Mountaineers urged to acquire Winter Skills

By LFTO News Team

Outdoor headlines

12 December 2011 09:29

The Mountaineering Council of Scotland (MCofS) is running a series of 4 Winter Skills courses and 3 Avalanche Awareness courses this winter. These one-day training courses provide a great opportunity to learn new skills, which should enable those new to Scotland’s winter mountains to be more self-reliant and make better judgements when out on the hills.

The courses are organised by the MCofS Mountain Safety Adviser, Heather Morning, who says: "The MCofS winter courses are great value for money and a superb way of equipping yourself with the skills needed in the Scottish mountains in winter. By limiting the course content to the key requirements and one day only we are able to keep costs to a minimum."

Heather went on to say: "The MCofS is working tirelessly to reduce the number of mountaineering incidents in Scotland and we are urging those that are new to winter activity to take up this opportunity of good quality training as part of achieving that aim."

The Winter Skills courses are for MCofS members only, whereas the Avalanche Awareness courses are open to both members and non-members.

Winter Skills courses are to be held at Glenmore Lodge on Tuesday 3rd January, Friday 6th January, Saturday 28th January and Sunday 29th January. The course fee is £50. Click HERE for full details.

Avalanche Awareness courses take place at the Aonach Mor Ski Area on Sunday 8th January and at the Glencoe ski area on Saturday 4th February and Sunday 5th February. Course fees are £40 for MCofS members and £50 for non-members. Click HERE for full details.

For further information contact Heather Morning at heather@mcofs.org.uk or on 01479 861241, or go to the MCofS website at: www.mcofs.org.uk.