James Thacker Mountaineering offers a variety of winter climbing courses to cater for the enthusiastic beginner as well as regular winter climbers who wish to push their grade with some coaching.

Our winter climbing courses are all held in the Scottish Highlands. This world famous region offers a vast variety of mountain terrain on which many British mountaineers have learnt their craft. We choose to base our courses on the west coast of Lochaber, this area includes Glen Coe, Ben Nevis and the outdoor capital of Scotland - Fort William.

Please note that all our Scottish winter courses require summer hillwalking experience and a good level of fitness. Mountain days in Scotland can be a long but worthwhile experience. This year we will be operating courses with fixed dates. In addition however, we are also available for other dates and bespoke courses in order to make the most of the prevailing conditions.

Intro Winter Climbing:

This introductory course is aimed at those who have some experience of summer climbing/mountaineering and wish to make the transition to climbing in Scotland in winter. This course aims to get you climbing confidently while teaching the essential skills of ropework, belaying, and movement on snow, ice and mixed ground. In addition we would hope to take in some of Scotlands finest routes.

Duration: 2 days Ratio: 1:2 Location: Lochaber Price: £160 per person Dates: contact us.

Advanced Winter Climbing:

This course is aimed at those who wish to progress to climbing steeper routes of grade IV and V. Again the emphasis will be to get you climbing confidently while teaching the essential skills of ropework, belays, and movement on steeper ice and mixed ground. As such we would hope to take in some of Scotlands finest routes at this grade.

Duration: Flexible Ratio: 1:2 Location: Lochaber/Glen Coe Price: £180 per day

See also >Winter Skills and >Guiding

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