Calendar

We update the calendar several times a week, but if the date you're looking for isn't listed, it is worth sending us an email to double check. 

CLIMBING & MOUNTAINEERING IN THE LAKE DISTRICT and TECHNICAL ADVICE
The following dates show Chris’s availability. If you’re interested in a date not shown here, please ask as we may have a freelance instructor available.
September 2025 : no availability
October 2025 : 15th, 28th-30th
November 2025 : 1st, 14th, 18th-21st
December 2025 : no availability
January 2026 : 8th-22nd
February 2026 : 18th-20th
March 2026 : 24th-27th, 30th
April 2026 : 1st-3rd, 13th-30th
May 2026 : 1st, 25th-29th
June 2026 : 2nd-4th, 15th-23rd
July 2026 : 30th-31st
August 2026 : 4th-7th, 11th-15th, 18th-31st
Please ask if you are looking for dates after this.

MOUNTAIN LEADER COURSES
Training courses
November 3rd-8th 2025 - places available
March 23rd-28th 2026 - places available
May 4th-9th 2026 - places available
August 17th-22nd 2026 - places available
September 7th-12th 2026 - places available
November 9th-14th 2026 - places available
Assessment courses
October 13th-17th 2025 - fully booked
April 6th-10th 2026 - places available
June 1st-5th 2026 - places available
August 3rd-7th 2026 - places available
October 12th-16th 2026 - places available

ROCK CLIMBING INSTRUCTOR COURSES
Training courses
April 22nd-24th 2026 - places available
September 15th-17th 2026 - places available
Assessment courses
November 6th-7th 2025 - places available
February 19th-20th 2026 - places available
August 11th-12th 2026 - places available
October 19th-20th 2026 - places available
Other dates may be available - we only need two people to run these courses, so if you would like an alternative date, please ask.

MASTERCLASSES
If you’re looking for a particular Masterclass and the dates below don’t work for you, please get in touch - we can often put on extra dates.
Scrambling Masterclass
September 15th 2025 - places available
June 16th 2026 - places available
Movement Masterclass
September 16th 2025 - places available
March 16th 2026 - places available
June 9th 2026 - places available
September 2nd 2026 - places available
Contour Masterclass
September 17th 2025 - fully booked
March 17th 2026 - places available
June 10th 2026 - places available
September 3rd 2026 - places available
Mountain Leader Steep Ground Masterclass
September 18th 2025 - places available
March 18th 2026 - places available
June 11th 2026 - places available
September 4th 2026 - places available
Rope Skills & Rescues Masterclass
October 8th 2025 - places available
April 29th 2026 - places available
AMI Short Roping Masterclass
November 11th-12th 2025 - places available
April 27th-28th 2026 - places available
November 17th-18th 2026 - places available
Poor Visibility Contour Masterclass
November 13th 2025 - places available
January 8th 2026 - places available
November 19th 2026 - places available
Mountain Leader Two-Day Masterclass
April 13th-14th 2026 - places available
August 13th-14th 2026 - places available

WINTER CLIMBING & MOUNTAINEERING IN SCOTLAND
Five-day winter mountaineering course: January 26th-30th 2026 - places available
Four-day winter climbing course: February 2nd-5th 2026 - places available

CLIMBING WALL INSTRUCTOR COURSES
Training courses
January 12th-13th 2026 - places available
November 2nd-3rd 2026 - places available
Assessment courses
November 17th 2025 - places available
January 14th 2026 - places available
November 4th 2026 - places available
Other dates may be available - we only need two people to run these courses, so if you would like an alternative date, please ask.

THE CUILLINS OF SKYE
Five-day mountaineering and scrambling course: May 11th-15th 2026 - places available
Private guiding: May 18th-22nd 2026

SUMMER ALPINE CLIMBING & MOUNTAINEERING
June 28th - July 2nd 2026
July 12th-23rd 2026

SKIING IN THE ALPS
February 25th - March 8th 2026