Indoor Training Centre, Ullswater

At Distant Horizons UK Ltd we are currently having a brand new training centre being built at our headquarters in Watermillock, Ullswater. The centre will be 6m high with extensive space, walls, platforms and steel work with fitted Petzl bolts to offer the perfect indoor training centre that offers climbing, abseiling, Via Ferrata, tyrolean traverses and dry tooling as well as archery and a range of team building exercises.

The opening date is October 2010 and we will be offering a number of technical training courses and sessions in the following areas:

Indoor climbing - top rope and leading
SPA Training courses in conjunction with www.adventures.org.uk
Bouldering
Abseiling
Ropework courses including knots, belaying, anchors, escaping the system, tyrolean set up, hoisting and hauling
Crevasse ropework including hoisting and pulley systems, redirects, self rescue and prussiking
Expedition preparation including fixed line ascending techniques
Big wall techniques including aid climbing ropework, hauling and portaledge handling and set up
Dry tooling skills and techniques
SRT ropework skills for cavers
Team building exercises and training for groups and organisations
Training venue hire.

All equipment is provided at our new training center including rock climbing shoes, harnesses, ropes, helmets, leashless axes, crampons, full SRT kits. Distant Horizons will be shortly advertising the full list of courses we will be running from October 2010. If you are a group looking for a particular area of training then please give us a call to discuss your ideas.

We will also be taking short notice bookings from groups who are in the Ullswater area (subject to availability) to provide 'wet weather' alternatives! If you have any questions on our new center please ring the Distant Horizons office on 017684 86465 or 017684 81101