Mountain Training - Hill Skills Award

OutdoorLads is very pleased to be able to offer a very limited number of FREE places on Mountain Training Hill and Mountain Skills courses held in the Peak District and Snowdonia. There will be a number of courses running over the winter:

• Mountain Training - Hill Skills Weekend (Peak District) January 2022
• Mountain Training - Hill Skills Weekend (Peak District) February 2022
• Mountain Training - Mountain Skills Weekend (Snowdonia) March 2022

The Hill Skills course from Mountain Training is your key to getting started in countryside and moorland walking. No previous hill walking experience is required because the content of the course is aimed at beginners. If you do have some experience of hill walking but aren’t confident about planning walks, navigating and understanding the equipment required, then the Hill Skills course is an ideal way to learn.

These courses are particularly useful to those interested in going on to become OutdoorLads walk leaders (however this is not a leadership course but one designed to improve your personal hill skills).

Delivered by qualified and experienced mountain professionals, the course is nationally accredited and developed with Mountain Training, the awarding body for qualifications in walking, climbing and mountaineering.

Courses takes place entirely outdoors and cover a range of topics including what clothes you should wear, what equipment you should carry with you, how to plan your day out, what routes you can take, understanding the weather, how to navigate using paper and digital mapping and dealing with emergencies in the outdoors. Experienced instructors will share their knowledge with you and answer any questions you have about exploring the hills and mountains of the UK.

If you already have some outdoor experience and are looking to push yourself then you might be more interested in our Mountain Skills course in March. If you're not sure which of the Hill Skills or Mountain Skills weekends best suits, please drop the event leader a message.

The course will run from 9am to 4pm on both Saturday and Sunday and you must attend both days in full to be eligible for the award. There is small course fee of £10 that will need paying to the event leader on the weekend (OutdoorLads will cover this cost for active leaders - please drop a note to support@outdoorlads.com if you'd like us to pay this for you.) 

This course will be led by an OutdoorLads Leader and run jointly with his own outdoor business so there will be non-ODL members on the course with you. Places are very limited to please only sign up if you're certain you're able to attend.

If you're not local to the Peak District you'll need to arrange your own accommodation nearby.

You can find out more about the course and a full syllabus at www.mountainxperience.uk/activities/hill-skills/

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COVID-19 – IMPORTANT, Please read the following before you sign up to this event:

• Anyone with COVID-19 symptoms, even if they are extremely mild, or who lives or is in a support bubble with someone showing symptoms, is asked not to attend. This is in line with the government’s coronavirus advice.
• You must also immediately self-isolate and not attend the event if you or someone in your household or support bubble shows coronavirus symptoms or tests positive. Read the NHS self-isolation guidance.
• OutdoorLads strongly encourages all attendees to take a rapid lateral flow test immediately prior to attending an event. This will help to keep everyone safe. Order free Rapid Lateral Flow Tests.