Training Events
This page lists future training events in the UK and further afield.
The Club encourages members to develop skills and experience necessary to progress to safe independent touring. To help develop the skills needed for safe and enjoyable touring, we offer a range of training courses both in the UK and abroad. These are intended not just for novices, but also to provide continuous development for more experienced tourers. Some courses are directly subsidised by the club, while awards are available (mainly targeting members under 35), to cover some of the costs of others. The annual Club touring programme and Scottish meets programme include a wide range of training courses, including introduction to ski touring and development of off-piste skiing skiils.
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Training events are also promoted through our newsletter and social media channels, particularly our Facebook page for members. In addition to training courses and events, we also have training videos and resources available on our Training Videos and Resources page.
Club members are also eligible for the full range of subsidised Mountaineering Scotland courses that cover navigation, winter skills, avalanche awareness and snowsports touring.
| Dates | Title | Organiser | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basics of avalanche transceiver use | Paul Cooper | Available | Morning session: 09:30-12:30 with Ken Marsden. Learn the skills to conduct a companion rescue for a single buried victim. | |
| Basics of avalanche transceiver use | Paul Cooper | Available | Afternoon session: 14:00-17:00 with Ken Marsden. Learn the skills to conduct a companion rescue for a single buried victim. | |
| Mountain navigation on a mobile phone | Paul Cooper | Available | Full day session 09:30 - 17:00 with Rick Shearer IFMGA. Use of OutdoorActive for basic and advanced navigation scenarios. | |
| Basics of mountain first aid | Paul Cooper | Full | Morning session: 09:30 - 12:30 with Glynne Andrew. Learn how to assess an injured person, basics of airway management and resuscitation, and assess limb injuries and fractures, and splinting techniques, including improvisation. | |
| Basics of mountain first aid | Paul Cooper | Full | Afternoon session: 14:00 - 17:00 with Glynne Andrew. Learn how to assess an injured person, basics of airway management and resuscitation, and assess limb injuries and fractures, and splinting techniques, including improvisation. | |
| Ropework: fundamentals | Paul Cooper | Full | Morning session 09:30 - 12:30 with James Thacker IFMGA. Basic ski-touring ropework including glacial crossing. | |
| Ropework: advanced | Paul Cooper | Full | Afternoon session 14:00 - 1700 with James Thacker IFMGA. Advanced ropework techniques, including use of pulley systems. Working with helicopters on glaciers. | |
| Mountain navigation on a mobile phone | Paul Cooper | Available | Full day session 09:30 - 17:00 with Rick Shearer. Use of OutdoorActive for basic and advanced navigation scenarios. | |
| Advanced avalanche transceiver use | Paul Cooper | 1 Place Left | Morning session with Ken Marsden. This workshop is for those who are already experienced transceiver users, or who attended the basic course the previous day. | |
| Advanced limb trauma assessment | Paul Cooper | Full | Morning session with Glynne Andrew 09:30 - 12:30. This workshop is based on the training that he gives to MRT members, and will cover lower limb injuries in skiing, how to assess fractures and joint disclocations, and how to manage these. |