HILL SKILLS

Hillwalking is for many the starting point for their walking, mountaineering and climbing journey. Where better than the Scottish Highlands to start that journey? Home to the famous Munro’s and numerous other wild mountain walks, Scotland offers everything from short half-day hills to remote peaks that require technical climbing skills to summit. It is also home of course to the UK’s highest mountain Ben Nevis, a must-do mountain. 
Although perhaps low in altitude in terms of world mountains, Highland summits amply make up for this by their rugged and often remote feel. Scotland of course is famous for its wild weather. This remoteness and wild weather can be a dangerous combination for those ill-equipped or without the navigational skills to get around when the weather turns. 

Our hillwalking courses are aimed at delivering the skills necessary for safe independent mountain travel.

These courses look at the key areas of navigation, equipment, route planning, emergency procedures and a greater awareness of the mountain environment. We can deliver these courses throughout the Highlands and are happy to do this in your chosen location or tailor make a programme and venue for you.

We provide all the mountain safety equipment such as first aid kit, group shelter and we issue each participant an orange survival bag where required. We don’t provide maps but carry one ourselves and can advise which sheet and scale would be best for the course that you are on. We have a full kit list on the site and are happy to help answer any questions you may have.