ddu Spur really does live up to its billing. Llech Ddu, has all the making of a modern classic with one added bonus: hardly anyone has heard of it.Continue reading “Llech Ddu Spur Scramble”
