• Syllabus for Mountain Skills
• Mountain Skills 2 Dates, prices and course information
• Mountain Skills Assessment: Dates, prices and course information

Location: Dingle, Killarney, Co. Kerry.
Connemara, Clifden, Leenaun, Co. Galway or other areas on request
Cost:

-  non-residential 135 euro 2008, 145 euro 2009 

-  residential 185 euro (1 night) 225 euro (2 nights) per person sharing.

Dates: Available on request, please contact us.

 

2008:

19 & 20 July Killarney, Co Kerry
29 & 30 August Dingle, Co Kerry
13 & 14 September Killarney, Co Kerry
27 & 28 September Clifden, Co Galway
11 & 12 October Dingle, Co Kerry
1 & 2 November Dingle, Co Kerry
6 & 7 December Killarney, Co. Kerry

 

2009:

10 & 11 January Dingle, Co Kerry
24 & 25 January Clifden, Co Galway
7 & 8 February Killarney, Co Kerry

 

To book on any of these courses or check availability please contact us

Day 1
Introduction to scheme
Talk: Map, suitability of OS maps (1 hour)
Walk: Conventional signs, introduction to map setting, contours, feature recognition and distance measurement, terminology, simple navigation techniques (5-6 hours)
Talk: Mountain hazards (1 hour)
Talk: Personal equipment (1 hour)
Talk: Depiction of relief (1 hour)
Day 2
Talk: Naismith’s Formula (1 hour)
Walk: Navigation, timing, pacing (5 hours) Debrief: (30 minutes)