Hill & Mountain Skills

Mountain Training (the National Governing Body of mountain leadership and instructing in the UK) administer and quality control 2 courses called Hill Skills and Mountain Skills. These courses are ‘personal proficiency’ courses, designed to equip participants with the skills needed to pursue their own hill and mountain walking.

Lupine Adventure Co-op has delivered these courses since their launch in 2014. In this time we have run  33 courses, and trained 167 successful participants. Some of these have been open courses and some have been for schools and university societies.

Mountain Skills Course

The Mountain Skills course is an ideal choice for walkers interested in applying their countryside walking skills to the mountain environment. Ideally, participants would have done some basic hill walking previously and have a reasonable level of fitness. The syllabus covers map and compass work, mountain weather forecasting, movement through steep ground, planning and preparation, emergency procedures, seasonal effects and the mountain environment. The course is run over 2 days in the main high mountain areas of the UK and Ireland. The minimum age for participants is 10 and there is no need to have extensive mountain walking experience. This course could be ideal to some as a precursor to taking the Mountain Leader Award.

We are able to run Mountain Skills courses for groups on dates to suit you. Please contact us for a quote.

Pointing at maps on a Mountain Skills course
Pointing at maps on a Mountain Skills course
UEA students on Hill Skills
UEA students on Hill Skills
Dungeon Ghyll on Mountain Skills
Dungeon Ghyll on Mountain Skills
Steep Ground on Mountain Skills
Steep Ground on Mountain Skills

Hill Skills Course

The Hill Skills course is aimed at the novice hill walker. The syllabus covers the planning of walks, the use of a map, the equipment required, the effects of weather, how to deal with emergencies and gain a valuable understanding of the upland environment. This course takes place in countryside and moorland areas where the skills will be transferable to many popular walking areas of the UK and Ireland. Again the course is 2 days long and is open to anyone aged 12 and over.

We are able to run Hill Skills courses for groups on dates to suit you, Please contact us for a quote.

Otherwise we do occasionally put on open courses and list the dates below.


Hill Skills Course Dates

We are not currently advertising dates for this year.

Client Testimonials

For a solo hiker used to their own company I was pleased to find I was made welcome by the instructor and the group even though my pace over steep ground was slower than the rest of the group. Normally I would avoid group things like this course but I left thinking maybe I would do another more advanced navigation course.

Great time with Andy good to get some feed back before going for my ML thanks a million, Really relaxed and easy going which made everyone feel comfortable … Will be recommending