Organised weekends of led groups and peer group workshops provide opportunities to learn and practise skills including:
- Poor visibility/night navigation
- Rock climbing
- Scrambling
- High camping/bivvying
- Winter skills
Attending a weekend meet
All our weekend meets are organised by club members. We aim to publicise them well in advance by emailing all our members. If you want to know more, please contact us using the button on the left of your screen.
Outline plan for meets in 2019:
- 18th-20th January – winter skills refresher with instructor in Snowdonia
- 21st-24th February – winter hill walking and mountaineering to Grade I in Scotland
- March – tbc
- April – tbc
- 25th – 27th May – wild camping and hill walking in eastern Cairngorms
- June – Yorkshire Dales – hill walking, navigation plus one day rock climbing
- July – Grade 2/3 scrambling in the Lake District
- September – bushcraft/foraging in north east England
- October – hill walking and night navigation
- November – AGM multi-activity weekend in the White Peak.
Meets tend to include hill walking and navigation unless otherwise specified. Scrambling and rock climbing are also an option on some meets, depending on participants and weather.
Reports from previous meets:
- Oct 17 – scrambling in North Wales
- Feb 17 – winter walking at Inchree, Scotland
- Mar 17 – snowshoeing course in the Alps
- Mar 17 – micro-navigation in Snowdonia
- May 17 – backpacking and wild camping in Scotland
- Jun 17 – hill walking and navigation in the Yorkshire Dales
- Jul 17 – scrambling in the Lake District
- Nov 17 – AGM weekend in the Peak District
- Jun 18 – climbing and walking in the Yorkshire Dales
- Jul 18 – Lake District
- Nov 18 – White Peak
Other meets in 2018:
- 26th-28th January – weekend based at Braithwaite, near Keswick
- 23rd-25th February – winter mountaineering near Fort William
- 16th-18th March – advanced scrambling with Rusty Bale, Snowdonia
- 13th-15th April – navigation challenge based at Lake Coniston
- 25th-28th May – weekend at remote Glen Affric Youth Hostel, Scotland
- 19th-21st October – hill walking and night navigation from Skiddaw House, Lakes
