Winter Navigation

Whiteout and blizzard are a common feature on a Scottish winter day which makes proficient and confident navigation an essential skill. The short days also add to the pressure and sometimes dark walks back to the car. We deliver days where you can covert your summer navigation skills to the winter mountains and develop a variety of navigation skills and techniques geared to the winter mountains.

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Skill : Map & Compass

The essential mountain skill. We look in depth into map and compass navigation. A good and solid grounding in this vital skill will avoid the most common reason for accidents in the UK's mountains, being lost.

Summits : Modern Tech

We take a look at some of the modern methods of navigation. Mobile Apps, GPS devices all play a valuable role in helping us moving about in the mountains.

Where : In the Mountains

These training days are carried out practically out in the winter mountains where we can practise in realistic environment.

The infamous Scottish Whiteout

Glencoe, Scotland

Dates:

OPEN: Our open Navigation days run from mid December through to the 1st of April every Saturday.

PRIVATE: Tailored to your dates anytime between December to April 1st.

Cost:

OPEN: £120pp per day.

PRIVATE: £300 1 - 3 persons per day

£360 3 - 6 persons per day

RATIO: 1 instructor to 6 Guests

Location

All open courses are delivered in the Cairngorms.

Private courses can be delivered in any Highland location.