What Should You Expect On Your Mountain Leader Course?
/WRITTEN by ANNE ENSOLL
If you’re anything like me, you like to know what you’re signing up for when you choose a course. Gathering information about what will be expected of me takes a lot of the stress out of a new challenge. In a previous post we talked about what to expect on a Mountain Leader training course - that post included photos from one training course, but it didn’t show every element of the course. In this post we show you what you can expect to do on each day of a training or assessment course.
Photo credit: Christophe Laseur
General mountain day
group management
navigation (ground to map & map to ground)
personal movement skills
mountain weather talk for training candidates, mountain weather question paper for assessment candidates
Photo credit: Christophe Laseur
Steep ground day
picking lines
spotting
briefings
group management
confidence roping
emergency use of rope
access and conservation talk for training candidates, general mountain question paper for assessment candidates
Photo credit: Val Kozlov
Photo credit: Tom Reader
Photo credit: Martin Paley
Bits & bobs day (training course only)
route planning & route cards
search & rescue
emergency procedures & improvised stretchers
remote supervision
dealing with water hazards
Photo credit: Christophe Laseur
Photo credit: Christophe Laseur
Photo credit: Val Kozlov
Photo credit: Stuart Smith
Three-day two-night expedition
journeying in the mountains
day into night navigation
poor visibility navigation
leadership
wild camping
Photo credit: Val Kozlov
Debriefs, course review & action planning
Want to know more?
Check out the Mountain Leader section on our website. Course dates can be found on the calendar. And, as always, if you have any questions, give us a ring on 07775 630 488 or send us an email to info@chrisensoll.com
