WMF – Winter Mountaineering Foundation

January 2022

In Winter this year the team completed the Winter Mountaineering Foundation course. This was a challenging 5 days of training in the beautiful Cairngorms. It blended academic theory with practical applications on the mountainside, with the aim of learning survival techniques in harsh conditions. The team spent 3 days on technical day expeditions, spending time practicing skills ranging from map reading to ice axe arrests to digging snow holes. This culminated in a two day expedition bivouacking out in the stunning Glen Feshie.  

Quite apart from the technical skills aspects, the most important learning point for the team was how to look out for each other in challenging physical and mental conditions and in all weathers, promoting that camaraderie and team problem solving that will be so important on the ice.