A Mountain Skills course is a great way to learn the essential skills you will need to enjoy the mountains in the UK safely. Whether you'd like to feel more confident using a map, you have ambitions to climb Everest or become a Mountain Leader, a Mountain Skills course is a great first step.
This is a Progression into more mountainous terrain from the Hill Skills and a reasonable level of fitness is recommended for this course as it will take place in higher terrain, with 5-6 hours spent on the hill and the potential for an evening session included as well. Attendence of a Hill Skills course or 10 loggen Mountain Days are a pre requisite for this course. All of our Skills Courses will be ran by our Mountain Training Scotland approved tutor team.

Courses include:

• A navigational timing card
• A certificate of attendance for completing each course
• Lifetime use of our digital logbook (DLOG) for recording your mountain walking
• Participants get 15% off at Cotswold Outdoor and Snow+Rock, in store and online. Ask the course provider for the discount details.

Candidates purchasing at the Membership price will be contacted and a scouting membership number requested to ensure discount elegibility. 
Please note: This is not the Mountain Leader Award