4 Day Winter Skills & Snowholing courses
Four Days Winter Skills Course in the Cairngorms, Aviemore & Scotland. Select your start date on the calendar – days 2, 3 and 4 are automatically added. Our four day Winter Skills Courses include an overnight Snowhole expedition (weather and conditions permitting).
Winter Skills & Snowholing Courses in Scotland
- Cairngorms, Aviemore & Scotland
Our Four day winter skills and snowholing training courses in the Cairngorms, Aviemore & throughout Scotland are designed to ensure you have the skills and knowledge to travel safely in the high mountains in winter conditions. All our four day courses also include a Snowholing expedition in Aviemore & the Cairngorms or wherever looks best in Scotland weather and conditions permitting. These essential skills will be learned and developed throughout your chosen course. The Winter Skills days will utilise the Cairngorms to teach you the fundamentals of hill walking in Winter conditions.
You will get to develop your winter skills and learn new techniques. These include navigation, use of crampons & ice axes, walking safely in the snow, snow-pack analysis, the use of transceivers (including search and rescue techniques), emergency shelters/snowholing expeditions, introduction to rope work, & avalanche awareness/evaluation.
Our winter skills are based at the Cairngorms Adventure Centre and use the Northern Corries and Cairngorm Plateau, one of Scotland’s finest and most accessible high mountain areas, thus maximising your learning time. Other areas that we may use are; Creag Meagaidh, Ben Nevis & Glencoe.
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- Winter Skills Photos Taken in the Cairngorms, Aviemore & Scotland
Itinerary
Four Days Winter Skills & Snowholing Itinerary
Get Skilled For Winter
- Winter navigational skills.
- Winter Crampon & ice axe skills .
- Safe mountain walking skills in Scottish winter conditions.
- Avalanche awareness/evaluation training.
- Scottish Winter weather evaluation skills.
- Emergency Winter Shelters.
- Detailed snow-pack analysis.
- The Use of Transceivers.
- Search & rescue Scenario.
- Advanced Winter Skills Rope Work.
- 1 night Winter expedition – Skills Snowholing in Aviemore & the Cairngorms, or elsewhere in Scotland.
On the Scotland Winter skills days & courses in Aviemore & the Cairngorms, you will cover the above skills which are crucial to be able to travel safely in the hills. Of course, the skills you will cover on the Winter skills training will depend on the length of your chosen course.
Winter Skills Course Timings & Information
- 08:15 meet at Cairngorms Adventure Centre on day 1 for equipment issue an initial briefing.
- 09:00 Depart from Cairngorms Adventure Centre to head to the chosen venue (clients will follow the instructor in their own vehicles.
- Courses will finish around 17:00.
What is Included?
Included in the Winter Skills Training
- Instruction (as outlined).
- Technical equipment (B2 boots, crampons, walking axe, mountaineering helmet)
- Sleep mat, stove and cooking equipment & avalanche rescue kit for the snowholing expedition.
- Please see the What to Bring section for a list of items that you will be expected to bring with you.
Not Included in the Training Course
- Accommodation (there are plenty of local options to suit all budgets)
- Transport (we will meet clients at Cairngorms Adventure Centre on day 1, and at the chosen venue for the other days)
Pre-requisities
Pre-Requisites
Those booking on to winter skills training courses in Aviemore, the Cairngorms & Scotland should have prior mountain walking experience.
What to Bring?
- Hooded waterproof jacket and over-trousers
- Synthetic base layer
- Warm layers
- Gloves (x2 pairs at least).
- 40+L rucksack
- Hat, balaclava & Ski Goggles.
- Compass (Silva Expedition 4 or equivalent)
- Gaiters are desirable.
- 4 season sleeping bag (for the snowholing expedition).
- Bivvy bag (for the snowholing expedition. If you don’t have one, a plastic survival bag will suffice for one night.
Want to find out more?
Take a look at our blog post on Snowholing in Scotland.
Other Winter Skills Courses
One Day Winter Skills Course
- Cairngorms, Aviemore & Scotland
On the one day Winter Skills Course in the Cairngorms, Aviemore & Scotland, you will earn the skills to move safely and efficiently in the mountains (in winter), safely use ice axes, crampons, plan a route according to weather and avalanche risk and many more.
Two Days Winter Skills Course
- Cairngorms, Aviemore & Scotland
The Two day winter skills course based in Aviemore, the Cairngorms & Scotland builds on the skills from the first and covers new skills like rope-work and some emergency shelters.
Winter Scenery Video
The hills encompassed in a winter coat of snow. The shots are mostly from the Cairngorms & Aviemore, but also a couple from other parts of Scotland.