Tours
The club aims to provide two tours a year, one during winter and one in the summer, for you to expand upon and improve your mountaineering skills. These weeks are, without a doubt, the highlight of our year.
Winter Tour
Each year at the end of December or start of January, the club organises a trip to the Scottish Highlands for some beginner friendly winter mountaineering. This is an excellent week to get away with the club. Winter walking in the Scottish Highlands is truly special and an experience you really do not want to miss!
Previous winter mountaineering experience is not necessary to come on the trip. However, we do require all first time participants to attend the skillz for the hillz sessions in term 1, in which we’ll cover some basic navigation, winter skills, decision making and more. Those who have not been on tour before will also have to demonstrate they are a competent mountaineer and navigator before gaining a place. This may sound intimidating, but don’t let this put you off, we can help you develop your skills before hand!
Additionally, if this is your first taste of winter mountaineering then you will need to take a beginners' course on the first day of the week. This course will be arranged by the Tour Sec and provided by a professional instructor. For more experienced members there will be the option to do an intermediate and an advanced course.
Finally, the week is of slightly different structure to our usual trips, as there are no walk leaders, so with the exception of the courses at the beginning of the trip, the week is yours to do what you please!
Click here for a general Scotland Tour kit list!
Please email the current tour sec if you would be interested in driving on winter tour, or have any other tour related questions!
Summer Tour
Near the start of the summer holidays, the club organises a trip usually to the Scottish Highlands. This is a great opportunity to do some summer walks outside of the clubs’ usual weekend trip locations.
We require all first time participants to attend the skillz for the hillz sessions in term 3, these are similar to the ones held in term 1 but leave out the winter aspects, focusing mainly on basic navigation skills (not needed if you have been on winter tour). Those who have not been on tour before will also have to demonstrate they are a competent mountaineer and navigator before gaining a place. This may sound intimidating, but don’t let this put you off, we can help you develop your skills beforehand!
Much like winter tour, the week is of slightly different structure to our usual trips, as there are no walk leaders, so the week is yours to do what you please! More details about this year’s summer tour will come in term 2.