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Ski Touring 

Ski touring and backcountry skiing 

Skiing in Scotland is skiings best kept secret on a good day you can ski fantastic untracked snow with no one around. Ski touring is the next step, Atlas Mountaineering will teach you how to affectively choose a destination, a route and how to do it. Everything from avalanche safety to putting your skins on properly, we've got you covered. 
Don't worry if you don't have ski touring equipment just now, if you want to just try it, or you are traveling and don't fancy carrying your skis around, Ellis Brigham's in Fort William and Aviemore have a great stock of high quality hire kit to get you going. 

What you might need for the day 

Please click on the icon below for the downloadable ​kit list.
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What the course will include 

Firstly you can decide whether you would just like to be guided and have a great day out or have an introduction to ski touring.
A typical teaching course may include
  • Touring equipment set up, pros and cons of different kit.
  • Safety equipment (map, compass, transceiver, probe shovel, ice axe etc)
  • safe route planing, navigation, avalanche avoidance
  • Skinning technique
  • transition from uphill to down.
  • avalanche search, digging techniques, emergency shelters

Ski equipment 

Please feel free to bring your own ski touring kit, but don't worry if you don't have any yet and you would just like to try it out. 
Ski touring equipment including transceiver, shovel and probe is available to rent at our brand partners, Ellis Brighams in both Fort William and Aviemore from just £35.00  

We would love to have you visit soon!


Hours

All day every day

Telephone

+447446191098

Email

climb@atlasmountaineering.com
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  • Home
  • Climb Ben Nevis
    • Ben Nevis winter walk
    • Walking The Wild Side
  • Contact us
    • About us
  • Writing
  • UK trips
    • summer >
      • Via Ferrata Scotland
      • Walking and Mountaineering
      • Climbing
      • Mountain Biking
    • Winter >
      • Winter walking and mountaineering >
        • The North Face of Ben Nevis
        • Bare Essentials one day winter skills
        • Carn Mor Dearg arete in Winter
        • Two day winter skills experience
        • Winter walking introduction
        • Introduction to winter mountaineering
      • Winter climbing >
        • Three ridges three days
        • Ben Nevis big three
        • Five day Scottish winter master class
        • Classic ice climbs
        • Mixed master experience
      • Ski touring
  • International trips
    • Jbel Toubkal
    • Spanish rock
    • Mt. Kenya