• 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.
Cork, Wicklow, Connemara, Clifden, Leenaun, Co. Galway or other areas on request
Cost:

-  non-residential 145 euro

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

Dates: Available on request, please contact us.

 

2010:

27 & 28 March, Wicklow

10 & 11 April, Kerry

24 & 25 April, Kerry

8 & 9 May, Galway

15 & 16 May, Kerry

26 & 27 June, Kerry

24 & 25 July, Kerry

21 & 22 Aug, 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)