Winter Courses

General Information | Winter Skills | Winter Mountaineer | Winter Climber | Tailor Made

The North East Ridge of Aonach Beag

Welcome to ClimbNow’s 2010/11 winter programme. This year we are running a full range of courses from winter skills for munro bagging to grade V gullies on Ben Nevis. If you do not see a course that suits you, or the date or length of a course does not suit, please feel free to contact us to arrange a tailor made course that suits your needs.

To book a course or discuss any of the courses further please see our Contact Us page.

For details on what equipment you will need (and what we can supply) please see our Winter Kit List.

General Information

Cost

The price per day for all our winter courses is £140.
For the price per person, the price outlined above is divided by the number of clients attending the course
(subject to the course ratio).

For Example
   A two day course would cost:
      2 x £140 = £280
   So for four people:
      £280 / 4 = £70 per person for the two days.

What this includes

The price includes instruction and all technical group equipment. It does not include transport, accomodation or food. We can arrange these for you at an additional cost.

Winter Skills

This course is aimed at those who are already involved in summer hillwalking but would like to extend their activities to the winter mountains. Essential skills looked at will include appropriate choice of clothing and equipment, ice axe and crampon use, navigation skills and route choice for the winter environment. During the course we will also aim to climb some munros in winter condition.

Pre-requirements
Participants should have some summer hill walking experience and be fit enough to complete a 6-8 hour hillday.

Winter Mountaineer

The top of Buachaille Etive Mor, Glencoe

This course, like the Winter Skills course above, also covers winter hillwalking skills. But, on the second day progresses onto winter gully and ridge climbs up to grade II. The course aims to cover skills such as ice axe and crampon use, navigation skills, snow belays and roped movement on graded ground.

Routes ascended may include Ledge Route on Ben Nevis, Broad gully in Glencoe and the East Ridge of Beinn a’Chaorainn. Participants may have the opportunity to lead pitches on certain routes if conditions and ability allow.

Pre-requirements
Participants should have some summer hill walking experience and be fit enough to complete a 6-8 hour hillday.

Winter Climber

This course is aimed at those who have some winter hillwalking experience and would like to sample winter climbing. It is also ideal for those who already climb but would like to try more challenging routes or would like some lead coaching. We will aim to climb routes of Scottish Grade II and above and will cover both mixed ground and snow and ice climbs (conditions allowing).

Routes climbed may include Curved Ridge in Glencoe, Left Twin on Aonach Mor and Tower Ridge on Ben Nevis.

Pre-requirements
Participants should have some winter hillwalking experience and be fit enough to complete a 6-8 hour hillday.

Tailor Made Courses

If we are currently not running a course that is suitable for you, or if the dates or length of a course do not fit with your schedule, or perhaps you have a particular objective (a route on Ben Nevis or a particular venue such as the North West Highlands), please contact us and we will try to arrange a course for you.