GLSW Mountaineering: Courses

MOUNTAIN SKILLS WEEKENDS

Course Details

2008 Mountain Skills Weekends:
Sunday 3rd February 2008 (pre-meet)
Friday 8th to Sunday 10th February 2008 (North Wales)

Sunday 27th April 2008 (pre-meet)
Friday 9th to Sunday 11th May 2008 (North Wales)

Pictures from the February 2006 course.

Course organiser: .

These weekends will be run by GLSW and the Surrey Scout County, and are open to all Scout Association members over the age of 16; they will be run from the GLSW County Activity Centre (Yr Hen Neuadd) in Bethesda on the edge of Snowdonia National Park, North Wales. Participants are expected to have a general interest in mountaineering and ideally would have been involved in expeditions into the hills.

The programme structure is flexible and will depend upon the skills training required by the participants themselves, it is hoped this will be fully discussed and covered at the pre-meet (as such please ensure that the relevant form section is fully completed so as to let us know what you want from the weekend).

Suitable for those with no previous experience up to those wanting to start taking an active role as a mountain leader.

For those that have attended a national qualification training course, authorisation assessment for the scout authorisation scheme can also be taken over the weekend (terrains one and two). Notification must be given when the application form is returned, and the authorisation form (code FS120416) must be completed and returned prior to the pre-meet. This requirement is to ensure that the applicant is properly briefed by the assessor and arrives prepared.

The pre-meet mornings will be spent covering navigation techniques, equipment, risk assessment and other relevant matters. The Scout Association's hill walking authorisation scheme will also be covered. Route plans will be completed for the following weekend and transport to Bethesda on the following Friday (leaving afternoon/early evening, returning Sunday evening) will also be arranged. Coffee will be served during the morning.

The cost of the weekend is £60, cheques should be made payable to G.L.S.W. Scout Training Account. Applicants are advised to enquire at once of their D.C. regarding the availability of grant aid, payment of grant aid may be dependent upon submitting an application prior to the weekend.

Applications should be made on the attached form; places will be allocated on a first come first served basis. Please enclose a stamped addressed envelope for your booking confirmation, which will include a location map for the pre-meet.

Please note that weekends in the mountains can be physically demanding, participants should be fit enough to sustain and enjoy a full programme, this would be particularly relevant to the February weekend.

Contact , course organiser, if you have any questions.

Documents for 2007 courses:

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Application form:
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