Our introductory course cost less than a pair of crampons. Our Level 2 course costs less than a mid range Gore-Tex jacket. The learning outcomes that you leave with will last a lot longer than that Gore-Tex jacket and will hopefully lead to you having more fun as well as safer days in the mountains. Most of our course participants come to us with a variety of avalanche skills but all leave knowing a lot more and with a greatly improved skill base, be they recreational skiers or fully certified Mountain Instructors. Check out our testimonials.

We need a minimum number to run a course, but our courses book up quickly so that’s never an issue. In fact the main problem we have is having to turn people away as they try and book too late. Many of our courses are full before winter has even started! The weather in Scotland often proves challenging but we can still achieve what we need to cover on the syllabus in all but the most severe weather.

Err no. As the video tutorials featuring Rocket & Lucy on our video page go on to explain: avalanche education will give you the knowledge to make educated decisions when travelling in the backcountry. So come join us this season, improve your skills and knowledge and have some fun skiing and learning with the Avalanche Geeks.

Canada and the United States has been offering evaluated structured avalanche education to keen skiers and snowboarders for many years now. They have a long standing, well regarded structured programme that has been developed and continues to be developed over many years. In Europe we’ve been way behind the curve in offering something similar. There are some good instructors out there, but knowledge is being passed on piecemeal. There’s no linear progression in the learning: in North America you can start off by attending a basic avalanche awareness lecture, and by working through a series of courses, build year on year upon that basic knowledge, leaving the student with a very strong skill set. If there was a British or European equivalent then we'd offer that. Simply, there isn't such a high quality programme of education here in Europe.