SUMMER Mountain Leader: TRAINING

Once you have completed a Mountain Leader training course, or in fact any of Mountain Training's award scheme training courses, it is valid forever. However we would counsel against leaving things too long as things do change ever so slightly and the longer you leave things the more ‘rusty’ you may become. As a rough guide most folk will leave 12 to 18 months between training and assessment depending on their level of experience when they completed their training and the amount of time and level of commitment they can afford during the consolidation period.

Below are the bare minimum figures in terms of experience. Candidates who pass first time usually have experience in excess of the bare minimum. Mountain Leader Training – 20 quality mountain days Mountain Leader Assessment – 40 quality mountain days in at least three different mountain areas of the UK and 8 nights camping, 4 of which should be wild camping

The Mountain Leader award is a UK-based award and as such we expect some experience in the UK/Ireland. However, up to half the required minimum experience can be days undertaken overseas, PROVIDED THAT those days are comparable, in terms of terrain and weather conditions, to those found in the UK. So for example, Alpine routes are out, GR routes with way markers are out, but the Falkland Islands and some parts of Iceland (not the glaciated parts) are in. Overseas glacier travel and winter days on snow and ice are also out.