Mountain Training Ireland

Wishing all of our friends a Happy Christmas and a Peaceful New Year. May 2026 bring you great times in the great outdoors.

Pictures from the Caha Mountains, taken during toadys ascent of Coomnadiha

Upper Lake, Glendalough just now

If you are planning a walk in the hills then its worth reading this Happy Hiking leaflet from Mountaineering Ireland

Mountain Skills 1 - Glendalough, County Wicklow

Scheduled courses: July 9th-10th, Oct 15th-16th, Nov 5th-6th

This course is the foundation training to enable you to make your way reliably in open countryside and on our hills. It includes map reading and navigation techniques as well as personal equipment, and some aspects of the upland environment. Accredited by the Mountain Training Board of Ireland and delivered by qualified Mountain Leaders, instruction groups are limited to 6 participants, enabling us to enable maximum learning for each participant. It is highly desirable that participants have had some previous hillwalking experience.

Price for tuition is €120 per participant. Participants must arrange to get to the venue and will need to bring adequate food and water for a day on the hill each day.

You must also register for the Mountain Skills Scheme with Mountaineering Ireland, there is a fee of €22 euro for that and it covers:
– Access to the full Mountain Skills Scheme training and assessment
– A Digital Logbook and booklet setting out the scheme and allowing you to track your progress
– A discounted Mountaineering Ireland membership fee of €30, if you wish to join at the time of registration
We can explain how to do that on mountaineering.ie if you are booking with us.

For more information or to book a place call Milly at 086 2475280 or send me an email at [email protected].
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Last few days to book a place on our Mountain Skills 1 course on May 14th and 15th (Glendalough area). Pre-course learning due to start for this course next week so drop us an email right away at [email protected] or call Milly 086 2475280 to secure a place.