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ANCRUM MOUNTAINEERING CLUB Safety on the hills updated 20 November 2008 This information is split into courses, then sites offering information or tutorials. |
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| Winter Skills Courses at Glenmore Lodge | Discounted courses organised along with the MC of S. Great value for money. Training by experts. | |
| CNDo - Walking holidays and outdoor courses | Downloadable brochure . They do various skills courses. Ask Susan Beech or Davie Milne. | |
| Ancrum Outdoor Education Centre | Based at Ancrum Road, Dundee. Offer many affordable courses and also hire gear. Navigation courses. Downloadable brochure | |
| Alan Crichton Mountain Skills | Mountain skills courses. Alan is based in Aberdeen | |
| Glenmore Lodge | GLENMORE LODGE is Scotland's National Outdoor Training Centre located in the heart of Cairngorms National Park. Learn, develop or qualify in an adventure sport of your choice. Our goal is to inspire adventure by teaching beginners, coaching intermediate/advanced and delivering training and assessment courses for leaders and instructors. Also has accomodation. | |
| Highlander Mountaineering | Well known guide Pete Hill offers a range of courses | |
| Information & tutorials | ||
| Map reading - ordnance survey | A downloadable pdf file that explains how to read a map. Aimed at kids, but still very useful. | |
| More map reading guides from the OS | Three more OS map reading guides. An overview, basic and advanced. | |
| Some basic information on how to navigate from ScottishSport | ||
| Tayside Mountain Rescue | Has
information on safety including a routecard |
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The definitive avalanche information service for Scotland. | |
| Mountaineering Council of Scotland Information Leaflets | Some of the
leaflets are on their website. Have a look. Lots of useful training information
and other resources. |
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| Information on descending from Ben Nevis | Vital
information if descending from Ben Nevis in bad weather. Worth printing
out and keeping with your map. |
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