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Mountain Leader Summer Training

Mountain Leader Summer Training

The Mountain Leader Award is a nationally accredited scheme from Mountain Training that is designed to train and assess those who want to lead groups on mountains throughout the British Isles in summer conditions. The award has two parts: training and assessment, there is a consolidation period between the two. In exceptional circumstances it is possible to be exempt from the training course.

Pre requisites

Before booking a course you must meet the following pre requirements:

  • You must be at least 18 years old
  • You should have at least a year’s worth of experience of mountain walking and have logged 20 quality mountain days (on paper)or on DLog
  • You should have an interest in taking others out in the mountains
  • You must be a member of a mountaineering council: BMC, Mountaineering Scotland or Mountaineering Ireland (you can join one when you register if you're not already a member)

The Syllabus

The Mountain Leader Award training covers the following subjects:

  • Group management
  • Navigation
  • Access and the environment
  • Hazards (including steep ground and rivers) and emergency procedures
  • Equipment
  • Expedition skills
  • Weather
  • Background knowledge

 
The training courses take place over 6 days, and has two oprions; residential or can be attended daily, but please note that there are evening lectures up to 8pm each night.

 What do I do next?

Join a mountaineering council; so that will be either the BMC, Mountaineering Scotland, or Mountaineering Ireland.

You must then register for this award with Mountain Training before you can take part in the training course.
Registration costs £49 – payable to Mountain Training upon registering. This gives you access to the DLOG online logbook, and a copy of the British Mountaineering Council’s ‘Safety on Mountains’ booklet. You must then personally undertake and log an absolute minimum of 20 varied walks in mountain terrain, these are called “Quality Mountain Days!” You will then be eligible to attend the Mountain Leader Award training course.

There are accompanying information notes to explain more about the course which will come to you once you have made an enquiry.

Please do not book onto this course without the prerequisites. If you have any problems doing this please give our Course Director Julie Cunningham a call on 07884242589 and she can sort out any queries.

   


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