WINTER SKILLS AND GUIDED WINTER WALKING

A Winter Mountain Leader, International Mountain Leader and Team Doctor for Scottish Mountain Rescue. She has been lucky enough to travel the globe leading expeditions over the past 12 years, with the remote arctic mountains of Norway, Greenland and Alaska being her favourite destinations.

Chair of the Scottish Mountain Rescue avalanche training group, Bill has over 30 years mountaineering experience. A Winter Mountain Leader, he is a Munro Compleatist and has skied, climbed and walked in many of the high ranges across the globe with multiple visits to the Himalaya and Alps.

John is an experienced mountaineer, Summer and Winter Mountain Leader (ML) and Rock Climbing Instructor who has been hillwalking, scrambling and climbing throughout the mountains of the UK his whole life. He’s now on his 3rd round of the Munros!

I moved to Scotland from south of the border to pursue the dream of having the mountains as my office. I have a passion for anything outdoors from bush craft and the natural environment to mountaineering and winter climbing. In a previous life I worked in Recruitment and Sales before having a eureka moment and deciding to qualify as a Summer Mountain Leader, Winter Mountain Leader and Climbing Wall Instructor and haven’t looked back since! I work both nationally and internationally with adults and young people helping enthuse, inspire and impart skills that I’ve learned along the way.

George is Perthshire based, and has a lifelong interest in the outdoors . He has been mountaineering for over 20 years, and after training as a Mountain Leader with the Royal Marines, has gained over a decade of experience teaching various aspects of mountaineering, navigating, climbing, ice climbing and cold weather survival skills. George has been fortunate to have had the opportunity to instruct in a variety of inspiring environments, including the Swiss Alps, Albanian Mountains, American Rockies, The United Arab Emirates, Arctic Norway, Cornish sea cliffs, Welsh mountains, and in numerous locations throughout Scotland. Since leaving the Royal Marines George is now working as a mountain guide both in the UK and overseas working in places such as Nepal, Greenland and Sweden.

Iain is a Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor and a Winter Mountain Leader based in Inverness. This gives him a great base to travel throughout the Highlands for work and play and to get to fully enjoy the remoteness and ruggedness of the many mountainous areas. Whether on the rocky peaks of the Skye Cuillin on a warm sunny day, or the rolling expanse of the Cairngorm plateau in a winter blizzard, Iain has a passion for the mountains and feels privileged to be able to introduce and share these experiences with others.

Following a short career as an international rower, Lauren swapped life on the water for the wilderness of the Scottish mountains and never looked back. She has walked, run, and climbed extensively across Scotland in both summer and winter and is always on the lookout for a new challenge. As well as being a qualified Summer and Winter Mountain Leader, Lauren has a PhD in Geology - so if you ask her about the rocks while out in the hills, be prepared for a story!