Mountain Leader Training Summer
  • Plas y Brenin
  • 6 Days
  • 6 People to 1 instructor

Mountain Leader Training Summer

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Overview

The Mountain Leader scheme is designed by Mountain Training for you if you want to lead groups in the mountains, hills and moorlands of the UK and Ireland. Mountain Leaders operate the length and breadth of the country with all sorts of groups of people. The qualification is what you make of it, and there are countless opportunities for passionate Mountain Leaders. If you love being out in the mountains and want to share your enthusiasm with others, become a Mountain Leader and you’ll never look back. We create a positive learning environment and aim for everyone to have fun, feel relaxed and learn loads.

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The Objectives

Opportunity and Competence: The Mountain Leader scheme offers the opportunity to gain technical competence in leading walkers in the hills and mountains. It is the combination of technical skills, wide experience and personal leadership qualities, which form the basis for effective group management, and the scheme assesses all of these aspects. Values and Conservation: Mountains mean freedom, adventure, beauty, and solitude. Therefore, whilst fostering a love of the hills in others, group leaders should show appreciation for the needs of all hill users, rural communities, and upland habitats and encourage an understanding of the problems of mountain conservation and access. Training and Syllabus: You’ll cover the skills on the Mountain Leader syllabus, after which you can go for a period of consolidation before your Mountain Leader assessment. Practical Experience in Snowdonia: You’ll have 6 days of practical and theory learning from our base in the stunning Snowdonia landscape, including a wild camp in the mountains. Preparation and Action Plan: To develop an action plan for your consolidation period and help you to prepare for your Mountain Leader assessment.

Itinerary

* Please note: Itinerary is subject to weather and availability.

You’ll cover all the practical skills and techniques you need to guide groups hill walking and camping in the mountains of the UK and Ireland. We’ll take you through; aspects of navigation, group management, supervision on steep ground, risk assessment and emergency use of the rope. Consideration of the weather, mountain rescue, the environment and other related topics will also be covered. Obviously we spend most of our time the mountains of Eryri (Snowdonia), but we’ll make use of our excellent classroom facilities to cover some parts of the syllabus. Some evenings we’ll have a session with a cup of tea from 5.30 but we keep these to a minimum to give you a chance to relax. We also go camping for one evening where we’ll go out into the dark to practice low visibility navigation.

Experience Required

To get started on the Mountain Leader qualification you need to meet the following prerequisites: You must be at least 18 years old You should have at least a year’s worth of experience of mountain walking You should have an interest in leading groups in the mountains You must be a member of a mountaineering council: BMC, Mountaineering Scotland or Mountaineering Ireland (you can join one when you register if you’re not already a member) Be registered for the Qualification with Mountain Training You must have recorded a minimum of 20 Quality Mountain Days (ideally on DLOG) which can have taken place at any point (pre- or post-registration)

Join us for your Mountain Leader Training. Our team has years of experience and we deliver enjoyable, high quality courses from our lovely centre in the heart of the mountains.

Available Course Dates

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Course Start Date
Duration
Cost*
Course Start Date
11th July, 2026
Duration
6 Days
Cost*
Non-Residential:
£490.00
Residential:
£910.00
Course Start Date
22nd August, 2026
Duration
6 Days
Cost*
Non-Residential:
£490.00
Course Start Date
5th September, 2026
Duration
6 Days
Cost*
Non-Residential:
£490.00
Residential:
£910.00

*If your course is based at Plas Y Brenin, Capel Curig, residential prices include catering from the morning of your course start date and cover the duration of your course, accommodation starts on the night before your course commences to the morning of the last day of your booking.

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