Winter Skills in the Lake District
The Lake District can offer fantastic winter conditions, ideal for learning new winter skills and techniques. The mountains in winter present a whole new set of challenges and hazards. We offer a wide range of winter skills training sessions for people looking to learn new skills or improve existing ones.
Having a solid set of foundation skills enables the mountain walker to venture into the winter environment and make choices and decisions to stay safe.
We offer training in:
- Winter navigation skills
- Ice axe and crampon techniques
- Belaying and winter ropework
- Winter weather appreciation and understanding
- Snowpack & avalanche evaluation
- Emergency shelters
- Emergency procedures
We will design and create courses for groups (minimum 4) to suit experience and requirements. Due to the unreliable winter conditions sometimes found in the UK we are happy to take short notice bookings when the conditions are ideal. Please ask about staying at our Lakeland Lodge that sleeps up to 6 in Watermillock, Ullswater, ideally situated for great access onto the Helvellyn range. To discuss your requirements or for more details contact our office on 017684 86465 or 017684 81101
To compliment our winter operations our brand new training centre at our business location by Watermillock, Ullswater will be opening in May 2010 for business. Within our training centre will be 6 drytooling routes, 3 of which crampons can be used so don't worry too much if conditions within the Lakes are not up to much - just give us a ring to book a session at our purpose built centre.
A range of drytooling axes are available to use free of charge including Grivel 'Monsters', Petzl/Charlet 'Nomics'/'Quarks' and also Black Diamond 'Fusions' *Winter Skills Days in the Lake District - January to March 2010* - due to the excellent conditions that the Lake District is experiencing Distant Horizons at a moment's notice can offer winter skills, climbing and activity days in the Lake District.
We are offering a special price of £75 per person (minimum 2 people) and this includes all equipment, instruction, hot drinks and snacks. Using our Land Rover from our base at Watermillock, Ullswater we are able to access many venues easily that are otherwise not possible for cars. Give us a ring today to book a day out with a highly experienced winter mountain instructor.
